Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 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 8 Elite Gen 5 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Adreno 840 GPU.
Why Samsung Exynos 2500 is better than Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- More CPU cores (10 vs 8) for improved multitasking
- 11% higher compute performance (4.09 vs 3.68 TFLOPS)
Why Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is better than Samsung Exynos 2500
- 40% Faster CPU clock speed (4610 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- 73% higher AnTuTu score (3.73M vs 2.15M)
- Geekbench 6 shows 49% faster single-core and 34% faster multi-core performance
Performance scores
CPU score
Samsung Exynos 2500
81
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
98
GPU score
Samsung Exynos 2500
85
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
97
Memory score
Samsung Exynos 2500
95
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
100
Total score
Samsung Exynos 2500
87
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
98
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +73%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3,726,403
| CPU | 514,532 | 1,075,208 |
| GPU | 946,368 | 1,385,137 |
| MEM | 383,044 | 400,897 |
| UX | 310,881 | 865,161 |
| TOTAL | 2,154,825 | 3,726,403 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +49%
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3,524
Multi-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 +34%
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
10,887
| Single-Core | 2,359 | 3,524 |
| Multi-Core | 8,141 | 10,887 |
General
| SoC Name | Samsung Exynos 2500 | Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Launch Date | June 2025 | september 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | S5E9955 | SM8850 |
| 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 |
2 x 4.61 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores) 6 x 3.63 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores) |
| CPU Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3300 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 11 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP | 6 Watts | - |
GPU
| GPU | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU Architecture | AMD RDNA 3 | Adreno 800 |
| GPU Frequency | 999 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 59 TOPS NPU | Hexagon NPU |
| Shading Units | 64 | 512 |
| Compute Performance | 4.09 TFLOPS | 3.68 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, Hardware-accelerated | Yes |
| Max Refresh Rate | 4K @ 120Hz | 240 Hz |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 4800 MHz | Up to 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit | 4x16-bit channels |
| Max Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 84.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320MP | 320 MP |
| Max Display Resolution | 4K | 4K @ 60Hz |
| Video Recording | 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 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 | AAC, LDAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 5G | Snapdragon X85 |
| 4G | Yes | Yes |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 9.64 Gbps | Up to 12.5 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 2.55 Gbps | Up to 3.7 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |