The Exynos 2600 is expected to power only the Galaxy S26 and S26+ for the South Korean market in the near future.
Samsung has officially introduced the Exynos 2600, its new flagship system-on-a-chip (SoC) for smartphones. The Exynos 2600 becomes the first smartphone SoC built using a 2nm process technology.
According to the company, the transition to the 2nm process provides a significant boost in performance, energy efficiency, and heat dissipation — areas where Exynos chipsets have traditionally lagged behind solutions from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Apple.
The Exynos 2600 features 10 Arm v9.3 cores, and notably, this configuration does not include any low-power “little” cores:
- One high-performance C1-Ultra core clocked at 3.8 GHz
- Three high-performance C1-Pro cores at 3.25 GHz
- Six energy-efficient C1-Pro cores at 2.75 GHz
Samsung states that this new CPU structure increases overall processor performance by up to 39% compared to the Exynos 2500. Additionally, the new SoC incorporates Samsung’s new “Heat Path Block” technology, designed to help the chip manage overheating more effectively.
Regarding the GPU, the Exynos 2600 is paired with the Xclipse 960, which Samsung claims delivers double the computing performance and up to 50% better ray tracing performance compared to the Exynos 2500.
The NPU has also been upgraded, with the Exynos 2600 showing a 113% increase in AI performance over its predecessor.
Other specifications:
- Support for cameras with resolutions up to 320 MP and zero shutter lag for 108 MP shots.
- Support for 8K@30 fps and 4K@120 fps video recording with HDR, as well as support for the Samsung APV codec.
- LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.1 storage support.
While the company has not yet specified which devices will feature the Exynos 2600, it is expected that the new processor will be used in the Galaxy S26 and S26+ for the South Korean market. Meanwhile, all S26 Ultra models, as well as global versions of the S26 and S26+, are expected to run on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.