Samsung’s new processor, the Exynos 2600, expected to power the Galaxy S26 series next year, has entered Geekbench performance testing. Tests conducted on a pre-production prototype offer the first clues about the next-generation flagship chip’s performance.

Exynos 2600 Performance Test

Tested on the Geekbench 6.4 platform, the Exynos 2600 achieved a single-core score of 2,155 and a multi-core score of 7,788.

Geekbench tests confirmed some of the Exynos 2600’s technical specifications. According to the results, the chip has a 10-core CPU. This consists of one Cortex-X930 clocked at 3.55 GHz, three Cortex-A730 cores clocked at 2.96 GHz, and six additional Cortex-A730 cores clocked at 2.46 GHz. The processor is reportedly manufactured using Samsung’s 2nm SF2 process technology.

These scores, considering the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, expected to be used in the Galaxy S26 Ultra, reportedly boasts single-core scores exceeding 4,000 and multi-core scores exceeding 11,000, are unlikely to satisfy users, at least for now.

In short, if the processor launches in its current form, it could rekindle the previously discussed claims of a performance gap between Exynos and Snapdragon processors.

Of course, these results do not reflect the chip’s final performance. Performance is expected to improve as Samsung continues to work on resource management, thermal optimizations, and other system improvements. Therefore, the current results are a preliminary glimpse into the current state of development.

Finally, Galaxy S26 models with the Exynos 2600 processor are expected to be available in select markets in Europe and Asia, while Snapdragon versions are expected to be available in the US and China.