Until the Galaxy Z Flip 6, all Samsung Galaxy Z Flip devices exclusively used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. However, recent rumours suggest that Samsung might equip the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7 with its in-house Exynos 2500 chip.
If this rumour holds true, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 would mark a significant milestone as the first Samsung foldable phone powered by an Exynos processor.
According to a leak shared on X (formerly Twitter), the Exynos 2500 will feature an advanced CPU configuration with ten cores in total.
This includes one high-performance Cortex-X925 core clocked at up to 3.3 GHz, two Cortex-A725 cores running at up to 2.75 GHz, five Cortex-A725 cores clocked at up to 2.36 GHz, and two efficiency-focused Cortex-A520 cores operating at up to 1.8 GHz. The chip will also boast 16MB of L3 cache.
In terms of memory, the Exynos 2500 supports 16-bit quad-channel LPDDR5X RAM with a throughput of approximately 9.6 Gbps. It also includes UFS 4.X storage support.
The GPU is a Samsung Xclipse 950 running at 1.3 GHz, built on AMD’s RDNA 3.5 architecture with 8 WGP (Workgroup Processors). For AI tasks, the chip features an NPU capable of delivering 56 TOPs of performance.
The Exynos 2500’s ISP supports camera resolutions of up to 320MP and can handle hardware-accelerated 8K video decoding at 60fps, along with 8K video recording at 30fps.
Based on Samsung’s release history, the Galaxy Z Flip 7 is expected to launch in July 2025, aligning with the timeline of its predecessors.