Last year, Samsung faced challenges in launching its Exynos 2500 chip. The company wanted to include it in most Galaxy S25 devices globally, but severe issues on Samsung Foundry’s 3nm wafers prevented that. Company executives already confirmed that the SoC will be present in some upcoming Galaxy foldable phones. Now, the South Korean giant has revealed that it is working on optimizing the Exynos 2500 for use in phones in H2 2025.
Samsung optimizing the Exynos 2500 chip for an H2 2025 launch
Samsung managed to resolve the issues on its 3nm wafers, as confirmed by executives late last year. However, it was already too late to implement the chip in the Galaxy S25 lineup as originally planned. Even if it was able to mass-produce it from December, the company still had to optimize it. In fact, Exynos 2500 benchmarks leaked a few weeks ago yielded rather disappointing results.
The Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Flip FE could be the first Exynos 2500-powered devices of 2025. During its latest Q4 2024 earnings call, an executive from Samsung’s System LSI division told investors that it is optimizing the SoC and the firm wants to use it in “mobile models scheduled for release in H2” (via @bryanmba on X/Twitter).
During the same earnings call, officials confirmed that the 2025 Galaxy foldables will not be revolutionary. Instead, the company will focus on optimizing their design and software features. The Exynos 2500 chip will be one of the (probably) few notable hardware upgrades in the next-gen Z Flip phones.
Exynos 2500 leaked specs
A recent leak has revealed the full spec sheet of the Exynos 2500. The chip will feature a deca-core CPU architecture with 1x 3.3GHz Cortex-X925 core, 2x 2.75GHz Cortex-A725 cores, 2x 2.36GHz Cortex-A725 cores, and 2x 1.8GHz Cortex-A520 cores. Additionally, it will incorporate a powerful Xclipse 950 GPU, which is based on AMD’s RDNA3.5 architecture. Samsung’s approach with more CPU cores at lower clock rates is radically different from its direct rivals. The current Exynos 2400 already uses a deca-core design, delivering good results.
