Samsung Exynos 2600
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2600 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs December 2019)
  • Higher Frequency: 2840 MHz (3.8 GHz vs 2840 MHz)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Qualcomm
January 2026
Launch Date
December 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9965
Model Name
SM8250-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
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
10
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
7 nm
3.8 GHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
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Transistor count
10.3

GPU Specifications

Xclipse 960
GPU name
Adreno 650
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GPU frequency
587 MHz
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FLOPS
1.2021 TFLOPS
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Shading units
512
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Execution units
2
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OpenCL version
2.0
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Vulkan version
1.1
Up to 4K@120 Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
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4G support
LTE Cat. 22
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5G support
Yes
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Bluetooth
5.1
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Wi-Fi
6
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Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
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Memory frequency
2750 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
1 MB
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Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Up to 320 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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TDP
5 W
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2600
3150 +179%
Snapdragon 865
1128
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2600
11100 +239%
Snapdragon 865
3277