Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 collection operating on Snapdragon and in-house Exynos chipsets in January. The South Korean expertise conglomerate was tipped final month to completely change to Exynos SoCs for all the Galaxy S25 lineup subsequent 12 months. A brand new report, nevertheless, contradicts the declare and says that Samsung will as soon as once more choose to separate its Galaxy S25 smartphones between Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets. The firm will reportedly utilise Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Exynos 2500 chipsets for its subsequent era of flagship Galaxy S collection smartphones.
According to a report by DigiTimes Asia (by way of SamMobile), Samsung will follow its technique of utilizing each Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets for its Galaxy S collection smartphones. The report doesn’t specify which telephones within the lineup will run on Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, however we are able to anticipate the Qualcomm SoC to characteristic on the top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra in all markets. Other telephones within the collection — prone to be Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ — might characteristic the Exynos 2500 chipset or Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, relying on the area the place they’re offered.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 globally, whereas the in-house Exynos 2400 SoC powers the bottom Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ in markets outdoors the US, together with India.
Last month, a hearsay claimed that Samsung could use both an Exynos SoC or a Snapdragon chip, relying on the area, even on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 foldables. This can be a departure from Samsung’s normal observe of packing Snapdragon processors in its Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones.
Samsung can also be engaged on closing the efficiency hole between Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets. Last week, a tipster claimed that the corporate’s Exynos 2500 processor outperformed the present Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC when it comes to each CPU and GPU efficiency. The declare, nevertheless, was not backed by any efficiency metrics and benchmark numbers.
While there aren’t any benchmarks obtainable but, the Exynos 2500 chipset is alleged to comprise a Cortex-X5 core clocked at 3.2GHz or extra, three Cortex-A730 cores at as much as 2.5GHz, two extra Cortex-A730 cores, and 4 Cortex-A520 cores with undisclosed clock speeds.
Early in March, the Galaxy S25 collection was tipped to run completely on Samsung’s Exynos chipset. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, in the meantime, has been confirmed to launch with a customized Oryon CPU on the Snapdragon Summit in October. The chipset is anticipated to energy upcoming flagship Android telephones like Samsung Galaxy S25, Xiaomi 15 collection, and Asus Zenfone 11.
