Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 2500, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 2500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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 860
643690
CPU500921189310
GPU928912155621
Memory410202121534
UX373762177225
NanoReview Score2213797643690
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 2500
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
Stabilityn/a97 %
Graphics Testn/a20 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 2500
9881
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
File Compression386.4 MB/s115.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser234.1 pages/s67.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering272.4 MP/sec89.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.6 frames/s7.65 frames/s
Photo Processing86.3 frames/s26.4 frames/s
Image Detection246.4 frames/s53.8 frames/s
HDR313.6 MP/sec79.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing13 MP/sec3.58 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 98 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400)

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 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 10 8
Frequency 3300 2960
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.7 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Samsung Xclipse 950 Adreno 640
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 675 MHz
Execution Units 8 3
Shader Units n/a 256
Total shader n/a 768
FLOPS n/a 1036.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.4 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 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 Yes Hexagon 690

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 77 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 1240 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced August, 2025 yr April, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename S5E9955 SM8150-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 the clear winner in this comparison.

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