What’s happening with the Galaxy S25 seems like a never-ending story. Every few days, new information appears about these devices and Samsung’s decision regarding the processor they will use, and this situation is heating up the atmosphere on social networks and confusing users. Today, new relevant information has emerged regarding this story, which it is gradually consolidating in the worst case scenario.
It all started before the summer, when leaks and rumors claimed that Samsung would use this chip. Exynos 2500 on Galaxy S25 and S25+. Later, some sources said the opposite: that base models will also be equipped with Qualcomm’s flagship processor, such as the S25 Ultra.
Google later revealed some information about the use of MediaTek chips in these Galaxy S25s, which created a huge mess and confused the future of high-end devices. The last we knew about these devices was told by Ice Universe: ” The Samsung Galaxy S25 series uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip rather than the Exynos 2500 or Dimensity 9400.“.
A reference Galaxy S25+ mixed things up again
Well, after a couple of weeks of quiet, appeared reference which once again puts Samsung in a difficult position. According to Geekbench, the Galaxy S25+ passed the processor benchmark test. Exinos 2500. And, of course, this was reflected in the score: 2359 points for one core and 8141 points for all cores.
This test not only confirms that Samsung will choice of Exynos 2500 processor for base modelsand also that this chip has significantly lower performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. What’s the difference? The Galaxy S25 Ultra took the same test in September and got the following results.
- Single-core test: 3069 points (+710 vs. Exynos)
- All-core test: 9080 points (+939 vs. Exynos)
Besides, reference The Galaxy S25 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Elite dates back to late September, so its optimization could have been improved, and this the difference with Exynos 2500 is even greater.
The community has been quite clear on this topic: They want all models to have a Qualcomm processor. and this is distributed equally across all markets. Until today, everything pointed towards this scenario, but a leaked test once again gives the green light to the Galaxy S25 and S25+ with Exynos 2500.
Problem? These two phones are considered premium devices, so Not turning on the most powerful equipment at the moment is at least a dubious step. Of course, we will have to wait for confirmation of the situation, since at the moment everything continues to hang on the thread of leaks.
Source: Hiper Textual
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