Samsung seems unsure about using the Exynos 2500 in its upcoming Galaxy S25 series. In April, the company confirmed it would include the new SoC in its next flagship.
Although it didn’t specify a product, many expected to see the upcoming Exynos chip in the Galaxy S25 models, at least in the smaller versions for select markets.
However, recent reports suggest Samsung is now considering the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and even the Dimensity 9400 for its next S-flagships, likely due to the low production yield of the Exynos 2500.
Amid this uncertainty, the Exynos 2500 has appeared on the Geekbench benchmarking platform, revealing key details about the chip.
Exynos 2500 shows up in Geekbench with 10-cores
The Exynos 2500 is spotted with a 10-core architecture, similar to its predecessor. While its model number—S5E9955—resembles the earlier version, this one features two additional prime CPU cores.
It includes three Cortex-X925 CPU cores clocked at 2.59GHz, five Cortex-A725 CPU cores at 2.25GHz, and two Cortex-A520 CPU cores at 1.75GHz. Its AMD Radeon-based Xclipse 950 GPU also gets an upgrade, with two more GPU cores clocked at 1.3GHz.
Though these specs suggest a powerful SoC, it’s important to manage expectations. The Geekbench entry shows the device tested was an Exynos Reference Design (ERD), which is a test platform used during chip development and doesn’t represent a commercially available phone.
Such reference designs are commonly used by chip manufacturers to evaluate performance during the development of the SoC.
In short, the benchmark is from a reference design, not a real device. So, it doesn’t confirm that the Exynos 2500 will power the upcoming Galaxy S25 series.
It only tells us that Samsung is still developing the chip, which was already known. Whether the new flagships will use Snapdragon processors globally remains to be seen.
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