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Galaxy Z Fold7 & Flip7 Performance Deep Dive: Exynos 2500's Limitations and the Challenges of Foldable Phones 🧐
After analyzing the performance, throttling, and heat generation of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, the Fold 7 maintained decent performance despite its thinner design, but the Flip 7 showed disappointing performance due to the limitations of the Exynos 2500. In particular, we confirmed that thermal management is a major challenge for foldable phones.
1. 📱 Galaxy Z Fold 7 & Flip 7 Unveiled: Powered by Exynos 2500, How's the Performance?
- ✅ Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 have been unveiled, powered by Exynos 2500.
- ⚠️ The thinner design of the Fold 7 and the cover display changes of the Flip 7 are drawing attention.
- ❓ Performance, throttling, and heat generation issues due to the Exynos 2500 are major concerns.
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1. 📱 Galaxy Z Fold 7 & Flip 7 Unveiled: Powered by Exynos 2500, How's the Performance?
- ✅ Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 have been unveiled, powered by Exynos 2500.
- ⚠️ The thinner design of the Fold 7 and the cover display changes of the Flip 7 are drawing attention.
- ❓ Performance, throttling, and heat generation issues due to the Exynos 2500 are major concerns.
00:38 - 01:45
2. Benchmark Test: CPU Performance and Throttling Comparison 📊
- ✅ Geekbench 6 results show high absolute scores, but slightly lower than Snapdragon-powered models.
- ✅ The G Flip 7 is similar to or slightly higher than its predecessor.
- ⚠️ CPU throttling test results show that the G Fold 7 has an increased performance maintenance ratio compared to its predecessor, but the G Flip 7 has decreased.
- ❗ The G Flip 7 has increased peak performance, but real-world performance is lower than its predecessor due to throttling.
01:46 - 02:21
3. AI Performance (NPU) Test: Confirming the Strengths of Exynos 2500 ✨
- ✅ Geekbench AI test results show a 22-32% performance improvement in the G Flip 7 compared to its predecessor.
- ✅ The Exynos 2500 shows strengths in the AI performance of the NPU.
02:22 - 03:35
4. GPU Performance Test: 3D Mark Benchmark and Stress Test 🎮
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is slightly lower than the S25 Ultra in both basic graphics score and ray tracing.
- ✅ The basic graphics score of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 is better than its predecessor, but disappointing compared to contemporary premium products.
- ⚠️ Stress test results show that the Galaxy Z Flip 7 does not have a significant improvement in real-world performance due to throttling.
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Fold 7 also has improvements in real-world performance.
03:36 - 04:10
5. Analysis of the Cause of Severe Throttling: Limitations of the Foldable Phone Form Factor 🌡️
- ❗ The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is prone to throttling due to the disadvantage of heat dissipation due to the form factor characteristics of foldable phones.
- ✅ Throttling is adjusted by software methods to manage heat generation.
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is less prone to throttling due to its relatively large size.
04:11 - 05:06
6. Game Performance Test: Genshin Impact Play Result Comparison 🕹️
- ✅ Throttling occurs in both the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Flip 7 when playing Genshin Impact.
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Flip 7 shows slightly better performance than its predecessor.
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Fold 7 maintains a higher frame rate than the Fold 6.
- ✅ We confirmed the performance improvements verified in the benchmark through game testing.
05:07 - 05:48
7. Heat Management Analysis: Temperature Changes During Game and Video Recording 🌡️
- ✅ There is not much difference in heat generation in Wildlife Extreme and Solar Bay tests.
- ✅ The temperature of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is noticeably lower than the Fold 6 when playing Genshin Impact.
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 maintain relatively slightly lower temperatures when shooting 4K video.
05:49 - 07:52
8. Final Conclusion: Limitations of Exynos 2500 and the Future of Foldable Phones 🧐
- ⚠️ The Galaxy Z Flip 7 with Exynos 2500 leaves much to be desired due to throttling issues and lower performance compared to Snapdragon.
- ✅ The Galaxy Z Fold 7 shows decent performance despite its thin design.
- ✨ Despite the limitations of the foldable phone form factor, the thin and light user experience is attractive enough.
- ❗ API performance optimization and improved thermal management will determine the future of foldable phones.