Samsung has officially announced its anticipated new flagship chipset. The existence of the Exynos 2500 was confirmed for the first time in a brief statement in the company’s quarterly results report. Samsung’s report states, “System LSI will focus its workforce to ensure stable supply of the Exynos 2500 for flagship products.” This statement coincides with Qualcomm announcing and starting production of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset for the Galaxy S25 series.
It is expected that there will be serious competition between these two chipsets, which will be included in the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra models. According to rumors, the Exynos 2500 will play a bigger role than its predecessor, the Exynos 2400. It is stated that Samsung plans to use more Exynos 2500 in the S25 series to offset the high costs of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset. This strategy was developed to keep the price of the Galaxy S25 Ultra under control.
Energy efficiency and graphics performance with Exynos 2500
Samsung’s Exynos 2500 comes with significant improvements in terms of energy efficiency. By making its in-house 3nm processor more energy efficient and speeding up the graphics subsystem, the company aims to offer a product that can compete with Qualcomm’s chipsets. Such improvements reflect Samsung’s efforts to overcome performance issues encountered in previous Exynos models.
Qualcomm chipsets have become the most expensive components in Samsung’s phones, which may have prompted the company to speed up its own processor development and testing. Samsung aims to make the Exynos 2500 more powerful and efficient to overcome the cost pressures of Qualcomm chipsets and increase its competitiveness.
Samsung’s move regarding its own chipset strategy seems to intensify competition in the mobile processor market. How the Exynos 2500 will perform in the market and how it will be received by consumers is eagerly awaited.