Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
3300 MHz
2840 MHz
Cores
10
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
10.3
TDP
-
5 W

Graphics

GPU frequency
1300 MHz
587 MHz
GPU name
-
Adreno 650
Execution units
-
2
Shading units
-
512
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
2750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
44 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Yes
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 698
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.4
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Download speed
-
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 3000 Mbps

Info

Announced
Aug 2025
Dec 2019
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
S5E9955
SM8250-AB
Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
2,519,784
738,889
Geekbench 6
2,648
1,128
Geekbench 6
9,881
3,277