Specs for the Exynos 2500 AP leak as Samsung sticks with the Deca-core design

Samsung did such a good job with the Exynos 2400 application processor (AP) that it went head-to-head with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 AP in some benchmark tests. Since the Exynos 2400 SoC could have erased the reputation of the Exynos line, it seems that Samsung is keeping the Deca-core version of the Exynos 2400 chipset for the Exynos 2500.

A leaked slide last October regarding Samsung's “Dream chip,” aka Exynos 2500 AP, indicates that it will be the first chip to be built using Samsung Foundry's second-generation 3nm process (3 nm GAP/SF3). Samsung uses Gate-all-around (GAA) transistors for its 3nm production, which covers all four sides of the channel, limiting current leakage and increasing drive current. TSMC won't use GAA until it begins 2nm production, giving Samsung Foundry a slight advantage in 3nm over the world's largest foundry.

Leak “X” @OreXda (via SamMobile) leaked the aforementioned slide of the Exynos 2500 SoC which shows that it will feature a Cortex-X5 Prime core clocked at 3.2-3.3 GHz. The chipset will also feature three Cortex-A730 Performance CPU cores running at 2.3GHz-2.5GHz, two additional Cortex-A730 Performance CPU cores running at an unknown slower clock speed, and four cores Cortex-A520 Efficiency processor.

Samsung must be very encouraged by the benchmark scores of the Exynos 2400 chipset currently powering the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ in most markets outside the United States and China. Previous Exynos APs had a reputation for running hot. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 AP runs the Galaxy S24 Ultra in all markets and the Galaxy S24 And Galaxy S24+ in the United States and China.