Samsung has silently introduced the Exynos 2500 Deca-Core SoC, the company’s own flagship SoC. This is still a Deca-Core SoC, but this uses a 3nm process technology compared to 4nm LPP+ process technology.
CPU
The Exynos 2500 uses has tri-cluster CPU structure that consists of one Arm Cortex-X5 large core optimized for peak performance at 3.3 GHz, five mid-sized core that includes 2 x Cortex-A725 cores at 2.74 GHz and 3 x Cortex-A725 cores at 2.36 GHz for balanced processing, and four Cortex-A520 cores at 1.8 GHz for efficiency. The company promises 15% increase in CPU performance compared to Exynos 2400.
GPU
It has the 4th generation Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU with the powerful AMD RDNA 3 architecture and hardware ray tracing technology that simulates real-world light movement for immersive visuals.
It has been upgraded from 6WGP/4RB to 8WGP/8RB. In addition, the ray traversal performance of the GPU has Improved, and the GPU now supports instance transform hardware acceleration, boosting frames per second (FPS) by 28% with ray tracing enabled, said the company.
NPU
The NPU in the Eynos 2500 can run up to 59 trillion operations per second (TOPS), a 39% improvement over its predecessor. It features two 12K MAC clusters, creating 24K MAC capability, which is significantly higher than the previous model’s 17K MAC performance. It also brings enhanced vector engine efficiency for generative Al model acceleration, resulting in a performance improvement of up to 90% on MobileBERT, said Samsung.
Similar to the Exynos 2400, this uses fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) providing better power efficiency and enhanced heat dissipation at a much reduced chip thickness and comes with a built-in GNSS7 block and allows the latest connectivity features — such as Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 7 — to interface.
Highlights of Samsung Exynos 2500 SoC
- Based on the 3-nanometer (nm) Samsung 3nm GAA process technology
- Deca-Core CPU with 1 x ARM Cortex-X5 CPU for ultimate processing power at 3.3 GHz, 2 x ARM A725 CPUs at 2.74 GHz and 3 x ARM A725 CPUs at 2.36 GHz for optimal performance and 4x ARM A520 CPUs at 1.8GHz optimized for efficiency
- Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU, AMD RDNA 3 architecture, hardware accelerated ray tracing (RT) and variable rate shading (VRS)
- UFS 4.0, LPDDR5X Memory
- Integrated NPU + DSP
- Up to 320MP in single camera mode, Single-camera 108MP @30fps, Dual-camera 64MP+32MP @30fps
- Up to 8K decoding: 60fps with 10-bit HEVC(H.265), VP9, AV1, Up to 8K encoding: 30fps with 10-bit HEVC(H.265), VP9
- Display Up to 4K/WQUXGA @120Hz, QHD+ @144Hz
- 5G NR Sub-6GHz 9.64 Gbps (DL) / 2.55 Gbps (UL), 5G NR mmWave 12.1 Gbps (DL) / 3.67 Gbps (UL), LTE Cat.24 8CA 3Gbps (DL) / Cat.22 4CA 422Mbps (UL)
- Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, GNSS
Availability
The Samsung Exynos 2500 SoC is expected to power the Galaxy Z Flip7 smartphone that should launch sometime in early July.