Like it or not, it seems that Samsung Exynos division is alive and kicking. Although some users would prefer the giant to keep using Snapdragon chips on its flagships, the Exynos chipsets will keep coming and the Exynos 2500 is the next in line for Samsung flagships. More than that, it should be the company’s first 3nm chipset for the flagship smartphone market.
Samsung Exynos 2500 Coming with 3nm Architecture
Samsung gave its first shot into the 3nm architecture with the Exynos W1000 SoC made for new Galaxy Watches. The next 3nm chipset will be the Samsung Exynos 2500 which should be featured by some units of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series across the world. The confirmation was made during Samsung’s latest earnings call.
The company stated that System LSI will prioritize ensuring a stable supply of the Exynos 2500 chip for “flagship products”. Of course, Samsung didn’t explicitly mention the name of these “flagship products”. But we can easily guess that the chipset will power some units of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ in select markets. The Galaxy S25 Ultra, on the other hand, should keep the exclusive use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series chip, more especially, it should come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
The Korean brand is confident due to the positive response coming for the Exynos W1000. Therefore, it expects the Samsung Exynos 2500 SoC to be a successful flagship SoC. The chipset uses the second-gen GAA process. It is expected to bring great improvements in energy consumption and efficiency. Performance and Efficiency have been two reasons making users prefer the Snapdragon-powered Galaxy smartphones over their Exynos counterparts. The Exynos 2400, however, proved to not be losing much when compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 units. That said, the Exynos 2500 could be a significant leap over its predecessor. The new manufacturing process naturally brings performance and energy improvements.
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Samsung Exynos 2500 Outperforms Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Apple A15
Initially, there were concerns about the effectiveness of Samsung’s new 3nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) manufacturing process. This, combined with the success of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip, led some to speculate that Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones might exclusively use Qualcomm chips.
However, recent developments have been positive for the Exynos 2500. Samsung successfully addressed concerns about the 3nm GAA process, demonstrating its reliability and performance at industry events. Testing also went well, with the Exynos 2500 prototype reaching speeds of 3.20 GHz, a significant achievement.
Additionally, rumors suggest that the Exynos 2500 outperforms both the A15 Bionic and the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in early tests of its processing power and graphics capabilities. This indicates that Samsung may have succeeded in developing a high-performance chip that is also energy-efficient.
The Exynos 2500 Could Revamp Samsung’s chipset division
If the Samsung Exynos 2500 proves itself against the competition, it can significantly impact the smartphone market. After all, we have one more competitor and one alternative over Qualcomm and MediaTek.
However, it’s important to keep in mind that the early benchmark scores don’t always fully reflect a chip’s real-world performance. Factors such as how well the software is optimized for the chip and the phone’s thermal management can influence its overall effectiveness. We will certainly see the Exynos 2500 appearing on more benchmarks. Therefore, the next results will probably be more in line with the final product’s real performance.
The success of the Exynos 2500 will also hinge on Samsung’s ability to resolve previous issues related to chip production efficiency. Apart from the new 3nm process, the Exynos 2500 is expected to bring the new ARM cores including the Cortex-X925 Prime core and the Cortex-A725 cores. We expect more details to keep popping out as there are still several months ahead of the Galaxy S25 series release.
