Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9000
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Samsung Exynos 2500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000, 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 9000 comes with an octa-core CPU and the ARM Mali-G710 MC10 GPU.
Why Samsung Exynos 2500 is better than MediaTek Dimensity 9000
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4 nm
- 8% Faster CPU clock speed (3300 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
- Geekbench 6 shows 49% faster single-core and 87% faster multi-core performance
- 28% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 60 GB/s)
- 277% higher compute power (4.09 TFLOPS vs 1.085 TFLOPS)
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
- 28% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 3750 MHz)
- 125% higher AnTuTu score (2.15M vs 958K)
- Released 3 years and 7 months later - (June 2025 vs November 2021)
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A)
Performance Scores
CPU score
Samsung Exynos 2500
81
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
61
GPU score
Samsung Exynos 2500
85
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
60
Memory score
Samsung Exynos 2500
95
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
85
Total score
Samsung Exynos 2500
87
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
69
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 2500 +125%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
958,013
| CPU | 514,532 | 202,845 |
| GPU | 946,368 | 433,765 |
| MEM | 383,044 | 143,582 |
| UX | 310,881 | 177,821 |
| TOTAL | 2,154,825 | 958,013 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +49%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1,588
Multi-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +87%
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
4,361
| Single-Core | 2,359 | 1,588 |
| Multi-Core | 8,141 | 4,361 |
General
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | MediaTek Dimensity 9000 |
| Launch Date | June 2025 | November 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | S5E9955 | MT6983 |
| 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 3.05 GHz Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510 |
| CPU Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3300 MHz | 3050 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 Cache | 11 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP | 6 Watts | 4 W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | ARM Mali-G710 MC10 |
| GPU Frequency | 999 MHz | 848 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 59 TOPS NPU | MediaTek APU 590 |
| Shading Units | 64 | 64 |
| Compute Performance | 4.09 TFLOPS | 1.085 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, Hardware-accelerated | No |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 60 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320MP | 1x 320 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS HDR 4K @ 120FPS |
8K at 30 FPS 4K HDR at 120 FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS | 4K at 60 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 |
H.264 H.265 (HEVC) VP9 AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC FLAC MP3 OGG WAV |
| Display Support | 4K | 2560 x 1600 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 5G | MediaTek M80 5G Modem |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 9.64 Gbps | 7.0 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 2.55 Gbps | 2.5 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |