Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2, 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 Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Adreno 725 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Samsung Exynos 2500
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
- 245% higher compute power (4.09 TFLOPS vs 1.187 TFLOPS)
- Newer Bluetooth 5.4 vs 5.3
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A)
- Geekbench 6 shows 43% faster single-core and 89% faster multi-core performance
- Uses newer LPDDR5X memory compared to older LPDDR5
- 13% Faster CPU clock speed (3300 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
- 124% higher AnTuTu score (2.15M vs 964K)
- 50% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- More advanced 3 nm process vs 4 nm
- Released 2 years and 3 months later - (June 2025 vs March 2023)
- 200% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
81
|
50
|
| GPU Score |
85
|
42
|
| Memory Score |
95
|
64
|
| Total Score |
87
|
52
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
Samsung Exynos 2500 +124%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
963,740
| CPU | 514,532 | 251,832 |
| GPU | 946,368 | 358,564 |
| MEM | 383,044 | 180,932 |
| UX | 310,881 | 172,412 |
| TOTAL | 2,154,825 | 963,740 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +43%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1,645
Multi-Core
Samsung Exynos 2500 +89%
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4,316
| Single-Core | 2,359 | 1,645 |
| Multi-Core | 8,141 | 4,316 |
General
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 |
| Launch Date | June 2025 | March 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | S5E9955 | SM7475-AB |
| 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 2.91 GHz - Cortex X2 3x 2.49 GHz - Cortex A710 4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510 |
| CPU Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3300 MHz | 2910 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 Cache | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP | 6 Watts | 6 W |
GPU
| GPU Name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Adreno 725 |
| GPU Frequency | 999 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 59 TOPS NPU | Hexagon NPU |
| Shading Units | 64 | 512 |
| Compute Performance | 4.09 TFLOPS | 1.187 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, Hardware-accelerated | No |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit | 2x16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 25.6 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320MP | 200 MP |
| Video Capture | 8K @ 30FPS HDR 4K @ 120FPS |
4K HDR at 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 HEVC VP9 AV1 |
H.264 H.265 VP8 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
AAC AIFF CAF MP3 MP4 WAV |
| Display Support | 4K | 3360 x 1600 (QHD+) |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 5G | Snapdragon X62 5G |
| 4G Support | Yes | Yes |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 9.64 Gbps | Up to 4.4 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 2.55 Gbps | Up to 1.6 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 6E |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |