Exynos 8890 vs Exynos 2500
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 8890 (Mali-T880 MP12) with the newer 10-core Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) 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 12.5x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 5.5x) AnTuTu 11 score β 2289K vs 413K
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 14 nm)
- Supports 186% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 26.82 GB/s)
- Higher GPU frequency (~54%)
- 43% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2300 MHz)
- Has 2 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 154274 | 771016 |
| GPU | 45659 | 723824 |
| Memory | 112058 | 356421 |
| UX | 101745 | 438435 |
| Total score | 413736 | 2289696 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [8 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 60.6 MB/sec | 390.2 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 37 pages/sec | 179.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 35.6 Mpixels/sec | 218.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 11.3 images/sec | 247.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 41.1 Mpixels/sec | 309 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 1.96 images/sec | 36.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 8.37 images/sec | 89.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 1.93 Mpixels/sec | 12.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 6 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 1.12 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 0.55 images/sec | 15.1 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.45 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 0.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 1.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 4.14 Gpixels/sec | 82.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 147.9 FPS | 3446.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | 3 tests | 2 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 2231 |
| Stability | - | 54% |
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 9397 |
| Graphics test | - | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 43 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 29 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 15720 |
| Video editing score | - | 8133 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 11954 |
| Photo editing score | - | 32035 |
| Writing score | - | 22532 |
| Phones tested | - | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 8890
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (Juvi) | AnTuTu 12 | 508312 |
| π 2026-04-03 (Zeroshka) | AnTuTu 11 | 413736 |
| π 2026-01-01 (ΠΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ) | AnTuTu 11 | 418077 |
| π 2025-11-16 (Youssef) | AnTuTu 11 | 397832 |
| π 2025-07-12 (JJ) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 606 |
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 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 8890 and Exynos 2500CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.3 GHz β Mongoose M1 4x 1.6 GHz β Cortex-A53 |
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 |
| Cores | 8 | 10 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 16 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-T880 MP12 | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| Architecture | Midgard 4th gen | RDNA 3 |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Pipelines | 12 | 8 |
| Shading units | 21 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 252 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 327.6 Gigaflops | 4091.9 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Yes |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 59 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 26.82 Gb/s | 76.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2400 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 24MP, 2x 12MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Exynos 5400 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 12100 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 3670 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2015 | June 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SGA8890A | S5E9955 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 8890 official site | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site |
| Successor | - Samsung Exynos 2500 | - |
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