Exynos 2500 Benchmark Leak: New Test Shows 17% Higher Score Yet Still Falls Behind Competitors

Samsung has recently made headlines with the launch of its groundbreaking Exynos 2500 smartphone chipset, which utilizes the innovative 3nm GAA technology. However, initial performance metrics published on Geekbench 6 showed somewhat disappointing results, prompting a re-evaluation of its capabilities ahead of the official release. Despite recovering some points, the Exynos 2500 remains outpaced by leading chipsets from competitors such as Dimensity 9400, Snapdragon 8 Elite, and Apple’s A18 and A18 Pro.

Exynos 2500 Achieves Modest Performance Improvements

According to updates shared by Tarun Vats on X, the Exynos 2500 has been re-tested, achieving a single-core score of 2, 356 and a multi-core score of 8, 076. In comparison to previous results, which were 2, 012 and 7, 563, the chipset shows a nominal improvement of about 17% in single-threaded performance and 6.7% in multi-threaded tasks. While these gains are a positive sign, they also raise questions about whether Samsung’s 3nm GAA fabrication process could have yielded higher performance had it achieved better material yields. It’s suggested that the Exynos 2500 might have debuted sooner in the Galaxy S25 series if production had not faced these challenges.

Despite being positioned as a flagship chipset, the Exynos 2500 struggles to outperform its more established competitors. While it outperforms its predecessor, the Exynos 2400, which itself lagged behind Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 and 9300+, the performance boost may not be sufficient to secure its position in the premium smartphone market. Reports suggest that Samsung’s yield rates range between 20% to 40% for its 3nm GAA SoC, potentially limiting the chipset’s full performance capabilities due to inherent production constraints.

While the Exynos 2500’s compute performance leaves much to be desired, there is still anticipation surrounding the potential of the Xclipse 950 GPU. Future performance assessments will provide further insights into its capabilities, and we will update our readers with the latest comparisons and benchmarks as they become available. Stay tuned for more information on this evolving story.

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