Galaxy S26: Exynos 2600 & 2nm Chip Details

After Samsung revealed its existence about two weeks ago, the rumors about the new mobile processor Exynos 2600 which will end up on Galaxy S26 they begin to detail its possible characteristics, including the main one: 2 nm knot. It would be the first mobile chip on this node, considering Apple’s recent A19 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 are on TSMC’s 3nm N3P variant.

The indiscretion comes from the well-known leaker UniverseIce. Exynos 2600 will have 10 cores divided into frequencies of 3.9 GHz, 3.25 GHz and 2.75 GHz, probably in a 1+3+6 configuration.

The GPU would be an AMD Juno (Xclipse 960) based on RDNA architecture, clocked at 985 MHz. On a software level, it would be compatible with the OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 and Vulkan 1.3 APIs for managing 2D and 3D graphics.

From other rumors, the Exynos 2600 should take advantage of the new Armv9.3 Lumex platform, an Arm compute subsystem that combines next-generation C-1 CPU cores with AI-dedicated extensions and an IP system base to simplify integration into high-end SoCs.

Lumex was presented by Arm as a solution already optimized on the 3 nm node, but this does not imply a rigid technological constraint, as the platform can be configured by manufacturerswhich can adapt the physical implementation to different production nodes.

In the case of Samsung, in addition to the adoption of a 2 nanometer process, the customization would also include the replacement of the Mali G1-Ultra GPU of Arm with, in fact, the Xclipse 960 based on AMD Juno architecture.

We would also like to remind you that, according to various rumours, Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26+ are expected to feature the Exynos 2600 in most markets, including Europewith the exceptions of Canada, China and the United States. The Galaxy S26 Ultra, however, would be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 on a global scale.