The Samsung Galaxy S25 may get an Exynos chip after all

Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus Joe Maring / Digital Trends

Since rumors first emerged astir precisely what spot would powerfulness nan Samsung Galaxy S25, 2 main competitors took nan lead: nan Exynos 2500 aliases nan Snapdragon 8 Elite. We’ve seen guesses spell some ways, but based connected what we know, nan telephone will beryllium powered by a different spot depending connected its region.

According to a caller Geekbench sighting, European markets will apt person nan Exynos chip. There’s nary connection yet connected what markets will get nan Snapdragon 8 Elite. That said, nan latest Geekbench scores show a European version of nan Galaxy S25 Plus moving nan Exynos 2500, bringing successful a people of 2,359 single-core and 8,141 multi-core.

The truth that we person a Geekbench people for nan Exynos is impervious capable that it will travel to astatine slightest immoderate markets. The Geekbench people besides demonstrates nan phone’s configuration: a 10-core processor pinch a guidelines velocity of 1.8GHz and a max halfway velocity of 3.3GHz. Its GPU, astatine slightest successful this peculiar setup, is nan Xclipse 950 connected AMD architecture.

For immoderate context, nan Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus person Qualcomm chips successful North America, but usage Exynos chips successful each different markets. Meanwhile, nan Galaxy S24 Ultra has a Qualcomm spot sloppy of wherever you bargain it. Given nan caller grounds of an Exynos-powered Galaxy S25 Plus, it’s imaginable Samsung will spell pinch a akin attack erstwhile again successful 2025.

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Andy Boxall / Digital Trends

This changeless flip-flopping of accusation demonstrates nan unreliability of leaks. While galore leaks beryllium accurate, nary are guaranteed until an charismatic connection from nan company. Theories abound arsenic to why Samsung mightiness take to spell pinch nan Exynos complete nan Snapdragon chip, astir of which revolve astir proviso issues.

Given nan accusation astatine hand, nan first group of phones releasing successful January could travel pinch nan Exynos, while later models — for illustration nan S25 Ultra and nan rumored S25 Slim — could vessel pinch nan Snapdragon chip. It’s each speculation, but we will cognize much arsenic nan merchandise day nears.