The Galaxy S25 series has already made headlines several times regarding its chipset choices. Qualcomm’s flagship smartphone chips are becoming more expensive, and Samsung has also managed to improve its in-house Exynos chips to some extent, as seen with the S24 series. On the other hand, many users have lost confidence in Exynos, and using it on the base and Plus models could impact consumer interest in the devices.
Some reports suggested that Samsung might switch to MediaTek for the base and Plus models of the S25 series, which seemed plausible until leaks indicated that the Dimensity 9400 would be used for the S25 FE. Meanwhile, the S25 and S25+ were expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (or Snapdragon 8 Elite).
Samsung may stick to Exynos 2500 for S25 and S25+
Now. tipster Sawyer Galox claims that Samsung is testing the Exynos 2500 and has plans to power the S25 and S25+ with it. He also suggests that the Snapdragon flagship chip will be too expensive for the models.
Nonetheless, we hope for reasonable numbers representing the performance and power efficiency of the Exynos 2500.
What to expect?
Exynos 2500 has already made its appearance on the Geekbench database with a 10-core architecture, similar to its predecessor. The chipset features a total of three performance cores, which is rare for smartphone SoCs. According to NanoReview, the SoC scores 2666 and 8839 in Geekbench single and multi-core tests respectively. For context, the Galaxy S25 Ultra scores over 3000 and 9000 in the tests respectively. We have also seen other upcoming flagships with the Snapdragon 8 Gen chip such as OnePlus 13 and iQOO 13 scoring even higher, thanks to improved cooling solutions.
That said, it will be interesting to see how the S25 and S25+ perform, especially with sustained workloads.
In terms of design, all Galaxy S25 models are expected to be slimmer than their predecessors, with the Ultra model featuring a flat display and rounded corners for the first time.
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