Samsung Exynos 2600
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Samsung Exynos 2600
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 3 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (3.8 GHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
Basic
Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9965
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
1× C1-Ultra up to 3.8 GHz; 3× C1-Pro up to 3.25 GHz; 6× C1-Pro up to 2.75 GHz
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
10
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
3 nm
3.8 GHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Xclipse 960
GPU name
Adreno 840
-
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
Up to 4K@120 Hz
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
-
Bluetooth
6.0
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Up to 320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2600
3150
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+19%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2600
11100
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+14%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
12698
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
3108
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
133077
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
20423
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
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