The Galaxy S25 series may be equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 - a 3 nm processor with 2 + 6 CPU architecture with Oryon core.

The launch date of the Galaxy S24 series is very close. So it's not surprising that rumors about the Galaxy S25 series started appearing. Accordingly, they will have a new design language, which can be used for other Galaxy models later. Recently, the performance of the Galaxy S25 series has also come to light.

According to DCS's reliable leak on Weibo, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (codename SUN) is a 3 nm processor manufactured by TSMC. In particular, the eight-core Oryon CPU has two high-performance Phoenix L cores and six power-saving Phoenix M cores. The source claims that Qualcomm has achieved many significant achievements. The performance and energy saving capabilities of the new CPU will be on par with Apple's M processor line.

As expected, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be equipped for the Galaxy S25 series, at least in the North American market. For most other countries, Samsung can use the Exynos 2500 (also known as the Dream Chip).

Another tipster, Revegnus, claims that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor consumes 8 W (lower than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3). He also said that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4's Adreno 830 GPU can be 10% more powerful than the M2 equipped for Macbooks.

Accordingly, Qualcomm's next flagship processor can achieve more than 2800 points in the single-core CPU performance test and more than 10,000 points in the multi-core CPU performance test of Geekbench 6. Oryon CPU cores are optional. The tweak was developed by the Nuvia team that Qualcomm acquired a few years ago.

Apple has been at the forefront when it comes to processor performance and power efficiency for the past decade. MediaTek, Samsung and Qualcomm have tried for years to be on par with Apple but have not achieved positive results.

Ultimately, however, it looks like Qualcomm could be on par with Apple with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. You should note, though, that these are unofficial claims. Data is only reliable when the actual performance of the processor is considered.