Samsung announced this year’s latest flagship smartphone last week. The Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra are available for pre-order in several countries around the world, but have not yet been delivered to customers. Although the performance and efficiency of the Exynos 2400 has not been widely tested, some information about the Exynos 2500 processor has already leaked.
The Exynos 2500 can power the Galaxy S25 in most countries, potentially making it Samsung’s first truly Exynos-superior chipset in years.
Exynos 2500 specifications reveal ARM specifications
The Exynos 2500 (tentative name) is likely to power at least some units in the Galaxy S25 series.tipster @OreXda claimed The Exynos 2500 will use a 10-core CPU similar to the Exynos 2400, but will use Samsung’s cutting-edge chip manufacturing process and ARM’s upcoming CPU cores. Apparently, the Exynos 2500 will be the first chip to use Samsung Foundry’s second generation 3nm (3nm GAP/SF3) process. It is said to be superior to TSMC’s 3nm process in terms of area and efficiency. The Exynos 2500 features one Cortex-X5 CPU core clocked at 3.2GHz or higher, three Cortex-A720 CPU cores clocked at 2.3GHz or higher, three Cortex-A720 CPU cores clocked at 2.3GHz or higher, and three Cortex-A720 CPU cores clocked at 2.3GHz or higher. It is reported to use four A530 CPU cores.
Some reports claim that ARM’s upcoming Blackhawk CPU core (Cortex-X5) will surpass Apple’s latest custom CPU core in terms of single-core performance. ARM has already unveiled the Blackhawk (Cortex-X5) Prime CPU Core, Chaberton (Cortex-A730) Performance CPU Core, and Hayes (Cortex-A530) Power Efficiency CPU Core in mid-2023. If this information is correct, Samsung’s Exynos 2500 chipset, powered by ARM’s next CPU core, could beat Apple in terms of performance for the first time in over a decade. But we still don’t know how it will work in terms of efficiency.
The Exynos 2500 is likely to feature AMD’s RDNA-based Xlipse 950 GPU, which is expected to bring even better performance. His AMD RDNA3-based Xclipse 940 GPU on the Exynos 2400 has already surpassed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in ray tracing performance.
Author’s note: The Exynos 2500 is expected to be announced by the end of this year, and the chipset will be ready in early 2025 for the launch of the Galaxy S25 series. The Exynos 2400 appears to be a significant improvement in both performance and efficiency compared to the previous generation of his Exynos chips, and is almost on par with the latest flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processors. So it looks like Exynos has finally gotten the turnaround everyone was hoping for.
With the combination of Samsung Foundry’s 3nm process, Samsung’s improved optimizations, and ARM’s upcoming powerful Blackhawk CPU core, the Exynos 2500 has the potential to be a big powerhouse, making it a veritable “dream chip” for the Korean company. ” may occur. Samsung may even choose to rename its Exynos processor lineup to leave behind a destroyed brand image.