Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 2500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU500921679852
GPU9289121283493
Memory410202646515
UX373762505422
NanoReview Score22137973115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression386.4 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser234.1 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering272.4 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur36.6 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing86.3 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection246.4 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR313.6 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13 MP/sec14.1 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
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 10 8
Frequency 3300 4600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 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 n/a
Architecture RDNA 3.5 n/a
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz n/a
Execution Units 8 n/a
FLOPS n/a 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.4 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 77 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 24 GB n/a

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 n/a
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
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
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 September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename S5E9955 SM8850

Results

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