Samsung Electronics confirmed the existence of its new generation of mobile processor Exynos 2500 chip for the first time in today’s second quarter of 2024 earnings conference call. This 3nm process chip is Samsung’s second 3nm chip after the Exynos W1000, and will be installed in at least some Galaxy S25 series smartphones.
Samsung said its System LSI division is working hard to secure a stable supply of Exynos 2500 chips to meet demand for its flagship products. The good market response to the previously released 3nm chip Exynos W1000 also gives Samsung confidence in the performance and energy efficiency of the Exynos 2500 chip using the second-generation GAA process.
According to Sammobile, Samsung is expected to use the Exynos 2500 chip in the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ in most markets, while some regions, including China and North America, may adopt the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip. As for the Galaxy S25 Ultra, it is possible that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will be fully equipped.
IGEEKPHONE has noticed that, according to @OreXda, the Exynos 2500 will feature a 10-core CPU design, This includes one Cortex-X5 core at 3.2GHz, three Cortex-A730 cores at 2.3-2.5GHz, two Cortex-A730 cores at slightly lower frequencies, and four Cortex-A520 cores. In terms of graphics processing, it is expected to be equipped with the self-developed Xclipse 950 GPU based on AMD RDNA3 architecture.