Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs Samsung Exynos 2500
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
2000 MHz
3300 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 506
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GPU frequency
650 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
1
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Shading units
96
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Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
933 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
7.46 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon 546
Yes
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Feb 2016
Aug 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MSM8953
S5E9955
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
156,131
2,519,784
FP32 (float)
124
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Geekbench 6
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2,648
Geekbench 6
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9,881
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.