At long last, Samsung has finally made the Exynos 2500 chip official. It is the company's first smartphone processor made on a 3nm process node, and it brings some impressive specifications, including a 10-core CPU and a fourth-generation Xclipse 950 GPU based on AMD's RDNA 3 architecture.

The Exynos 2500 will likely debut with the Galaxy Z Flip 7 next month.

Samsung has unveiled the Exynos 2500 chipset for high-end smartphones. It features a 10-core CPU with one Cortex-X5 core clocked at 3.3GHz, two Cortex-A725 cores running at 2.74GHz, five Cortex-A725 cores clicking at 2.36GHz, and two Cortex-A520 cores running at 1.8GHz. It has the company's in-house Xclipse 950 GPU made using AMD's RDNA 3 artchitecture and supports hardware-accelerated raytracing.

It supports LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. The built-in ISP supports up to 320MP camera sensors and 8K 30fps video recording. It supports zero shutter lag for a 108MP camera sensor or a 64MP+32MP dual-camera setup. It can record up to 4K 120fps or 8K 30fps videos with 10-bit HDR.

Samsung says the chip uses fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) for improved power efficiency, which is likely good for the ultra-thin Galaxy Z Flip 7's body. The Snapdragon 8 Elite could be too hot to handle for Samsung's upcoming flip-style foldable phone.

The built-in GPU and DSP can drive a 4K/WQUXGA resolution screen at 120Hz, which is impressive. It has a built-in Exynos 5400 5G modem that supports up to 12.1Gbps download speeds. The chip also supports direct satellite connectivity via low-earth orbit satellites for emergency calling and texting when conventional cellular networks are not within the device range.

The Exynos 2500 also features GNSS, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and a USB 3.2 Type-C port. It has a powerful built-in NPU with 24K MAC NPU (2-GNPU+2-SNPU) and DSP for advanced on-device AI processing, which is now 39% faster than the Exynos 2400.