Samsung Exynos 2500 SoC With Up to 15 Percent Improved CPU Performance, Xclipse 950 GPU Launched

Samsung Exynos 2500 has been silently unveiled as the company’s first chipset to be produced using its 3nm process technology. The new processor is claimed to offer up to 15 percent improved CPU performance and 39 percent faster on-device AI performance when compared with the Exynos 2400 chip. It also supports direct connectivity with Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites for emergency calls and texts. The South Korean technology conglomerate is expected to launch the Exynos 2500 on the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7 at a Galaxy Unpacked event next month.

Samsung Exynos 2500 SoC Availability

Samsung’s website doesn’t mention which device will be the first to debut with the company’s new Exynos 2500 chipset, but it confirms that the new smartphone processor is in mass production. 

Recent reports indicate that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, which is expected to arrive next month at a Galaxy Unpacked event, will be the first handset to arrive with the Exynos 2500.

Samsung Exynos 2500 SoC Specifications, Features

The new Exynos 2500 SoC is a 10-core CPU (in a tri-cluster, or 1+7+2 arrangement) that is built using Samsung’s 3nm Gate All Around (GAA) process technology and Samsung says the use of fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) improves heat dissipation and allows the chip to deliver better power efficiency. 

It comprises one Cortex-X5 core (3.3GHz), two Cortex-A725 cores (2.74GHz), five Cortex-A725 cores (2.36 GHz), and two Cortex-A520 cores (1.8GHz). Samsung says that it can deliver up to 15 percent better CPU performance when compared with the Exynos 2400 chip. It supports LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 storage.

The Xclipse 950 GPU on the Exynos 2500 features AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture, and Samsung says that it delivers up to 28 percent faster frame rates for games with hardware accelerated ray tracing. Meanwhile, the NPU on the Exynos 2500 (with 59 TOPS) offers up to 39 percent better performance when using on-device AI features. 

Smartphones equipped with the Exynos 2500 SoC can support up to a 320-megapixel camera sensor, or two cameras (64-megapixel and 32-megapixel). It also supports up to 8K/ 30fps (10-bit HDR) or 4K/ 120fps video recording. The Exynos 2500 supports up to a 4K display (120Hz) or Quad HD+ display (144Hz).

On the connectivity front, the Exynos 2500 offers support for 5G (up to 12.1Gbps), 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and NFC. Devices with this chipset can also be equipped with a USB 3.2 Type-C port. The company previously confirmed that the chip will also enable support for satellite connectivity on compatible handsets.