It seems obvious that Samsung will use its own Exynos 2400 chipset on some models of the Galaxy S24 series. What makes the most sense is that Sammy is borrowing from Apple. Starting with last year’s iPhone 14 lineup, Apple kept the latest and greatest Application Processor (AP) for the Pro models, while the non-Pro models got the second-hand SoC that the Pro models used the previous year.
The Exynos 2400 could be a legitimate challenger to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 generation 3 for Galaxy chipset with a deca-core configuration consisting of a Cortex-X4 main processor core running at 3.19 GHz. There will be five Cortex-A720 processor cores, with two clocked at 2.9 GHz and three at 2.6 GHz. This leaves four Cortex-A520 efficiency cores with a clock speed of 1.95 GHz. The processor is Samsung XClipse 940 and the built-in modem is Exynos 5300 supporting downlink speed up to 10Gbps.
The Exynos 2400 will power some of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S24 phones
This all sounds good on paper and compared to the latest Exynos AP, the 2200, CPU performance is increased by 1.7x and AI performance by 14.7x. But now we’re starting to hear rumors about the Exynos 2500 from X tipster @OreXda (via notebookcheck.net). Like the Exynos 2400, the sequel will be a deca-core chip, but the configuration would include three performance cores and two slower performance cores compared to the Exynos 2400’s two performance cores and three slower ones.
The Exynos 2500’s rumored specs include one Cortex-X5 main processor core, three Cortex-A730 performance cores, two Cortex-A730 performance cores clocked at a slower speed, and four Cortex-A520 efficiency cores. Early rumors pointed to the Exynos 2500 SoC using four main cores, but with concerns over possible heating issues affecting MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300, which features no efficiency cores (1 Cortex-X4 main processor core, 3 Cortex-X4 main CPU cores and 4 Cortex-X4 CPU cores. A720 (performance CPU cores), Samsung probably didn’t feel comfortable launching the die (so to speak) using four main cores with the Exynos 2500 SoC.
The Exynos 2500 is expected to be manufactured using Samsung Foundry’s 3nm 3GAP process node. The chip could be used in the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ in 2025.
