Exynos 2600 Narrows Its Performance Gap With Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

A new Geekbench 6 test is doing the rounds today on social media, showing the raw performance of what appears to be the final configuration of Samsung’s upcoming flagship Exynos 2600 chip. Unfortunately, the chip fails to exceed the proven benchmark scores of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, but manages to significantly narrow down the erstwhile performance gap between the two SoCs.

Samsung Exynos 2600 falls behind Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in both single-core and multi-core GeekBench 6 tests

First, let’s go over the Exynos 2600 setup used in the test:

1. 6 CPU cores clocked at 2.76 GHz
2. 3 CPU cores clocked at 3.26 GHz
3. 1 CPU core clocked at 3.80 GHz

For comparison, here is the CPU core setup for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:

1. 6 CPU cores clocked at 3.63 GHz
2. 2 CPU cores clocked at 4.61 GHz

Before going further, do note that the max performance core on the Exynos 2600 is clocked at a frequency that is just 4.6 percent above the efficiency cores used in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Moreover, the 2 performance cores on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 are clocked at a frequency that is a whopping 21 percent above the comparable performance core on the Exynos 2600.

So, how did the Exynos 2600 stack against the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5? Well, here are the actual results:

For comparison, here are the Geekbench 6 scores for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Samsung Exynos 2500:

We can draw the following conclusions by comparing these benchmark scores:

1. The single-core performance of the Samsung Exynos 2600 is 37 percent higher than that of the Exynos 2500, but around 10 percent lower than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip.
2. The multi-core performance of the Exynos 2600 is approximately 29 percent higher than that of the Exynos 2500, but 6.25 percent lower than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

Given the lower frequencies of Exynos 2600 CPU cores, this is not a surprise outcome. In fact, I would argue that the Exynos 2600 holds up surprisingly well against Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, despite bearing a max performance CPU core that is substantially underclocked compared to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s two performance CPU cores.

In the same vein, we have already shown how the Exynos 2600 managed to beat Apple’s A19 Pro chip in the multi-core Geekbench 6 test.

Do remember, however, that Samsung’s Exynos chipsets are notorious for heating up and throttling, which reduces their real-world performance deltas. It remains to be seen how the new chipset will perform within the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.

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