After much speculation, Samsung's first 3nm Exynos processor for smartphones is finally ready to launch. Although many people expected the Galaxy S25 to be the first device equipped with the Exynos 2500, Samsung actually decided to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite for the entire S25 series.

However, the Exynos 2500 is still being developed. According to a reliable source, this chip will appear on the Galaxy Z Flip 7.

Galaxy Z Flip 7 will be the first device to use the Exynos 2500

Samsung will equip the Exynos 2500 for the Galaxy Z Flip 7 in many markets, such as Korea and India. This is also the first time a Galaxy Z foldable phone is equipped with an Exynos chip. This processor has the model number S5E9955, the successor to the Exynos 2400 used on the Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus.

The Exynos 2500 is designed by the System LSI division and manufactured on Samsung Foundry's second-generation 3nm process. According to previous reports, the chip will have a 10-core CPU, an Xclipse 950 GPU based on the AMD RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture, and a 16MB L3 cache.

The expected CPU configuration includes:

  • 1 Cortex X925 core clocked at 3.3 GHz
  • 2 Cortex A725 cores clocked at 2.75 GHz
  • 5 Cortex A725 cores clocked at 2.36 GHz
  • 2 Cortex A520 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz

Traditionally, Samsung often uses Exynos chips for global markets except the US, Canada, and China. Most likely, with the Galaxy Z Flip 7, the company will still maintain this strategy and use the Snapdragon 8 Elite in the above markets.

Choosing the Exynos 2500 may be a reasonable decision for a device with a thin design like the Galaxy Z Flip 7, especially in the context of the Snapdragon 8 Elite being judged to generate a lot of heat on ultra-thin models like the Galaxy S25 Edge. However, the actual performance and heat control ability of the Exynos 2500 still need to be verified in the coming time when the Galaxy Z Flip 7 officially reaches users.