Samsung Exynos 2600
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2600 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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 October 2024)
  • Higher Frequency: 4320 MHz (3.8 GHz vs 4320 MHz)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9965
Model Name
SM8750-AB
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 4.32 GHz – Oryon6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon
10
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
3 nm
3.8 GHz
Frequency
4320 MHz

GPU Specifications

Xclipse 960
GPU name
Adreno 830
-
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.744 TFLOPS
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
-
Vulkan version
1.3
Up to 4K@120 Hz
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support: • 4K(3840×2160) @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 240 Hz

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
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Bluetooth
6
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
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L2 Cache
24 MB
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Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Up to 320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
Video capture
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
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 @ 60 FPS
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Instruction set
ARMv9 (64-бит)

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2600
3150
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3301 +5%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2600
11100 +13%
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9848

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
12698
Lenovo Legion Y700 (Gen 4)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
12121
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
3108
Honor GT Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
2661
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
133077
Asus ZenFone 12 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
213841
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
20423
Redmagic Tablet 3 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
26892