Samsung teases Exynos 2600
Samsung has now posted a new teaser for its next Exynos mobile processor on YouTube. The 30-second clip carries lines such as “Refined at the Core”, “Optimized at every level” and “The next Exynos is coming. It’s time to express the exceptional. Coming soon.” This is the first public teaser for the upcoming Exynos 2600, following earlier mentions of a new 2 nm Exynos flagship in company briefings and local reports.
On process technology, Samsung has already said that Exynos 2600 will be its first smartphone SoC built on the 2 nm GAA “SF2” node . Reports from Korean add that trial and then mass production on SF2 started in mid-2025 and that yields have improved to roughly 5060%, which is considered enough to support the Galaxy S26 launch window in early 2026.
Every leak so far places Exynos 2600 at the heart of the Galaxy S26 family. It is expected that the Galaxy S26 and S26 Edge will use Exynos 2600 in most regions, with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 reserved for markets such as the US, South Korea and China, and newer rumours even point to some Galaxy S26 Ultra variants shipping with Exynos as well.
Samsung Exynos SoCs (GPU) Rumors
- 2021 Exynos 2100 (S5E9840): Mali G78
- 2022 Exynos 2200 (S5E9925): Xclipse 920 (AMD RDNA2)
- 2024 Exynos 2400 (S5E9945): Xclipse 940 (AMD RDNA3)
- 2025 Exynos 2500 (S5E9955): Xclipse 950 (AMD RDNA3)
- ➡️ 2026 Exynos 2600: (S5E9965): Xclipse 960 (AMD RDNA3x / In-house?)
Benchmarks and leak describe a 10-core CPU in a 1+3+6 layout paired with a new Xclipse 960 GPU. Early GPU leaks show Xclipse 960 as an 8-CU design that scores about 3,135 points (23.23 FPS) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Light and edges out Snapdragon 8 Elite’s Adreno 830 in that test, although this was measured on an engineering sample with generous power limits. We still dont have confirmation on whether Exynos uses AMD RDNA3 architecture or something in-house as some leakers have suggested.
Graphics aside, officially, Samsung has only promised that Exynos 2600’s NPU will deliver a large performance uplift over its current flagship SoC.
Source: Samsung
