Samsung has announced the Exynos 2600, the world’s first smartphone chipset built on a 2nm process. The new chip is set to power the upcoming Galaxy S26 series in select regions, bringing significant improvements in performance, efficiency, and heat management.
The Exynos 2600 comes with a 10-core CPU based on Arm’s v9.3 architecture. It drops low-power cores in favor of a mix of high-performance and mid-tier cores. The setup includes one prime core running at 3.8GHz, three performance cores at 3.25GHz, and three efficiency cores at 2.75GHz. According to Samsung, this design delivers up to 39% better performance compared to the Exynos 2500.
Graphics also get a major upgrade. The new Xclipse 960 GPU offers double the performance of the previous generation, with 50% better ray tracing. On-device AI is faster too, improving photo object detection, image processing, and video quality.
Samsung also addressed one of the biggest issues with past Exynos chips: heat. The Exynos 2600 introduces a Heat Path Block design that improves heat dissipation, helping the chip sustain performance during heavy workloads.
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The chipset is expected to ship with the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus in Asia and Europe. Other regions may still get Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
