Exynos 2600 Shocked The World! Geekbench Score Explodes, Ready To Make Snapdragon Ketar-Kedir?

JAKARTA - Samsung is again making a big breakthrough in the world of mobile chipsets. Their latest chip, Exynos 2600, which is expected to be the brains of next year's Galaxy S26 series, shows a remarkable performance spike in Geekbench's latest benchmark results. The disappointing initial score is now soaring sharply, sparking speculation that Samsung may be ready to challenge Qualcomm's dominance again.

In Geekbench's latest data, Exynos 2600 recorded a score of 2,810 for single-core and 9,301 for multi-cores a much higher figure than the initial score, namely 2,155 (single-core) and 7,788 (multi-core). This signifies a significant increase and shows that Samsung is actually perfecting this chipset ahead of its official launch.

The Exynos 2600 is built with a 2nm fabrication process, making it the most advanced chipset Samsung has ever developed. This is a big leap from the previous generation, and is predicted to bring improvement not only in terms of speed, but also power efficiency of two very crucial aspects in flagship smartphone competition.

Although this latest performance has not surpassed Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite, its difference is now getting thinner. Even the Exynos 2600 already outperforms the MediaTek Dimensity 9400, although with a lower clock speed. The key to this high performance is thought to lie in the use of Samsung's latest ARM Travis architecture and the deca-core (10 core) configuration used by Samsung.

However, Samsung's journey is not over yet. With the launch of the Galaxy S26 which is still a few months away, Samsung still has time to optimize this chipset further. Moreover, rumors are also circulating that Samsung is developing a 2nm version of Snapdragon, which could be part of an exclusive partnership with Qualcomm.

Even so, performance is not the only challenge. Samsung must also prove that Exynos 2600 can overcome the issue of power efficiency, which is often a weakness in the previous generation of Exynos. If Samsung manages to improve power consumption without sacrificing performance, Exynos 2600 could be a serious alternative in the global flagship smartphone market.

Of all that has been seen so far, one thing is clear: Exynos 2600 is not an ordinary chip. Samsung doesn't seem to just want to compete again in the chipset market, but wants to take over the main stage. The question now is, can Exynos 2600 really shift Snapdragon as the king of performance? We'll just have to wait until the Galaxy S26 officially launches in early 2026.