A much more powerful Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and a disappointing Galaxy S25+

While the OnePlus 13THE Realme GT7 Pro or even the Xiaomi 15 are embedding Qualcomm's new chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the smartphone market leader is eagerly awaited: Samsung.

The latest news was that there were rumors that all models in the Galaxy S25 range would feature this recent high-end processor… but they ultimately seem to go against the grain of reality.

Recent benchmarks, i.e. performance tests, indeed show divergences between models. We indeed discover the presence of a Samsung chip, the SM-S936B (supposedly the Exynos 2500) for the Galaxy S25+ and the Snapdragon 8 Elite for the Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Samsung would thus still be working on a processor succeeding theExynos 2400 Galaxy S24 and S24+. We can therefore assume that the Galaxy S25 and S25+ sold in certain markets, such as Europe, will be entitled to this chip instead of the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

This means less performance, given that Samsung has still not caught up with the American founder Qualcomm with its Snapdragon chips.

These performance tests also make it possible to compare the first results of Samsung's tests on these two smartphones:

• Galaxy S25+:
  • Single-core: 2,359
  • Multi-core: 8,141
• Galaxy S25 Ultra:
  • Single-core: 3,148
  • Multi-core: 10,236

We thus have very different scores between these models, the gap of which should logically narrow over the coming months thanks to new optimizations from Samsung on its new Exynos. However, it is more than safe to say that the Snapdragon 8 Elite will remain well above the rest, therefore guaranteeing the Galaxy S25 Ultra to be the most powerful smartphone in the range.