Samsung Unveils World's First 2nm Smartphone Chip Designed to Prove Foundry Credibility After Past Failures
The Exynos 2600 is now launched by Samsung as its newest smartphone chip that will go head to head against other processors like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the Dimensity 9500.
Contrary to last year’s approach, during which Samsung swapped its in house Exynos chipset for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite in the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, the newly launched Exynos 2600 chipset may find its way into some units of the Samsung Galaxy S26 series.
In a statement related to the matter, Samsung has indicated in a post that the Exynos 2600 has a better NPU with a performance enhancement of 113pc compared to the previous model’s NPU performance level. Moreover, using a 2nm process technology developed by its partner TSMC, the Exynos 2600 has a CPU composed of 10 EU cores and using “C1-Ultra” and “C1-Pro” architectures in its CPU design. Also, it appears Samsung has abandoned its low power CPU core and opted for a combination of mid and high-performance CPU cores.
Compared to last year’s Exynos 2500, it delivers up to 39 percent more performance. Additionally, it features an Xclipse 960 GPU, delivering up to 50 percent more ray tracing performance with AI-driven resolution scaling, frame generation, and more.
According to Samsung, its most recent flagship processor supports cameras of up to 320MP and offers zero shutter lag on 108MP cameras. It is also capable of recording 8K video at 30 fps and 4K video at 120 fps with support for HDR. The South Korean technology giant also claims that the Exynos 2600 addresses one problem the Exynos brand has dealt with for years heat.
Utilizing what it terms as Heat Path Block technology, Samsung has improved the thermal dissipation efficiency with a High-k EMC. This increases the heat flow and even leads to a reduction in thermal resistance of up to 16 per cent, resulting in a steady internal temperature for the processor even when dealing with heavy workloads.
We expect to see the Exynos 2600 on the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus, but we ask that you wait a few more weeks to see how it holds up on the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Plus.
