Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the newer 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Adreno 840) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2500
- Has 2 more cores
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Shows significantly better (up to 73%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3950K vs 2289K
- 44% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 3300 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~30%)
- Supports 10% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 76.8 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 771016 | 1112833 |
| GPU | 723824 | 1494722 |
| Memory | 356421 | 442350 |
| UX | 438435 | 900177 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 3950082 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [283 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 390.2 MB/sec | 421.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec | 238 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 247.5 images/sec | 330.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 36.4 images/sec | 40.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec | 98.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 79 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 35.4 images/sec | 51.9 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15.1 images/sec | 24.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS | 4390.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 2 tests | 50 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2231 | 2737 |
| Stability | 54% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 20 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9397 | 12156 |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 46 FPS |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 46 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 40 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 6490 |
| Graphics test | - | 38 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | 31126 |
| Video editing score | 8133 | 8963 |
| Data manipulation score | 11954 | 19422 |
| Photo editing score | 32035 | 62111 |
| Writing score | 22532 | 40875 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | 13 models |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2500
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-16 -> INFC | AnTuTu 11 | 2220403 |
| π 2026-01-01 (Koss) | AnTuTu 11 | 2437711 |
| π 2025-12-19 (Yell) | AnTuTu 11 | 2112394 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18873 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | AnTuTu 11 | 2496663 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (HoΓ ng HαΊ£i) | AnTuTu 12 | 3638992 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Nikko) | AnTuTu 11 | 3512813 |
| π 2026-09-28 (nminh) | AnTuTu 12 | 4038854 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Johnnis) | AnTuTu 12 | 3903835 |
| π 2026-09-26 (JJJ) | AnTuTu 12 | 3290752 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X925 2x 2.74 GHz β Cortex-A725 5x 2.36 GHz β Cortex-A725 2x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 4.74 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 4740 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Adreno 840 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 999 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops | 3993.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 84.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 | Snapdragon X85 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2025 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site |
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