Samsung’s Next-Gen Exynos Chip Rumored to Outperform Snapdragon Rival on Galaxy S25

It appears that Samsung’s Exynos chips will continue to be used. The Exynos 2500 chip, which is said to have better performance than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chips, may make its debut in the Galaxy S25 series.

According to industry insiders, Business Korea reports that the Exynos 2500 is expected to outperform Qualcomm’s fourth-generation Snapdragon 8 in areas such as power efficiency.

Both Samsung’s Exynos 2500 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will utilize a 3nm process. Samsung Foundry will handle the production of the former, while TSMC will be responsible for the latter. According to Business Korea, the Exynos 2500 is expected to outperform the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 due to Samsung’s technological advantage in GAA technology.

The Exynos 2500 utilizes GAA transistors in its second-generation 3nm process node, resulting in reduced energy wastage and improved performance. In contrast, TSMC’s production of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 continues to use the older FinFET transistor design in its second-generation 3nm process.

Samsung has reintroduced the Exynos chip with the Galaxy S24 series, after not including it in the S23 series. The Exynos 2400, which powers the S24 series, is said to be an improvement over previous Exynos chips.

The S24, powered by the Exynos 2400, achieves an average score of 2,147 and 6,738 in its single and multi-core tests, respectively. This falls slightly behind the scores of its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 counterpart, which scored 2,235 and 6,922. However, the Exynos is steadily narrowing the gap in terms of power.

The upcoming Galaxy S25 series, similar to its predecessor S24, is expected to include the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip in certain regions. However, there is speculation that future Samsung flagship phones may exclusively use the Exynos chip.

According to a particularly daring rumor, Samsung may completely abandon the use of Snapdragon processors for their Galaxy S25 series and instead rely solely on their own Exynos chips. This rumor also speculates that Snapdragon chips will only be used in the folding Galaxy Z phones in 2025, while the Galaxy A series that year will be a combination of Exynos and MediaTek processors.