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It is one of the fastest smartphone SoCs ever, outperforming the Apple A18 Pro in many test scenarios (CPU multicore and GPU benchmarks) and barely throttling under continuous load.
Fresh cell treatment for Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra
Samsung refreshes the S-Class: In the 2025 edition, Qualcomm chips are available for all models. Otherwise, the manufacturer is taking a cautious approach to the hardware and is focusing primarily on AI. Older models should also benefit from this.
Update for the S-Class: Samsung's new flagship smartphones are in the starting blocks. They mark Samsung's departure from its own processors, with all members of the S25 family receiving Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite as their system-on-chip (SoC). Its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, was only used in the S24 Ultra, while the S24 and S24+ were equipped with the Exynos 2400 developed in-house.
The Qualcomm chip consists of a cluster with two prime cores and another cluster with six performance cores. The prime cores reach a peak of up to 4.32 GHz, the performance cores up to 3.53 GHz. There is no higher clocked version for Galaxy smartphones this time. However, the performance should still be sufficient. We have already been able to test the Snapdragon extensively in the Asus ROG Phone 9: It is one of the fastest smartphone SoCs ever, outperforming the Apple A18 Pro in many test scenarios (CPU multicore and GPU benchmarks) and barely throttling under continuous load. The chip can access at least 12 GB of main memory in all models.
