We’re in all probability now just a few months away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S25 sequence, and as such now we have fairly a transparent image via leaks of most of the possible specs. But 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 course, together with right this moment’s, with respected leaker @UniverseIce claiming that the Snapdragon 8 Elite might be used, and particularly saying the opposite two rumored chipsets – specifically the Exynos 2500 and the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 – received’t.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite is the model new successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which powered most of the 12 months’s greatest Android telephones, together with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. So in some ways it’s an apparent alternative of chipset.
Samsung Galaxy S25 sequence makes use of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Not the Exynos 2500 and Dimensity 9400October 23, 2024
But Samsung typically makes use of its personal Exynos chipsets in at the least some fashions in some areas, and this 12 months leaks additionally advised MediaTek may very well be within the combine, on account of Qualcomm reportedly charging extra 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. But 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 stated as a lot, however we’ve additionally heard related from leaker @Jukanlosreve, who claimed that Samsung had been in negotiations with MediaTek, however has finally 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 largely be excellent news. It will imply for one factor that whichever S25 mannequin you purchase in no matter area, you’ll get an equal quantity of energy (apart from doable RAM variations).
More importantly, the Snapdragon 8 Elite sounds enormously spectacular on paper, and will present an enormous increase each to AI and gaming. And whereas it stays to be seen how effectively this chipset will carry out in the actual world, sometimes the highest Snapdragon fashions do outperform the highest Exynos and MediaTek ones.
The one potential draw back is the rumored worth 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 effectively do – then that improve may very well be handed on to customers, making the Samsung Galaxy S25 line dearer than the Samsung Galaxy S24 sequence.
Whether that can occur and the way far more costly these telephones might 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.
