Samsung today officially introduced their latest chip for smartphones under the Exynos series, namely the Exynos 2600. This flagship chip is expected to power their upcoming smartphones under the Galaxy S26 series.
The Exynos 2600 comes with a 2-nanometer GAA (Gate-All-Around) architecture, bringing 10 CPU cores based on the Arm v9.3 architecture. With the support of the 2-nanometer architecture, it is seen to perform higher and at the same time be more efficient in power consumption. This also makes Samsung the first to come with a 2nm chip for smartphones, compared to Qualcomm or MediaTek.
This chip comes with 10 cores, which combine one main C1-Ultra core clocked at 3.8Ghz, 3 C1-Pro performance cores at 3.25Ghz, and 6 C1-Pro cores at 2.75Ghz.
Complementing this chip is the Xclipse 960 GPU core. Samsung has also updated the NPU core, offering 113% better AI performance than the previous flagship Exynos chip. Samsung has also improved the chip's performance at high temperatures, overcoming the issues faced by previous Exynos chips.
Other support included in this chip is a camera of up to 320-megapixels, LPDDR5X support, UFS 4.1, HDR10+, and 120Hz refresh rate support. Samsung did not say which devices it will use this chip in. However, given its flagship performance, we may see it included in the upcoming Galaxy S26 model, which may be marketed in some countries in a limited way.