Exynos 2500 powered Galaxy Z Flip 7 disappoints in inaugural Geekbench run

Shortly after the Galaxy Z Flip FE showed up on Geekbench powered by an Exynos 2400, the mainstream Galaxy Z Flip 7 has followed suit, this time with a newer Exynos 2500 at the helm. However, its performance is a bit of a damp squib, even when compared to a past version of the Exynos 2500.

The Galaxy Z Flip 6 (SM-F766U) scores 2,012 and 7,563 points in Geekbench 6.4's single and multicore tests, respectively. Last year, the same chip scored 2,359 and 8,141 points in the same benchmark, but it was tested on a Galaxy S25+ prototype. Then again, both chips are engineering samples and will not perform as well as they can with proper software support.

The above Geekbench listing tacitly confirms the Samsung has likely compromised on performance to get better yields out of its 3 nm node. The new Exynos 2500 variant fell behind the original by 14% in single core and 7% in multicore. These lacklustre scores further widen the divide between Exynos and Snapdragon/MediaTek.

Interestingly, the Exynos 2500 sample tested alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 7 has the same CPU specs as its earlier iteration. It has one prime core at 3.3 GHz, two P-cores at 2.75 GHz, five P-cores at 2.36 GHz and two E-cores at 1.80 GHz. These are all last-gen Arm v8 cores. 

This variant has 12 GB of RAM and a Xclipse 950 GPU. Disappointing performance aside, the main concern will be power efficiency because the Flip 7's rumoured battery upgrade might not matter if the underlying SoC squanders the extra capacity.