Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Mediatek Dimensity 9500, 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 9500 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Samsung Exynos 2500
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
Top Reasons to Choose the Mediatek Dimensity 9500
- Geekbench 6 shows 40% faster single-core and 15% faster multi-core performance
- 66% higher AnTuTu score (3.58M vs 2.15M)
- 28% Faster CPU clock speed (4210 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- 29% higher compute power (5.271 TFLOPS vs 4.09 TFLOPS)
- 11% higher memory frequency (5333 MHz vs 4800 MHz)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
81
|
97
|
| GPU Score |
85
|
98
|
| Memory Score |
95
|
100
|
| Total Score |
87
|
98
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
Mediatek Dimensity 9500 +66%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
3,584,277
| CPU | 514,532 | 1,021,103 |
| GPU | 946,368 | 1,369,827 |
| MEM | 383,044 | 372,002 |
| UX | 310,881 | 821,345 |
| TOTAL | 2,154,825 | 3,584,277 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9500 +40%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
3,295
Multi-Core
Mediatek Dimensity 9500 +15%
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
Mediatek Dimensity 9500
9,391
| Single-Core | 2,359 | 3,295 |
| Multi-Core | 8,141 | 9,391 |
General
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | Mediatek Dimensity 9500 |
| Launch Date | June 2025 | september 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | S5E9955 | MT6993 |
| 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 4.21 GHz - C1-Ultra 3x 3.50 GHz - C1-Premium 4x 2.70 GHz - C1-Pro |
| CPU Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3300 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.3-A |
| L2 Cache | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP | 6 Watts | - |
GPU
| GPU Name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 |
| GPU Frequency | 999 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 59 TOPS NPU | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| Shading Units | 64 | 128 |
| Compute Performance | 4.09 TFLOPS | 5.271 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, Hardware-accelerated | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit | 4x16-bit channels |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 85.3 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320MP | 320 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS HDR 4K @ 120FPS |
8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS | 8K @ 60FPS 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 |
HEVC AVC VP9 AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 and MP3 |
| Display Support | 4K | 3840x2160 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 5G | 3GPP Release 17 5G |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 9.64 Gbps | Up to 10.7 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 2.55 Gbps | Up to 3.5 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |