Exynos 2500 vs Exynos 2200
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the older 8-core Exynos 2200 (Samsung Xclipse 920) 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 4.1x better in floating-point computations
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size than the Exynos 2200
- Shows significantly better (up to 60%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2289K vs 1434K
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- 18% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2800 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2200
- Higher GPU frequency (~31%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 771016 | 472427 |
| GPU | 723824 | 390230 |
| Memory | 356421 | 216173 |
| UX | 438435 | 355339 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 1434169 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [52 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 390.2 MB/sec | 169.2 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec | 103 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec | 133.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 247.5 images/sec | 101.3 images/sec |
| HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec | 130.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 36.4 images/sec | 14.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec | 34.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec | 4.65 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 25 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 35.4 images/sec | 14.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15.1 images/sec | 9.75 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.41 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 0.48 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec | 38.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS | 1860.5 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 2 tests | 14 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2231 | 900 |
| Stability | 54% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 7 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9397 | 3972 |
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | 18 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 12 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 1918 |
| Stability | - | 64% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | 11932 |
| Video editing score | 8133 | 7385 |
| Data manipulation score | 11954 | 12323 |
| Photo editing score | 32035 | 24230 |
| Writing score | 22532 | 16664 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | 4 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 |
Samsung Exynos 2200
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 ((tiktok:frowners_tech_)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1674395 |
| π 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| π 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10630 |
| π 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Hangal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1587642 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and Exynos 2200CPU
| 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 2.8 GHz β Cortex-X2 3x 2.52 GHz β Cortex-A710 4x 1.82 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 7 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Samsung Xclipse 920 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | RDNA 2 |
| GPU frequency | 999 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 3 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops | 1003 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 | Yes |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| 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 240FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 | Exynos 5300 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps | Up to 7350 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3670 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2025 | January 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | S5E9925 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site | Samsung Exynos 2200 official site |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Exynos 2500 |
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