Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit is scheduled to kick off on September 23 , so it was only a matter of time before its top-tier chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, started showing up in benchmark databases. After seemingly obtaining a massive 3.8 million score in AnTuTu , making it 40.7 percent higher than the fastest Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered flagship on the app’s list, the new SoC was recently spotted running in Samsung’s ultra-slim smartphone, the Galaxy S26 Edge, securing phenomenal results. However, those figures could have been better, as discussed below.
The Galaxy S26 Edge, featuring the model number SM-S947U, obtains single-core and multi-core scores of 3,393 and 11,515, respectively, while running the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2. As you can tell from the benchmark, the device had Android 16 installed and sports the ‘2 + 6’ CPU cluster like the Snapdragon 8 Elite, with its performance cores rated to operate at 4.74 GHz and the efficiency cores clocked at 3.63 GHz. These increases were likely possible thanks to Qualcomm’s move to TSMC’s third-generation 3nm process, also known as ‘N3P,’ bringing improved efficiency, which ultimately allowed the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 to run at higher frequencies.
The Galaxy S26 Edge also features 12 GB of RAM, and for a sleek flagship, these single-threaded and multi-threaded figures would be regarded as nothing short of impressive. However, it should be noted that the six performance cores were not running at their default clock speeds. Thanks to , who provided an in-depth look at the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2’s frequencies, the Galaxy S26 Edge appears to be running the performance cores only at 4.00 GHz. Whether this was a deliberate move on Samsung’s or Qualcomm’s part, we cannot confirm.
We should also mention that Geekbench 6 is not designed for measuring sustained performance, meaning that the scores you see above are what the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 is capable of achieving in a short amount of time and are not indicative of thermal throttling. Then again, historically, Samsung’s devices have had a habit of achieving lower scores on Geekbench 6 than their competitors, despite using a slightly more powerful Snapdragon chipset. Hopefully, we will see some improvements here—perhaps when the Galaxy S26 Ultra gets spotted on the same benchmark.
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