Exynos 2600 Shows Up in Galaxy S26 Tests With Vulkan Scores Near Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Overview

• A Geekbench listing for South Korea's Galaxy S26 (SM-S942N) shows an Exynos 2600 device with 12GB of RAM running Android 16.
• The Exynos 2600 records a Geekbench Vulkan score of 27,478, narrowly trailing a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 result of 27,875 in a separate test.
• Samsung positions the chip as its first 2nm GAA SoC with a 10-core CPU using ARM C1 cores and claims a 39% CPU uplift over Exynos 2500.
• The Xclipse 960 GPU is credited by Samsung with double the compute and 50% higher ray tracing than its predecessor, and reported OpenCL runs show roughly 3.4% variance.
• Packaging and thermal updates include FOWLP and a copper Heat Pass Block that Samsung says cuts thermal resistance by 16%, while regional S26 availability with Exynos remains unsettled.