Samsung Galaxy S25 could have a never-seen-before MediaTek chipset variant: what to expect
Highlights
- Samsung may try to hedge its bets with a Galaxy S25 MediaTek variant.
- Well, it could have a three-pronged approach, viz., a Snapdragon variant, an Exynos variant and a MediaTek variant.
- We think the MediaTek chip in question could be the upcoming Dimensity 9400 SoC.
Samsung Galaxy S25 series is expected early next year and recently one of the major question marks has been whether Samsung will ship these phones with entirely Snapdragon or reserve Exynos for some markets. Well, the rumour is that there is a new contender in the race. There could perhaps be a third Samsung Galaxy S25 MediaTek variant.
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Samsung Galaxy S25 series with MediaTek chip: what to expect
As per the South Korean publication, The Financial News, Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy S25 series with "not only Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Exynos 2500 but also Taiwan's MediaTek Dimensity chip".
If it's true, then we figure this could be the yet-to-be-announced MediaTek Dimensity 9400.
Based on a leak early this year, the MediaTek chip could outpace the Snapdragon chip:
| BENCHMARKS | DIMENSITY 9400 | SNAPDRAGON 8 GEN 4 |
| AnTuTu | 34,49,366 | 31,33,570 |
| Geekbench single-core | 2,776 | 2,845 |
| Geekbench multi-core | 11,739 | 10,628 |
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 is rumoured to have an MT6991 model number and is based on TSMC's second-gen 3nm N3E manufacturing process.
The forthcoming Dimensity chip is believed to feature a new Cortex-X5 prime core (clocked at up to 3.4GHz). This could be coupled with the same three Cortex-X4 performance cores and four Cortex-A720 efficiency cores as its predecessor.
The new chip could bring faster clock speeds while being up to 34 percent more power efficient.
Well, this is what's expected from the next MediaTek flagship chip. But, until Samsung confirms or we have better evidence, we are not sure what Samsung's cooking!
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The Korean report doesn't share any more details to back its claim.
It however quotes tipster @PandaFlashPro's claim that "the Exynos 2500 yield is more than 40%" and Samsung will try to improve this by August. The Exynos chip will have to have at least hit 60 percent yield to be ready for mass production.
Meanwhile, the next top-end Qualcomm chip is expected to carry a 25-30 percent higher price tag than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. So, Samsung may be considering MediaTek as an alternative to haggling a better deal from Qualcomm, especially if Exynos isn't ready by then. Let's see how things shake out.