Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Samsung Exynos 2500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Samsung Exynos 2500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Snapdragon 8 Elite comes with an octa-core CPU paired with an Adreno 830 GPU, while the Samsung Exynos 2500 comes with a deca-core CPU and the Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU.
Why Snapdragon 8 Elite is better than Samsung Exynos 2500
- 31% Faster CPU clock speed (4320 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- 32% higher AnTuTu score (2.84M vs 2.15M)
- Geekbench 6 shows 36% faster single-core and 22% faster multi-core performance
- 10% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 GB/s vs 76.8 GB/s)
- 10% higher memory frequency (Up to 5300 MHz vs 4800 MHz)
- Newer Bluetooth 6.0 vs 5.4
Why Samsung Exynos 2500 is better than Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 8
- 21% higher compute performance (4.09 vs 3.37 TFLOPS)
- Released 8 months later - (June 2025 vs October 2024)
Performance scores
CPU score
Snapdragon 8 Elite
93
Samsung Exynos 2500
81
GPU score
Snapdragon 8 Elite
95
Samsung Exynos 2500
85
Memory score
Snapdragon 8 Elite
100
Samsung Exynos 2500
95
Total score
Snapdragon 8 Elite
95
Samsung Exynos 2500
87
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite +32%
Snapdragon 8 Elite
2,839,439
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
| CPU | 600,617 | 514,532 |
| GPU | 1,200,212 | 946,368 |
| MEM | 637,845 | 383,044 |
| UX | 400,765 | 310,881 |
| TOTAL | 2,839,439 | 2,154,825 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite +36%
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3,210
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
Multi-Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite +22%
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9,958
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
| Single-Core | 3,210 | 2,359 |
| Multi-Core | 9,958 | 8,141 |
General
| SoC Name | Snapdragon 8 Elite | Samsung Exynos 2500 |
| Launch Date | October 2024 | June 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | SM8750-AB, SM8750-AC | S5E9955 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 2× 4.32 GHz - Oryon (Phoenix L) 6× 3.53 GHz - Oryon (Phoenix M) |
1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925 2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725 5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725 2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520 |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Max Clock Speed | 4320 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP | 8 W | 6 Watts |
GPU
| GPU | Adreno 830 | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| GPU Architecture | Adreno 800 | AMD RDNA 3 |
| GPU Frequency | 1100 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | Hexagon NPU | 59 TOPS NPU |
| Shading Units | 512 | 64 |
| Compute Performance | 3.37 TFLOPS | 4.09 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes | Yes, Hardware-accelerated |
| Max Refresh Rate | 240 Hz | 4K @ 120Hz |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | Up to 5300 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16-bit channels | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 84.8 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 320 MP | 320MP |
| Max Display Resolution | 4K @ 60Hz | 4K |
| Video Recording | 8K @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS, 1080p @ 480FPS | 8K @ 30FPS HDR, 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Playback | 8K @ 60FPS, 4K @ 120FPS | 8K @ 30FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1 | H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, LDAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, aptX | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 5G | Exynos 5400 5G |
| 4G | Yes | Yes |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 10 Gbps | Up to 9.64 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.5 Gbps | Up to 2.55 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 6.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |