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Samsung fans haven’t had to worry so much about the Exynos versus Snapdragon debate this year. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite powers the Galaxy S25 series, while Exynos has stepped aside to fill in for some of Samsung’s more affordable phones, such as the FE range.
This is because the Exynos 2500 suffered some rather notable issues. First, production yield issues and delays meant Samsung had to skip the chip entirely for the Galaxy S25 series. When it finally arrived in the Galaxy Z Flip 7, the performance was pretty lackluster; in CPU performance, it was no faster than last year’s Snapdragon rival, and there were only marginal gains in graphics.