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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
—Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 2500
66.1Inno Score
100CPU57.2
—GPU54.3
—Benchmarks74.2
—AIspec-based85.9
100Efficiencyspec-based79.6
3 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 61 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 2500

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

  • Stronger CPU score: 100 vs 57
  • 52% higher Max clock: 5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • 33% lower process: 2 nm vs 3 nm

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 2500

  • 25% higher cores: 10 vs 8

General

General comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
Announced20262025
Process2 nm+33%3 nm
TDP (typical)—8 W
Architecture64-bit Qualcomm Oryon CPUArmv9.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
Cores810+25%
Core configuration2x5.0 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x4.0 GHz Oryon Performance1x3.3 GHz Cortex-X925 + 2x2.75 GHz Cortex-A725 + 5x2.36 GHz Cortex-A725 + 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A520
Max clock5 GHz+52%3.3 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
GPUAdreno GPUSamsung Xclipse 950

AI

AI comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
NPUHexagon NPUSamsung NPU
AI performance—59 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
Memory typeLPDDR5X/LPDDR6-5300LPDDR5X

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
ModemQualcomm X105 5G Modem-RFIntegrated Exynos 5G modem
Max download14.8 Gbps—
Wi-FiWi-Fi 8—
Bluetooth6.0—

Media

Media comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
Max display4K+ @ 120Hz / QHD+ @ 240Hz—
Video capture8K@30fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Samsung Exynos 2500
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Samsung Exynos 2500
AnTuTu—2,150,000
Geekbench 6 (single)—2,300Top 14%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—8,200Top 10%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—4,400Top 20%

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