Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 67 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2025 (January 2025 vs March 2024)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2025
Launch Date
March 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Exynos 2500
Model Name
SM8650-AB
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X53x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7302x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7304x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Adreno 735
-
GPU frequency
750 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
786
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
67 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2500
2719 +66%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2500
9016 +126%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 2500
2570180 +39%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775