A reliable Samsung leaker says all Galaxy S25 models will get the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, not just the Ultra.
We’re about three months away from the Galaxy S25 launch, but Samsung’s next big flagship phone is already popping up in all sorts of leaks. The most exciting one just dropped from a reliable insider who claims that all three Galaxy S25 variants will get Qualcomm’s just-announced Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.
That’s an exciting thought, considering what happened with the Galaxy S24 series earlier this year. Every US version of the phone featured the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, sure. But international buyers who didn’t want the Galaxy S24 Ultra got Samsung’s Exynos 2400 chip instead. Samsung chips haven’t been that great in recent years, though the Exynos 2400 turned out to be better than expected.
Still, there’s a reason Qualcomm changed the name of the chip that will power many 2025 Android flagships. It’s called Snapdragon 8 Elite instead of Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 because Qualcomm says this chip is the “fastest mobile CPU in the world.”
That’s a big claim to make in a mobile world that’s been dominated by the iPhone’s A-series chip since Apple started making its own processors. Just look at the iPhone 16 launch a few weeks ago, where Apple made similar claims about the A18 Pro that powers its new iPhone 16 Pro models.
