Samsung’s newest flagship mobile processor, the Exynos 2500 chipset, has been formally unveiled. The chip, which has complete specifications and is currently available on Samsung’s website, is constructed using the company’s second-generation 3nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process. Along with significant advancements in AI performance, camera processing, and power efficiency, it boasts a 10-core CPU and a new AMD-based Xclipse GPU.
CPU, GPU and NPU:
The CPU employs a tri-cluster architecture based on Arm’s most recent cores. It has two Cortex-A725 cores running at 2.74GHz, five Cortex-A725 cores running at 2.36GHz, two Cortex-A520 efficiency cores running at 1.8GHz, and one Cortex-X925 core running at 3.3GHz. According to Samsung, the previous generation’s CPU performance has improved by 15%.
Samsung’s new Xclipse 950 GPU, created in partnership with AMD, is installed in the Exynos 2500. Based on the RDNA 3 architecture, the GPU has a dual-shader engine configuration. Samsung claims that, compared to the previous generation, it increases frame rates by up to 28% and enhances ray tracing performance.
Samsung has increased power efficiency by using fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP), which improves heat dissipation while decreasing chip thickness and tweaking the CPU cluster configuration.
The Exynos 2500 has a 24K MAC NPU with DSP support and a 2-GNPU + 2-SNPU configuration on the AI side. According to Samsung, the NPU can perform up to 590 TOPS, 39% more than the Exynos 2400. While maintaining offline and secure data processing. The chip supports various on-device AI functions, including text summarisation, real-time translation, and image generation.
Camera:
The Exynos 2500 supports dual 64MP + 32MP setups and single-camera sensors up to 320MP. It has a 30 fps 8K video recording and 60 fps decoding system. The improved image signal processor features multi-layer, temporal-spatial noise reduction, and dynamic range compression.
Connectivity:
The chip supports LPDDR5X RAM, UFS 4.0 storage, and 4K/WQUXGA graphics at 120 Hz. NTN support, Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 7, a 5G modem with up to 12.1Gbps downlink on mmWave, and complete GNSS coverage are all examples of connectivity.
The Exynos 2500 is currently in mass production.
