Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the older 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740) 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 8 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~47%)
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- Shows better (up to 30%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2289K vs 1757K
- Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 67.2 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 771016 | 553922 |
| GPU | 723824 | 434880 |
| Memory | 356421 | 311861 |
| UX | 438435 | 456381 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 1757044 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [238 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 390.2 MB/sec | 218.9 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec | 145.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec | 168.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 247.5 images/sec | 133 images/sec |
| HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec | 167.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 36.4 images/sec | 18.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec | 34.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec | 5.78 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 132 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 35.4 images/sec | 12.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15.1 images/sec | 5.1 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec | 32.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS | 2177.4 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | OpenCL |
| Samples | 2 tests | 66 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2231 | 1092 |
| Stability | 54% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 8 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9397 | 5312 |
| Stability | - | 67% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 17 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 3667 |
| Stability | - | 45% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | 13957 |
| Video editing score | 8133 | 7265 |
| Data manipulation score | 11954 | 14272 |
| Photo editing score | 32035 | 32179 |
| Writing score | 22532 | 17828 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | 9 models |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 90 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 118 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 120 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro 1116 x 2480 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
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 Gen 2
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 (Ciciz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2032599 |
| π 2026-09-23 (Ciciz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2032599 |
| π 2026-09-23 (Horizon377) | AnTuTu 12 | 1894819 |
| π 2026-09-22 (DiKevoLi'Phone) | AnTuTu 12 | 1844320 |
| π 2026-09-21 (Mil) | AnTuTu 12 | 1763249 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2CPU
| 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 |
1x 3.2 GHz β Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8.5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Adreno 740 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 999 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops | 2089 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| 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 | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 67.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 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 X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2025 | November 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | SM8550-AB |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site |
| Successor | - | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
- There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.
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