Exynos 2500: Updated specifications speculate a 10-core CPU with six performance cores

With the Exynos 2400 officially slated to make a comeback with the Galaxy S24 series next year, the chances of Samsung launching its successor in 2025 seem plausible. Its rumoured specifications have changed over the years, with initial reports stating it would pack nine CPU cores like the Google Tensor G3. Leaker @OreXDA now says that the Exynos 2500's specs have been revised yet again.

The flagship SoC, dubbed as the Dream Team chip by some, will follow its predecessor's (Exynos 2400) footsteps. It will feature 10 CPU cores in a 1+3+2+4 configuration instead of 1+2+3+4. While the exact CPU cores aren't specified, the Exynos 2500 will use next-gen products from Arm, namely the Cortex-X5 and Cortex-A730, but stick with the Cortex-A520. Its CPU could look like 1x Cortex-X5, 3x Cortex-A730, 2x Cortex-A730 (lower clocks) and 4x Cortex-A520.

This is radically different from the 4x-Cortex-X5 configuration leaked earlier. Samsung is better off with a tried and tested design, especially with MediaTek's reported struggles to keep the all-P-core Dimensity 9300's thermals under check. Unfortunately, that's all we know about the Exynos 2500 for now. There could be remarkable performance gains thanks to the major node upgrade to Samsung 3GAP. Whether or not they translate to the architecturally-bound GPU remains to be seen.

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