Samsung Exynos 2500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 2500, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 2500 and MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
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
Samsung Exynos 2500
2213797
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2878376
CPU500921611291
GPU9289121316366
Memory410202508871
UX373762441848
NanoReview Score22137972878376
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
2927
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
9000
File Compression386.4 MB/s359.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser234.1 pages/s252.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering272.4 MP/sec300.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.6 frames/s33.2 frames/s
Photo Processing86.3 frames/s78.2 frames/s
Image Detection246.4 frames/s223.1 frames/s
HDR313.6 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13 MP/sec9.25 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
- 3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 10 8
Frequency 3300 3730
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 12 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Samsung Xclipse 950 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1612 MHz
Execution Units 8 12
Shader Units n/a 128
Total shader n/a 1536
FLOPS n/a 4952.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes MediaTek NPU 890

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 5333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 77 Gbit/s 85.3 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 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 7300 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2025 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename S5E9955 MT6991 MT6991Z/TCZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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