Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3300 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
10
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
2
TDP
-
11 W
Graphics
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
653 MHz
GPU name
-
Adreno 530
Execution units
-
1
Shading units
-
256
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Yes
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2160
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 680
Max camera resolution
-
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Download speed
-
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
Announced
Aug 2025
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
S5E9955
MSM8996 Pro-AC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,519,784
-
Geekbench 6
2,648
391
Geekbench 6
9,881
797
FP32 (float)
-
334