Samsung’s 2nm Exynos 2700 chip is rushing to production

As early as January this year, a Geekbench listing from a prominent tipster implied that Samsung had already begun testing its new Exynos chip. Naturally, that leak was treated with skepticism, but fresh reports now seem to provide the claim with some degree of legitimacy.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the architecture for the Exynos 2700 was already fully designed by late 2025. Testing is currently underway at Samsung MX with production-ready samples expected between May and June, well ahead of the next Galaxy S series launch.

At this point, it is an open secret that Samsung intends to reclaim market share from Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors which power a dominant 75% of the Galaxy S26 lineup.

To achieve these cost savings estimated at over $7.8 billion (11 trillion won), the tech giant is betting on the second-gen Samsung Foundry 2nm process (SF2P) to deliver the sort of yield and efficiency that industry heavyweights like TSMC are known for. The Exynos 2700 is also likely to improve on the heat management technology used in its predecessor. Consequently, Kiwoom Securities analyst Park Yu-ak projects that dependence on Qualcomm chipsets will shrink to 50% in the Samsung Galaxy S27 series.

But those are just financial targets. The only physical evidence of this chip in the wild remains an ERD board on Geekbench showcasing an unusual 10-core prototype with unimpressive OpenCL scores. Granted, it may as well be a spoofed listing, but until a new wave of leaks emerges, showcasing the Exynos 2700 actually pushing competitive clock speeds, the burden of proof rests entirely on Samsung. For now, Qualcomm has no reason to sweat.