Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 series in January, running on its Snapdragon and Exynos chipset. Last month, we learned that the South Korean tech company will completely switch the Galaxy S25 series to an Exynos SoC next year. However, a new report contradicts this claim and says that Samsung will once again opt to split its Galaxy S25 smartphone into Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets. According to reports, the company will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 and Exynos 2500 4th generation chipsets for its next-generation Galaxy S series smartphones.
According to a report by DigiTimes Asia (via SamMobile), Samsung plans to stick to its strategy of using Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets in its Galaxy S series smartphones. The report doesn’t reveal which phones in the series will feature the 4th-gen Snapdragon 8, but we expect the Qualcomm SoC to power the flagship Galaxy S25 Ultra in all markets. Other phones in the series (likely the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+) will likely use the Exynos 2500 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, depending on which region they are sold in.
Globally, the Galaxy S24 Ultra runs on Qualcomm’s 3rd generation Snapdragon 8, and the internal Exynos 2400 chip powers the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus in markets outside the US, including India.
Last month, there were rumors that Samsung could also use Exynos SoC or Snapdragon chips in the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, depending on the region. This is a departure from Samsung’s usual practice of equipping the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones with Snapdragon processors.
Samsung is also trying to close the performance gap between Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets. Last week, a source claimed that the company’s Exynos 2500 processor will outperform the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC in terms of CPU and GPU performance. However, this claim was not supported by any performance metrics or benchmark numbers.
Although there are no benchmarks available yet, the Exynos 2500 chipset has one Cortex-X5 core clocked at over 3.2 GHz, three Cortex-A730 cores clocked at up to 2.5 GHz, two more Cortex -A730 cores and four additional Cortex-A730 cores. It consists of Cortex-A730 cores. A520 core with unknown clock speed.
In early March, it was hinted that the Galaxy S25 series would fully support Samsung’s Exynos chipset. Meanwhile, Qualcomm’s 4th generation Snapdragon 8 chipset with a custom Oryon CPU has been confirmed to debut at the Snapdragon Summit in October. The chipset is expected to power future Android flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S25, the Xiaomi 15 series and the Asus Zenfone 11.
Bhupendra Singh Chundawat is a seasoned technology journalist with over 22 years of experience in the media industry. He specializes in covering the global technology landscape, with a deep focus on manufacturing trends and the geopolitical impact on tech companies. Currently serving as the Editor at Udaipur Kiran, his insights are shaped by decades of hands-on reporting and editorial leadership in the fast-evolving world of technology.
