We’re in all probability now just a few months away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 collection, and as such we have now fairly a transparent image via leaks of most of the possible specs. However one factor that has remained unsure is what chipsets these telephones will use. Now although, it’s wanting very possible that they’ll all use the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
That’s as a result of most up-to-date leaks level in that route, together with at present’s, with respected leaker @UniverseIce claiming that the Snapdragon 8 Elite can be used, and particularly saying the opposite two rumored chipsets – specifically the Exynos 2500 and the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 – gained’t.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite is the model new successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which powered most of the yr’s best Android phones, together with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. So in some ways it’s an apparent alternative of chipset.
Samsung Galaxy S25 collection makes use of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Not the Exynos 2500 and Dimensity 9400October 23, 2024
However Samsung usually makes use of its personal Exynos chipsets in at the very least some fashions in some areas, and this yr leaks additionally instructed MediaTek may very well be within the combine, attributable to Qualcomm reportedly charging more for the Snapdragon 8 Elite than it did for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
So there was some uncertainty over which chipset or mixture of chipsets Samsung would go for. However whereas we nonetheless don’t have official affirmation, we’d say the Snapdragon 8 Elite is probably going for use all over the place, since not solely has this newest leak mentioned as a lot, however we’ve additionally heard similar from leaker @Jukanlosreve, who claimed that Samsung had been in negotiations with MediaTek, however has in the end determined to solely use the Dimensity 9400 for the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE.
Some earlier leaks additionally pointed to Samsung going all-in on Snapdragon, with Exynos additionally apparently out of the image because of the firm having manufacturing points with the brand new chipset.
An elite chipset
If Samsung does completely use the Snapdragon 8 Elite within the Galaxy S25 line, then that can in all probability principally be excellent news. It would imply for one factor that whichever S25 mannequin you purchase in no matter area, you’ll get an equal quantity of energy (apart from attainable RAM variations).
Extra importantly, the Snapdragon 8 Elite sounds enormously impressive on paper, and will present an enormous increase each to AI and gaming. And whereas it stays to be seen how properly this chipset will carry out in the true world, sometimes the highest Snapdragon fashions do outperform the highest Exynos and MediaTek ones.
The one potential draw back is the rumored value rise we talked about above. If this chipset does value considerably greater than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 – which given the ‘Elite’ within the identify it could properly do – then that enhance may very well be handed on to shoppers, making the Samsung Galaxy S25 line dearer than the Samsung Galaxy S24 collection.
Whether or not that can occur and the way rather more costly these telephones may really get stays to be seen, however we’ll in all probability discover out in January or February going by Samsung’s typical Galaxy S launch timings.
