Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 8500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Samsung Exynos 2500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Samsung Exynos 2500 comes with a deca-core CPU paired with a Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU, while the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Arm Mali-G720 MC8 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Samsung Exynos 2500
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4nm
- Geekbench 6 shows 37% faster single-core and 20% faster multi-core performance
- More CPU cores (8 vs 6) for improved multitasking
- 76% higher compute performance (4.09 vs 2.32 TFLOPS)
Top Reasons to Choose the MediaTek Dimensity 8500
- 3% Faster CPU clock speed (3400 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- 12% higher AnTuTu score (2.41M vs 2.15M)
- Released 7 months later - (January 2026 vs June 2025)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
81
|
72
|
| GPU Score |
85
|
84
|
| Memory Score |
95
|
95
|
| Total Score |
87
|
84
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
MediaTek Dimensity 8500 +12%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
2,407,614
| CPU | 514,532 | 709,591 |
| GPU | 946,368 | 762,021 |
| MEM | 383,044 | 409,017 |
| UX | 310,881 | 526,985 |
| TOTAL | 2,154,825 | 2,407,614 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +37%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
1,728
Multi-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +20%
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
6,762
| Single-Core | 2,359 | 1,728 |
| Multi-Core | 8,141 | 6,762 |
General
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 |
| Launch Date | June 2025 | January 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | S5E9955 | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925 2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725 5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725 2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520 |
1x 3.40 GHz - Cortex-A725 3x 3.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 4x 2.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 |
| CPU Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3300 MHz | 3400 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 11 MB | - |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 6 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 4nm |
| TDP | 6 Watts | - |
GPU
| GPU Name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Arm Mali-G720 MC8 |
| GPU Frequency | 999 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 59 TOPS NPU | MediaTek NPU 880 |
| Shading Units | 64 | 128 |
| Compute Performance | 4.09 TFLOPS | 2.32 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, Hardware-accelerated | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320MP | 320MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS HDR 4K @ 120FPS |
4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS | 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 |
H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
| Display Support | 4K | 2960 x 1440 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 5G | 3GPP Release 16 |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 9.64 Gbps | Up to 5.17 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 2.55 Gbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |