Samsung unveils the Exynos 2500, its 3nm chip that aims to rival the best of Qualcomm

Rumors have recently claimed that the Galaxy Z Fold 7, the next version of the book-style folding smartphone, will run on a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip... much to the relief of all future users who don't want to hear about an Exynos! Chips designed by Samsung don't have a very good reputation; they often prove to be less efficient than their Qualcomm counterparts.

Samsung still believes in Exynos

However, not everything is a done deal for the manufacturer's future range of foldables. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 clamshell model should indeed be satisfied with an Exynos at least in the United States according to SamMobile. And potentially elsewhere in the world. While waiting for the summer Unpacked event which will take place on July 9, Samsung has revealed the technical specifications of the Exynos 2500, the new version of the chip which still has some arguments to put forward.

The Exynos 2500 is engraved according to the 3nm node, which should allow it to improve battery life with equal performance (the Exynos 2400 engraving is 4nm). The chip embeds 10 CPU cores in a configuration 1 Cortex-X925 core at 3.3GHz, 2 Cortex-A725 cores at 2.74GHz + 5 Cortex-A725 cores at 2.36GHz, plus 2 Cortex-A520 cores at 1.8GHz. The manufacturer promises a 15% gain in CPU performance on high-clocked cores compared to the Exynos 2400.

The GPU, a 4th generation Xclipse 950 (Samsung), provides hardware support for ray tracing, as well as 4K video output at 120 FPS. The NPU, for its part, ensures 59 trillion operations per second (in other words 59 TOPS), which is 39% better than the previous chip. Finally, the image processor can support ultra-high-resolution photo sensors up to 320 MP (8K recording, playback at 30 and 60 FPS).

Samsung will certainly be keen to demonstrate the capabilities of the Exynos 2500 this summer, when it presents its new folding smartphones. There's work to be done: the Korean giant's foundry business isn't in the best shape, with Google having decided to have the Tensor for the next Pixel 10 manufactured by TSMC.

Source: Samsung