Exynos 2600 is officially the first 2nm mobile processor
Samsung has officially confirmed the characteristics of the upcoming processor, including its technological process. So far, no other company has confirmed the release of its 2nm mobile processors.
Exynos 2600 will be manufactured in-house using 2 nm GAA (SF2) technology. This chip is expected to be included in the Galaxy S26 series (S26 and S26+ models) in January 2026. If all goes according to plan, it will be the first commercial 2nm SoC in smartphones. The company has now produced a prototype batch and plans to launch a commercial batch in the near future.
What the Exynos 2600 will look like
A 10-core architecture (clusters of 1+3+6 cores) is expected, with the largest core reaching a frequency of 3.55 GHz, three cores operating at a maximum frequency of up to 2.96 GHz, and six energy-efficient cores up to 2.46 GHz.
The powerful Xclipse-960 GPU based on AMD's RDNA4 with Vulkan 1.4 support can be up to 15% more efficient than the Adreno 830 in Snapdragon 8 Elite.
AI NPU is a module for accelerating AI computing.
In Geekbench-6, we expect to see scores of ~2400 in the single-core and ~9400 in the multi-core test, which is higher than the Exynos 2400 and is close to the level of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2.
It is also known that Samsung is implementing a Heat Pass Block (HPB), a copper heatsink directly in the chip's packaging to help with cooling.
Bottom line.
Samsung may become the first smartphone manufacturer to produce a 2nm chip, ahead of Apple, MediaTek, and Qualcomm. If the performance is confirmed, Exynos can finally compete with Snapdragon. If not, Samsung may again come under criticism for the weak Exynos. But in any case, the company's own development and production of the processor allows it to have a price advantage in the manufacture of smartphones, which is especially critical against the backdrop of numerous new duties and rising prices. If the HPB technology proves to be worthwhile, we can expect it to scale rapidly, unlike any other processor.
Source: www.gizmochina.com
