Samsung unveiled Exynos 2600 — the world's first 2nm mobile processor with radically improved cooling
Samsung introduced the Exynos 2600 SoC — the world's first mobile chip manufactured with the 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) process technology. The novelty will become the foundation for future Galaxy S26 flagships and is intended to restore trust in Samsung's semiconductor business, which in recent years has lagged behind TSMC in efficiency and production stability.
What is known
Exynos 2600 features a 10-core configuration based on the latest Arm v9.3 architecture:
- 1× Cortex C1 Ultra — up to 3.8–3.9 GHz
- 3× Cortex C1 Pro — 3.2–3.25 GHz
- 6× Cortex C1 Pro (previously "small" cores) — 2.75 GHz
Samsung has abandoned energy-efficient cores, replacing them with productive "medium" cores — this should ensure a higher and more stable performance level in games and resource-intensive tasks.
The graphics are handled by the integrated Samsung Xclipse 960 GPU, created within the ongoing Samsung and AMD partnership. It promises a noticeable boost in games and AI tasks, and supports:
- Vulkan 1.3
- OpenGL ES 3.2
- OpenCL 3.0
The main innovation of the Exynos 2600 is the Heat Path Block (HPB) cooling system. A copper heat dissipator is placed directly on the die, which ensures more efficient heat dissipation and stable performance under load. The technology has already caught the attention of Apple and Qualcomm, which previously relied entirely on TSMC.
Samsung hopes that HPB will become a decisive factor in combating overheating — the main problem of previous Exynos generations.
When to expect
It is expected that for now, only the new Galaxy S26 and S26+ smartphones, exclusively on the South Korean market, will feature the Exynos 2600 — according to rumors, their presentation will take place on February 25.
Source: Samsung
