Just a week after Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 featuring its Exynos 2400 SoC in select markets, a leak has emerged about the upcoming Exynos 2500 chipset, anticipated to debut with the Galaxy S25 series in a year.
The Exynos 2500 will maintain the 10-core configuration seen in the Exynos 2400 but will reportedly adopt ARM’s upcoming CPU cores and will be manufactured using Samsung’s second-generation 3nm process (3nm GAP/SF3). This new process is claimed to offer superior efficiency and area compared to TSMC’s current 3nm process.
According to leaks, the Exynos 2500’s CPU is expected to feature one Cortex-X5 core with a clock speed of 3.2 GHz or higher, three Cortex-A730 cores clocked at 2.3 GHz to 2.5 GHz, two additional Cortex-A730 cores, and four Cortex-A520 cores focused on efficiency. Rumors suggest that the Cortex-X5 CPU core may outperform Apple’s latest custom CPU core, potentially making the Exynos 2500 a compelling choice in terms of performance.
In terms of GPU, the Exynos 2500 is speculated to integrate AMD’s RDNA-based Xclipse 950, an improvement over the Xclipse 940 found in the Exynos 2400. The Exynos 2400 has already demonstrated superiority over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in raytracing, and with the anticipated enhancements in the Exynos 2500, it might bring the Exynos chipset back to parity with Snapdragon after an extended period.
As more leaks surface, it will be interesting to see how the Exynos 2500 shapes up in terms of both performance and efficiency. If the rumors hold true, this chipset could mark a significant advancement in Samsung’s chipset technology, making it a strong contender in the market.
