Samsung Galaxy S25 series is said to have both Snapdragon and Exynos versions

Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 series in January, running Snapdragon and its own Exynos chipsets. The South Korean tech group last month expected that next year’s entire Galaxy S25 series will switch to Exynos SoCs. However, a new report refutes this claim and suggests that Samsung will once again choose to split its Galaxy S25 smartphones between Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets. The company will reportedly use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Exynos 2500 chipsets in its next flagship Galaxy S series smartphones.

according to a Report Author: DigiTimes Asia (pass SamMobile), Samsung will stick to its strategy of using both Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets for its Galaxy S series smartphones. The report doesn’t specify which phones in the series will run the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, but we expect the Qualcomm SoC to be featured on the top-tier Galaxy S25 Ultra in all markets. The other phones in the series, likely the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+, may come with the Exynos 2500 chipset or the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, depending on the region of sale.

The Galaxy S24 Ultra runs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 globally, while in markets outside the US, including India, the base Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ are powered by the in-house Exynos 2400 SoC.

Last month, rumors surfaced that Samsung might use either an Exynos SoC or a Snapdragon chip, depending on the region, even on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 foldable phones. This would be a departure from Samsung’s usual practice of using Snapdragon processors in its Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones.

Samsung is also working to close the performance gap between Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets. Last week, a tipster claimed that the company’s Exynos 2500 processor is better than the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC in terms of both CPU and GPU performance. However, this claim is not supported by any performance metrics and benchmark data.

While no benchmarks are available yet, the Exynos 2500 chipset is said to include one Cortex-X5 core clocked at 3.2GHz or higher, three Cortex-A730 cores clocked up to 2.5GHz, and two additional Cortex-A730 core and four Cortex-A730 cores. The clock speeds of the A520 cores are not disclosed.

In early March, the Galaxy S25 series was expected to run entirely on Samsung’s Exynos chipset. Meanwhile, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset has been confirmed to launch at the Snapdragon Summit in October and will feature a custom Oryon CPU. The chipset is expected to power upcoming flagship Android phones such as Samsung Galaxy S25, Xiaomi Mi 15 series, and Asus Zenfone 11.