Update | Exynos 2600 specs and tentative Geekbench performance revealed by new rumour

June 18, 2025 01:35 PM GMT update

@OreXDA stated their initial Geekbench score calculation and clarifies its actual score will be about 2,950 and 10,200, making it much faster than initially anticipated. 

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With the Exynos 2600 inching closer to mass production, its performance is a hot topic. It is slated to launch in 2026 and compete with the likes of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 and Dimensity 9500. If previous Geekbench score rumours are accurate, Samsung's flagship has a lot of catching up to do. And if noted X leaker OreXDA's estimated Exynos 2600 performance are anything to go by, it might not make the cut.

Exynos 2600 performance

Apparently, the Exynos 2600 will score a paltry ~2,400 points in Geekbench's single core test and 9,400 in multicore. This is not very different from the Exynos 2500 found on the Galaxy S25+ prototype (2,359/8,141) last year. That said, the newest Exynos 2500 result on Geekbench was remarkably weaker (2,012/7,563). An analyst speculates this is due to Samsung sacrificing raw performance for stable yields.

Lastly, the Xclipse 960 on the Exynos 2600 is tipped to score 5,800 points in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme. That represents a respectable 62% increase over the Exynos 2400's Xclipse 940 GPU. Similarly, its GFXBench Aztec Ruins score comes in at 85 FPS. However, OreXDA doesn't specify which test this applies to (4K or regular), so it's hard to determine how much better it will be. 

Exynos 2600 specifications

OreXDA adds the Exynos 2600 will feature two Cortex-X Prime CPU cores and six Cortex-A cores-a layout we've seen before on the Snapdragon 8 Elite but with Nuvia IP. Whether Samsung will use Arm's new Travis and Altos cores remains to be seen. If that is indeed the case, its performance should be a lot higher than the figures predicted above. The Dimensity 9500, one of the first smartphone SoCs to employ them, is tipped to arrive with massive gains over its last-gen counterpart.

Regardless, the Exynos 2600 has a lot riding on it because it determines the fate of Samsung Foundry's 2 nm SF2 node. While the chipmaker got a much-needed cash injection thanks to the Nintendo Switch 2, that won't be nearly enough to keep it afloat in the coming years, especially with Intel Foundry's rise as a viable TSMC alternative.