Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Samsung Exynos 2500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Samsung Exynos 2500
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs January 2025)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Samsung
September 2025
Launch Date
January 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8850
Model Name
Exynos 2500
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
10
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
-
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+38%
Exynos 2500
2719
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+40%
Exynos 2500
9016
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+63%
Exynos 2500
2570180
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
9365
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
1160
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
1200
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
10736
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
2233
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
2342
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
37192
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7
Samsung Exynos 2500
16072
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