One of the big questions about Samsung's Galaxy S25 is whether it will continue the Galaxy S24's example of using a different chip for each model. However, a new leak may have the answer.

Last year, Samsung released phones with two different chips in different locations. The Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus models sold in the U.S. are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, while other countries have the Exynos 2400. For a long time, it was not certain if the same would happen with the upcoming Galaxy S25, which will use both the Snapdragon 8 Elite and the new Exynos 2500 chips. But one well-known leaker may finally have a definitive answer.

In a recent post to X, Ice Universe stated that the Galaxy S25 will be released along with the Snapdragon 8 Elite worldwide. This does not mean that one region will get a “better” version of the phone, but that it will work the same regardless of where the device is purchased.

This is consistent with another report in September that Samsung was planning to ditch Exynos chips to use Snapdragon worldwide.

It also follows recent news in the Korean news media that reported that Samsung's 3nm manufacturing process for the Exynos 2500 had low chip yields. In other words, the price of the available chips was high because too many were in an unsuitable condition for use in cell phones.

Undoubtedly, the Snapdragon 8 Elite is a significant upgrade over the previous Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. We took the opportunity to benchmark the chip and see what we could expect in terms of device performance, and it performed incredibly well in Geekbench scores, outperforming Apple's A18 Pro in multi-core performance. The Snapdragon chip's graphics rendering and AI processing capabilities, based on reference devices, far exceed other chips on the market.

There have been many rumors about the Galaxy S25 in recent months, some of which may be a bit disappointing. For example, a recent leak claimed that the Galaxy S25 would use the same M13 OLED display as the current Galaxy S24, but that a new chip would allow the display to be pushed to its maximum. This may be to cover the increased cost of the new Snapdragon chip, but there are indications that it is probably not enough to avoid a price increase for consumers.

Given the abundance of various sources claiming that the S25 will only run on Snapdragon 8 Elite, it seems very likely that this is accurate. If this is true, we can expect a major power boost for Samsung's next-generation phone.