Samsung published its quarterly financial report today, which saw total operating profits down by over 50% as its semiconductor business took a massive hit. Despite the unfavorable financial results, the earnings call did reveal a bright spot for the company’s upcoming Exynos 2600 chip – it will be fabbed on Samsung Foundry’s 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process and will be the first 2nm chipset on the market once it launches alongside the Galaxy S26 series.
Exynos 2600 will be the first flagship chipset fabricated on the latest 2nm GAA process [via Samsung Foundry]… 2600 offers a significant improvement in NPU performance versus the prior version with enhanced support for on-device AI functionality.
Samsung also confirmed that its upcoming Exynos 2600 chipset will be fabbed on the 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process.
According to a leaked Geekbench listing, Exynos 2600 will feature a ten-core CPU just like the Exynos 2500 but with an altered core arrangement.
As per the listing, Exynos 2600 will offer a 1+3+6 configuration, where the single prime core is clocked at 3.55 GHz, 3x performance cores running at 2.96 GHz and 6x efficiency units at 2.46 GHz. The CPU will be joined by an Xclipse 960 GPU, which is expected to offer up to 15% better performance than the Adreno 830 inside Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Exynos 2600 is expected to debut on the Galaxy S26 Pro and S26 Edge, while the S26 Ultra should stick with Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite 2.