The mystery surrounding the chip configurations of Samsung's Galaxy S25 series doesn't look like it will be revealed anytime soon. There were previous rumors that due to low production, Samsung will abandon the Exynos 2500 processor and instead equip all models of next year’s Galaxy S25 series with Snapdragon 8 Elite chips.
To add to the confusion, however, an alleged US model of the Galaxy S25 Ultra has now appeared on Geekbench, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. At the same time, the Galaxy S25+ is also said to appear on the same platform, using its own Exynos2500 chipset.
In terms of benchmark test results, the top model Galaxy S25 Ultra (model SM-S938U) performed well in the performance test, and its running scores reached new heights. The US version of the S25Ultra achieved an impressive single-core score of 3148 points and a multi-core score of 10236 points. This is better than the smartphone’s previous Geekbench scores, which recorded single-core and multi-core scores of 3,069 and 9,080 respectively.
The change in benchmark scores is likely the result of better optimization of the device when using the SoC. With the official launch still a few months away, the benchmarks are only getting better. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite is a powerful chipset using Oryon CPU with Prime and Performance core architecture, 24MB cache, and a main frequency of up to 4.32GHz.
On the other hand, the Galaxy S25+ with model number SM-S936B scored a single-core score of 2359 points and a multi-core score of 8141 points on Geekbench. This model is equipped with a chip model S5E9955, which is rumored to be an Exynos2500 processor. There is speculation that Samsung may use silicon capacitors for the Exynos2500 to better maintain a stable voltage according to changes in current.
As can be seen from Geekbench, the Exynos2500 is equipped with a 10-core CPU, in which the CPU clocked at 3.3GHz has two high-performance cores clocked at 2.75GHz and three high-performance cores clocked at 2.36GHz. The two energy-saving cores are clocked at 1.8GHz. If Samsung plans to use the chip in the Galaxy S25 series, the benchmark results are expected to improve over time.
The South Korean giant will release the Galaxy S25 series early next year, which was confirmed in its third-quarter 2024 financial report. There are also rumors that Samsung may also launch a "Galaxy S25 Slim" model a few months after the release of the Galaxy S25 series.