Based on initial benchmarks for its forthcoming Samsung Exynos 2600 SoC, Samsung appears to be making great advances toward a complete re-entry into the premium chipset sector with very strong GPU capabilities. The chip scored 3,135 points in a recent assessment using the 3DMark Steel Nomad Light suite, with an average frame rate of 23.23 FPS, exceeding Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite, which obtained 2,681 points at 19.87 FPS, by around 15%.
Although they come from a high-end testing board instead of a commercially available smartphone, these results point to much future for Samsung’s own silicon. Leaks from Geekbench 6 show that on the CPU side, the Samsung’s Exynos 2600 scores roughly 2,950 points in single-core performance and 10,200 points in multi-core performance, a rise of roughly 20% in single-threaded and 15% in multi-threaded capacity over the Samsung Exynos 2400.
With Geekbench 6 single-core scores of 4,000 and multi-core points of 11,000, respectively, Apple’s A18 Pro and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which is expected to outrank it among its rivals, would be placed just behind. Still, the changes from Samsung’s earlier silicon are obvious.
One major element driving the device’s promise is the combination of Samsung’s 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) technology and creative packaging methods. Reports suggest that Samsung intends to use HPB (Heat Path Block), a copper-based heat sink, and FOWLP (Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging) to boost thermal management and efficiency, marking a major improvement over older versions hampered by overheating.
Still, experts caution that the performance rise might not be as significant as expected. SammyGuru says that, even with significant improvements, the Samsung’s Exynos 2600 might not equal the raw performance levels of future Qualcomm and MediaTek CPUs created on TSMC’s 3nm process node. Thus, the ongoing questions over maintained power consumption and practical thermal throttling exist. Ahead of the expected Galaxy S26 release, probably set for early 2026, Samsung’s Exynos 2600 will be unveiled in the next few months.