Samsung Exynos 2600
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2600 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs February 2025)
  • Higher Frequency: 2300 MHz (3.8 GHz vs 2300 MHz)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
February 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9965
Model Name
SM6650
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
1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
10
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
4 nm
3.8 GHz
Frequency
2300 MHz

GPU Specifications

Xclipse 960
GPU name
Adreno 810
-
GPU frequency
895 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.4582 TFLOPS
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Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
3.0
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Vulkan version
1.3
Up to 4K@120 Hz
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 18
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5G support
Yes
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Bluetooth
5.4
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Wi-Fi
6
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Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
-
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Up to 320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2600
3150 +185%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1107
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2600
11100 +261%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3073

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
3108
Realme 14
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
354
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
133077
Oppo K13 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
24853
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
20423
Realme 14
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
13877