There have been countless reports that Samsung will use its Exynos 2600 chipset in some models of the upcoming Galaxy S26 series. It was expected that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will stick with Qualcomm and come with its latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, but reports to the contrary are emerging.
The latest suggests that Samsung is going to use the Exynos 2600 across the entire Galaxy S26 lineup, including its top-of-the-line model.
Samsung may be going all out with the Exynos 2600
It’s already believed to be a done deal that Samsung will equip the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S26 Pro with the Exynos 2600. We’ve exclusively confirmed it as well, while fans continue to hope that at least the Ultra will come with the latest Snapdragon chipset.
According to a report out of Korea today, that may not be the case. It reiterates earlier reports that even the Galaxy S26 Ultra will be powered by the Exynos 2600. This suggests that there will be no Snapdragon variant of any Galaxy S26 phone. If true, this would be the first time in four years that Samsung’s top flagship ditches Snapdragon for Exynos.
The Ultra sells the most units of any Galaxy S flagship model every year. Fans love the device and have come to expect top-tier performance. That’s not to say the Exynos 2600 won’t provide it, but given the negative perception that many fans have from previous iterations, they may require some convincing.
Perhaps the numbers Samsung’s new chipset hits will convince them. The report mentions that Samsung’s internal tests have revealed the Exynos 2600 has 6x the AI processing power of Apple’s latest chipset, and 15% CPU as well as up to 75% GPU performance gains.
It’s even claimed to have a 30% AI processing and up to 29% higher GPU performance compared to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The report further mentions that Samsung has extracted performance gains by opting to put in a standalone modem chip as opposed to packaging it alongside everything else, thereby increasing the CPU and GPU area of the chipset.
How much of it ends up being true remains to be seen, but as it stands, it does appear that Samsung intends to go all out with the Exynos 2600 next year.
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