Will you buy the Galaxy S25 with MediaTek Dimensity 9400?

Samsung switched to the flagship MediaTek chip in its latest Galaxy Tab lineup. Rumor has it that Samsung could use MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset in the upcoming Galaxy S25, which will be available in certain markets.

Exynos 2500 could not be used in the upcoming flagship phones. Samsung is reportedly facing low-yield issues with its cutting-edge 3nm process. Therefore, the in-house processor is unlikely – at least in the upcoming Galaxy S.

Snapdragon prices could skyrocket due to 3nm process costs. Samsung must freeze the pricing of its next flagships to remain competitive. Hence, we may see MediaTek Dimensity 9400 in the vanilla Galaxy S25.

Dimensity 9400 features one Arm Cortex-X925 CPU core topping out at just over 3.6GHz, three Cortex-X4s rated up to 3.6GHz, and four Cortex-A720 cores running up to 3.3GHz. The product is set to compete with Qualcomm and Apple’s latest chips.

In addition, the Dimensity 9400 is said to pack an 8th-gen machine-learning-accelerating NPU. MediaTek claims it’s as much as 80% faster at performing LLM prompt inference over the previous NPU, and is also as much as 35% more power efficient.

MediaTek has been doing a pretty notable job in the mobile chip markets. Many Chinese vendors opt for Dimensity and Helio chips for their products. If the rumor is true, Dimensity 9400 will be the first to power a flagship product from Samsung.

Samsung maintains a dual-chip strategy in its Galaxy S lineups. The Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus use Exynos and Snapdragon in different markets. However, consumers always prefer Snapdragon which offers better performance and efficiency.

The Galaxy S25 series could be launched in the first quarter of the next year. Qualcomm is set to debut the Snapdragon 8 Elite this month. We are excited for the upcoming developments as well as the future of Galaxy S flagships.