If earlier than right now you’d requested us what chipset the Samsung Galaxy S25 sequence would use, we’d have guessed some mixture of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and the Exynos 2500. After all, chipsets from one or – normally – each of these strains are used yearly, relying on the mannequin and area. But it now appears seemingly that a minimum of some Samsung Galaxy S25 items will use a MediaTek Dimensity 9400 as an alternative.
A pair of Google DeepMind researchers have recommended as a lot in a weblog submit on the DeepMind web site (noticed by NotebookCheck). They write: “MediaTek, one of many high chip design firms on the earth, prolonged AlphaChip to speed up growth of their most superior chips – just like the Dimensity Flagship Fifth Generation utilized in Samsung cell phones – whereas enhancing energy, efficiency and chip space.”
Now, Google doesn’t point out the Samsung Galaxy S25 line by title there, but it surely does say {that a} MediaTek Dimensity Flagship Fifth Generation chipset (that being a chipset within the 9000 sequence) is being utilized in Samsung telephones, which so far as launched telephones go isn’t the case, and as that is the corporate’s flagship sequence it might solely be utilized in top-end handsets – just like the Galaxy S25 line.
The indicators had been there
While this is able to be a giant change for the corporate, we maybe shouldn’t be too shocked, as we heard rumors of a MediaTek chipset getting used within the Samsung Galaxy S25 way back to June.
It’s a swap Samsung is reportedly making on account of a mix of sub-par yields of its personal Exynos 2500 chipset, and the supposedly excessive value of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. So there can be some logic to Samsung leaning on MediaTek, and actually the lately launched Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra use MediaTek chipsets, exhibiting that Samsung is prepared to equip high-end gadgets with them.
Even with all that we might have been a bit of skeptical a couple of swap to MediaTek for Samsung’s flagship telephones, however given Google’s remark it’s wanting very seemingly that a minimum of some Samsung Galaxy S25 fashions will use a MediaTek chipset – presumably the MediaTek Dimensity 9400, as that’s anticipated to be the highest mannequin on the time of the Galaxy S25’s launch, seemingly in January.
Snapdragon for some
However, we’d suppose the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra a minimum of will persist with a Snapdragon chipset, particularly as early benchmarks present it utilizing a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
So it’s solely the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus which are seemingly to make use of a MediaTek chipset, and even then, they won’t achieve this in every single place.
But early benchmarks of the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 recommend it should supply comparable energy to the highest rival chipsets, so having a cellphone with this will not be such a foul factor – particularly if it means a cheaper price than you would possibly pay for a cellphone geared up with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
