Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the older 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (Adreno 750) 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
- Performs 48% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 771016 | 700525 |
| GPU | 723824 | 805478 |
| Memory | 356421 | 296043 |
| UX | 438435 | 543517 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 2345563 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [443 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 390.2 MB/sec | 256.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec | 190.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec | 209.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 247.5 images/sec | 168.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec | 208.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 36.4 images/sec | 24 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec | 63.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec | 7.27 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 139 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 35.4 images/sec | 26.9 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15.1 images/sec | 13.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.61 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 0.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.18 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec | 43.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS | 3083.6 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | OpenCL |
| Samples | 2 tests | 90 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2231 | 1652 |
| Stability | 54% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 12 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9397 | 8190 |
| Stability | - | 72% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 4676 |
| Graphics test | - | 27 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | 16536 |
| Video editing score | 8133 | 7905 |
| Data manipulation score | 11954 | 14260 |
| Photo editing score | 32035 | 31248 |
| Writing score | 22532 | 19168 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | 41 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 Gen 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (EA Fran) | AnTuTu 12 | 2452758 |
| π 2026-09-30 (Nyvronis) | AnTuTu 12 | 2649328 |
| π 2026-09-29 -> Alejandro Sorin | AnTuTu 12 | 2597186 |
| π 2026-09-29 (Gadji TΓ¦mΓ¦v) | AnTuTu 12 | 2438906 |
| π 2026-09-29 (Ratiii) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1995 / 6875 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3CPU
| 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 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.27 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 999 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops | 2774 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 | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 76.8 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 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 X75 |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2025 | October 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site |
| Successor | - | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3:
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy has a 100 MHz higher CPU and GPU clock speed. It has a higher GPU performance rate of up to 3072 Gigaflops.
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