A new version of the Exynos 2500 appears online with powerful specs
The Exynos 2500 has been long rumored to feature a deca-core CPU, similar to its predecessor. Early leaks said Samsung will implement a quad-CPU cluster with one ARM Cortex-X5 prime core, three Cortex-A720 mid-cores at a higher speed, two Cortex-A720 mid-cores at a lower speed, and four Cortex-A530 efficiency cores. The chip was said to offer a peak speed of around 3.3GHz, though the precise clock speeds were unknown.
A new version of the Exynos 2500 recently appeared in Geekbench’s database with the model number S5E9955. It shows a triple-CPU cluster in a 3+5+2 arrangement. We are looking at two more prime cores, which replace two efficiency cores. This change should make it more powerful than the previous version. It could also increase the chip’s power consumption but Samsung must have an idea to keep power and temperature in check.
That said, the specified clock speeds in this Geekbench run are too low for a flagship smartphone processor. The listing shows three Cortex-X925 CPU cores running at 2.59GHz, five Cortex-A725 cores at 2.25GHz, and two Cortex-A520 cores at 1.75GHz. Maybe Samsung doesn’t plan to use this version in the Galaxy S25 series. A Korean publication recently said the company is still evaluating the Exynos 2500’s application in new flagships.
The new chip has a more powerful GPU
The Geekbench entry also reveals the GPU specs of the Exynos 2500. Its AMD Radeon-based Xclipse 950 GPU has eight compute units, two more than the Exynos 2400’s Xclipse 940 GPU. At 1.3GHz, the new chip’s graphics unit is substantially faster too. This benchmark run appears to use an ERD (Exynos Reference Design) with Android 15 and 8GB RAM. Expect more details to surface in the coming weeks, closer to the Galaxy S25 launch.
