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 (3.8 GHz vs 4600 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
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
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
NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L3 cache
16 MB
-
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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
- 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
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%
Share in social media
Or Link To Us
<a href="https://cputronic.com/soc/compare/samsung-exynos-2600-vs-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-elite-gen-5" target="_blank">Samsung Exynos 2600 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5</a>