Word around the tech community suggests that Samsung plans to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite in its Galaxy S25 lineup worldwide. The flagship models are anticipated to be revealed in the last week of January, and the standard Galaxy S25 has already been spotted on Geekbench.
Geekbench Details
The Geekbench entry reveals the Galaxy S25 with the model number "SM-S931N," which is likely the version for Korea. It features the Snapdragon 8 Elite designed for Galaxy, shown by its impressive 4.47 GHz clock speed, higher than the 4.32 GHz of the regular Snapdragon 8 Elite found in devices like OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15 series. The phone also comes with 12 GB of RAM, which may suggest that the version being tested is either a 256 GB or 512 GB variant.
Performance Concerns
Unfortunately, the performance results from the tested devices are not very encouraging. It achieved a single-core score of 2481 and a multi-core score of 8658. These figures are quite underwhelming, especially when considering the faster clock speeds of the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, as other devices using the Snapdragon 8 Elite often hit scores above 3000 and 9000, respectively. Nevertheless, "For Galaxy" chipsets are known to perform slightly lower than standard Snapdragon 8-series chips due to Samsung's focus on efficiency rather than sheer power.
