Samsung Confirms Exynos2500 Chip, To Be Used in Galaxy S25 Series

TapTechNews July 31, Samsung Electronics for the first time confirmed the existence of its next-generation mobile processor Exynos2500 chip in the earnings call for the second quarter of 2024 today. This chip, which adopts the 3-nanometer process technology, is Samsung's second 3-nanometer chip after Exynos W1000 and will be at least equipped on some Galaxy S25 series smartphones.

Samsung said that its System LSI division is fully committed to ensuring the stable supply of Exynos2500 chips to meet the needs of flagship products. The previously released 3-nanometer chip Exynos W1000 has received a good market response, which also makes Samsung full of confidence in the performance and energy efficiency of the Exynos2500 chip using the second-generation GAA process.

According to Sammobile, it is expected that Samsung will use Exynos2500 chips in the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ in most markets, while in some regions, including China and North America, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen4 chips may be used. As for the Galaxy S25 Ultra, it may be equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen4 chips in all series.

TapTechNews noted that according to the revelation of @OreXda, Exynos2500 will adopt a 10-core CPU design, including a Cortex-X5 core with a main frequency of 3.2 GHz, three Cortex-A730 cores with a main frequency of 2.3-2.5 GHz, two Cortex-A730 cores with a slightly lower main frequency, and four Cortex-A520 cores. In terms of graphics processing, it is expected to be equipped with a self-developed Xclipse950 GPU based on the AMD RDNA3 architecture.