Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads the Samsung Exynos 2500 by 7% on AnTuTu v11 (23.14 Lakhs vs 21.55 Lakhs), but the Samsung Exynos 2500 is 7% faster in Geekbench single-core and 13% in multi-core. Where the Samsung Exynos 2500 does better: 3% higher peak CPU clock (3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz) and 2x larger L3 cache (16 MB vs 8 MB).

Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: key differences

Where the Samsung Exynos 2500 leads

3% higher peak CPU clock

3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
2x larger L3 cache

16 MB vs 8 MB
Smaller process node

3 nm vs 4 nm
74% more GPU compute power

4091.9 GFLOPS vs 2355 GFLOPS
13% faster in Geekbench multi-core

7,361 vs 6,511
7% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,228 vs 2,073

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0
7% higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.14 Lakhs vs 21.55 Lakhs

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+7% faster

Exynos 2500 21,54,825

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Geekbench Single-Core

+7% faster

Exynos 2500 2,228

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Geekbench Multi-Core

+13% faster

Exynos 2500 7,361

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Exynos 2500 Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: June 2025; Apirl 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Samsung; Qualcomm
Model Number: S5E9955; SM8735

CPU

Total Cores: 10; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925
2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725
5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725
2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520; 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720
Max Frequency: 3300 MHz; 3200 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 3 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: Samsung; TSMC
L2 Cache: 11 MB; 6 MB
L3 Cache: 16 MB; 8 MB
TDP: 6 Watts; -

GPU

GPU Name: Samsung Xclipse 950; Adreno 825
GPU Frequency: 999 MHz; 1150 MHz
Shading Units: 64; 512
FLOPS: 4091.9 GFLOPS; 2355 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: -; Hexagon NPU
API Support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3; Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 4800 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x 16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.0; UFS 4.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320MP; 320 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 30FPS; 8K at 60 FPS
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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Exynos 5400 5G; Snapdragon X75 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 9.64 Gbps; 4.2 Gbps
Upload Speed: 2.55 Gbps; 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 7
Bluetooth: 5.4; 6.0
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS; QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS