After months of speculation about the status of Samsung’s custom Exynos chip program, we finally have an answer — it’s alive and kicking inside the new Galaxy Z Flip 7. This includes customers in the US, who had previously only been treated to a modern Exynos chip in the Galaxy S24 FE.
However, this choice leaves Samsung with two different chips inside its latest flagship foldable portfolio. The Exynos 2500 is in the Z Flip 7, but Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite powers the Galaxy Z Fold 7. But what does this all mean for consumers? Is someone getting a raw deal? Let’s investigate.
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Exynos 2500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite
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While the Snapdragon 8 Elite is a well-known quantity at this point (it powers virtually every Android flagship, after all), this is the first time we’ve seen the Exynos 2500. We’ll have to wait a little longer to benchmark the chip, but we can already glean some interesting performance and feature details from Samsung’s spec table.
First, it offers a beefy CPU setup: a single powerhouse Cortex-X5 (X925), seven Cortex-A725 cores (two at 2.74GHz and five at 2.36GHz), and two smaller A520 cores for background tasks. That’s 10 cores in total, surpassing the 8 Elite’s eight cores, which should make it a dab hand at everyday multitasking scenarios.
Exynos 2500 Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU Config
Exynos 2500 1x 3.3GHz Cortex-X925
2x 2.74GHz Cortex-A725
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