Exynos 2600 Samsung Performance "Disrupts" A19 Pro Apple

JAKARTA - Ahead of Samsung's latest flagship chipset official announcement, several media in Korea reported on the new Exynos 2600 performance. This chip is what we hope will power the Samsung Galaxy S26 series in at least some parts of the world, early next year.

According to this report, the Exynos 2600 will have a NPU performance that is more than 6 times stronger than the Apple A19 Pro, which is found on the iPhone 17 Pro. This chip also has a 14% higher multi-core CPU performance, and a 75% higher GPU performance than the A19 Pro.

This is quite impressive, considering that the current A19 Pro is a difficult chip to beat. However, it should be noted that the single-core performance is not mentioned here, meaning Apple is currently still an indisputable leader on that side.

When compared to the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Exynos 2600 is reported to have a 30% higher NPU performance and 29% higher GPU performance.

These numbers look pretty good for Exynos 2600, considering Exynos usually had problems with past performances. However, this year, it looks like Samsung will use them in some areas for the Galaxy S26 Ultra, and not in the whole line of products. This is an interesting choice, as Samsung usually uses Exynos across ranks when they have used a dual-chip approach in the past.

It is very unlikely that the US will get the Galaxy S26 Ultra powered by the Exynos 2600. Most likely the region will continue to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

The reason for that is cellular operators. Qualcomm has collaborated with operators and has many patents for 5G networks associated with the US. This means that other modems perform worse even Apple's own modem performs worse than Qualcomm.