Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs Samsung Exynos 2500

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4), vs Samsung Exynos 2500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and Samsung Exynos 2500
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
Samsung Exynos 2500
2213797
CPU602481500921
GPU1165880928912
Memory534209410202
UX442171373762
NanoReview Score27447412213797
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
Samsung Exynos 2500
n/a
Graphics Test143 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
File Compression382.4 MB/s386.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s234.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec272.4 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s36.6 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s86.3 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s246.4 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec313.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec13 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 10
Frequency 4320 3300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 24 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 Samsung Xclipse 950
Architecture Adreno 800 RDNA 3.5
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 3 8
Shader Units 512 n/a
Total shader 1536 n/a
FLOPS 3379.2 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 77 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8750-AB S5E9955

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) the clear winner in this comparison.

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