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Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Exynos 2500
VS
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Exynos 2500
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the older 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (26)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2500
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Performs 21% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
  • Shows better (up to 37%) AnTuTu 11 score – 3126K vs 2289K
  • 31% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 3300 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~10%)
  • Supports 10% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 76.8 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Exynos 2500
vs
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 771016 893474
GPU 723824 1133808
Memory 356421 427210
UX 438435 671910
Total score 2289696 3126402
Samples [8 tests] [541 tests]
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 390.2 MB/sec 367.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 179.4 pages/sec 223.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 218.9 Mpixels/sec 257 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 247.5 images/sec 234.4 images/sec
HDR 309 Mpixels/sec 315.8 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 36.4 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Photo processing 89.9 images/sec 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.7 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 148 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 35.4 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Face detection 15.1 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.45 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.7 Gpixels/sec 0.91 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.6 Gpixels/sec 1.75 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 82.2 Gpixels/sec 96.8 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3446.8 FPS 3848 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 2 tests 100 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 2231 2386
Stability 54% -
Graphics test 17 FPS 18 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 9397 10874
Graphics test 36 FPS 41 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 35 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 35 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 5664
Stability - 51%
Graphics test - 33 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15720 21945
Video editing score 8133 8458
Data manipulation score 11954 16086
Photo editing score 32035 39118
Writing score 22532 22647
Phones tested Less than 3 36 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-16 -> INFCAnTuTu 112220403
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Koss)AnTuTu 112437711
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-19 (Yell)AnTuTu 112112394
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12Geekbench 6 GPU18873
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12AnTuTu 112496663
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 -> swag420AnTuTu 123135800
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Gun park)AnTuTu 123085318
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (MΓ‘rcio correia)AnTuTu 123718254
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (potatowan)Geekbench 7 CPU2791 / 10180
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 123529678
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
2x 2.74 GHz – Cortex-A725
5x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520		 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 3300 MHz 4320 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 128 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 950 Adreno 830
Architecture RDNA 3 Adreno 800
GPU frequency 999 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 8 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
FLOPS 4091.9 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3
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 X80
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 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced June 2025 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9955 SM8750-AB
Official page Samsung Exynos 2500 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
    - The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequencyβ€”4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB modelsβ€”and its GPU is 100 MHz faster.

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Comments

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thatoneguy February 13, 2026 at 05:12 PM
I am a huge samsung fan but in nearly every case I will take a snapdragon chip over exynos.
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Ezaldey August 3, 2025 at 04:12 PM
Guys, I am a fan of Samsung, but even if Exynos is stronger in numbers, SD will be better in games because it has Turnip driver support and a lot of games optimized for it.
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Gota July 16, 2025 at 02:35 PM
The exynos 2500 is not based on rdna 3.5. Their website said so.
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Serhii July 17, 2025 at 07:58 AM
Thank very much, Gota.
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hhh June 27, 2025 at 06:06 AM
How are you getting Compute GPU score of 24000. Im only getting 18000
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Red July 16, 2025 at 06:57 AM
That depends on temps; maybe they have used a thermal cooler and restricted background activity to zero and airplane mode.
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Hijibij June 25, 2025 at 04:52 AM
So the new score of Exynos 2500 soc going to change ? Like Antutu score, multi core and single core performance ?
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StevenMX June 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Vulkan 1.4 + AMD drivers and still losing to the 8e in GPU.......
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akp831 June 26, 2025 at 05:54 AM
Because developers don't care optimizing their games for non Adreno GPUs
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Fernand2813 June 26, 2025 at 03:47 PM
they decreased the gpu clock from 1300 to 999
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Gota June 13, 2025 at 07:19 AM
The asset compression,pdf renderer, html 5 and image derection is insanely on the exynos 2500. Wow
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SMIC June 2, 2025 at 01:12 PM
Samsung's Exynos is a fake AP that stole Chinese technology. 3nm is actually a fake process that took SMIC's 65nm, and Samsung should return all its equipment to China and donate its foundry business to SMIC.
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Samsung June 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Are you a joker? Exynos is Samsung's own technology it's upgrading very soon
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hhh June 25, 2025 at 03:40 PM
make sure you got all your money
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this is the most ridiculous claim I've ever seen July 17, 2025 at 06:36 AM
3nm has nothing to do with 65 nm. Almost all semiconductor equipment is dominated by the US, Japan, and Europe... not China lol. I hope you're being sarcastic.
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a7med July 23, 2025 at 05:51 PM
Agree with you πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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LGs February 9, 2025 at 06:15 PM
There is NO way exynos will be as good as the 8 elite in mc
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sonyxe May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Look at the sample counts. It's less than 3.
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Kazem July 31, 2024 at 03:33 PM
We want to know more about the Exynos 2500 processor I heard that Samsung will use it in the cheaper devices S25 FE and S25, while the more expensive devices S25+ and S25 ULTRA will use the 8 GEN 4 processor. I really hope that this leak is confirmed because we are tired of the differentiation that occurs in processors depending on the region you are in.
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Ingraphic July 1, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I think Samsung could have used a 2+6+2 configuration (2 Cortex-X5 at 3.2GHz + 6 Cortex-A730 at 2.8GHz and 2 Cortex-A520 at 2.0GHz
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VINO July 13, 2024 at 05:10 PM
I guess they wanted to have more cores for multitasking.
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Nahar August 12, 2024 at 07:54 PM
VINO, Their Exynos 2400's 1+5+4 core configuration is actually not far from the 8 Gen 3's 1+5+2, as you can guess they just added two more efficiency A520 cores. They could still keep the same 1+5+4 but if they consider ARM's recommended configuration of 2+4+2 and uses the same decision of adding two more efficiency cores then they could do a 2+4+4.
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Clint June 23, 2024 at 07:38 AM
I thought exynos uses X-925 core not X-5 core.
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Viraj July 14, 2024 at 04:45 PM
X-925 and X-5 are the same ARM. They just renamed it to better align with their other cores.
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Fact fact August 12, 2024 at 08:11 PM
The Cortex-X925 is what everybody predicted to be the Cortex-X5. In reality, what they did is to aligned the Cortex X series and Cortex A series so it's easier to know whether both belong to the same generation. And if ever you wonder why the there's no Cortex A525, it's actually because it is the same core design (although the refreshed A520 is better optimized than the first iteration although maybe it's attributed to the 3nm) so there's no need for a name change due to the lack of internal changes. Arm will probably design the new efficiency cores every 2 years so the next one could be the Cortex-A530 grouped with Cortex-X930 and Cortex-A730. The roadmap is (will probably be) like this: A75-A55 A76-A55 A77-A55 X1-A78-A55 X2-A710-A510 X3-A715-A510 X4-A720-A520 X925-A725-A520 X930-A730-A530
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akp831 June 26, 2025 at 05:57 AM
Fact fact, Not really, in the future ARM is going to change it up AGAIN
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