The wait for Samsung’s next-generation silicon is over. A new Geekbench listing has officially confirmed the existence of the South Korean variant of the Galaxy S26 Plus (Model: SM-S947N), powered by the highly anticipated Exynos 2600 chipset. This leak not only verifies the return of Samsung’s in-house silicon for the S-series but also marks a historic milestone: the Exynos 2600 appears to be the world’s first smartphone processor built on the cutting-edge 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) process.
The Exynos 2600: A 2nm Beast with 10 Cores
The Geekbench data reveals a radical architectural shift for Samsung. Unlike the traditional big-little clusters of the past, the Exynos 2600 adopts a new “all-performance” philosophy using Arm’s latest v9.3 architecture.
CPU Configuration
The chipset features a deca-core (10-core) CPU structure designed for sustained high-frequency performance:
- Prime Core: 1× C1 Ultra clocked at 3.80 GHz (with 3MB L2 cache). This “Ultra” core is designed for burst performance in gaming and AI tasks.
- Performance Cluster: 3× C1 Pro cores at 3.26 GHz.
- Efficiency/Mid Cluster: 6× C1 Pro cores at 2.76 GHz.
Analyst Note: The absence of low-power “efficiency” cores (like the A5xx series) and the use of the new C1 Pro cores for the base cluster suggests Samsung is leveraging the extreme power efficiency of the 2nm GAA process to run powerful cores at lower voltages, rather than relying on weaker silicon.
Graphics Performance: Xclipse 960 Shines
The listing also sheds light on the graphical prowess of the device. The Galaxy S26 Plus is equipped with the Samsung Xclipse 960 GPU, based on AMD’s RDNA architecture.
- OpenCL Score: 24,964.
- Comparison: This score places the mobile GPU in a league of its own. In OpenCL compute tasks, the Xclipse 960 is reportedly 21.8% faster than the Snapdragon X Elite, a chipset designed for laptops.
- Specs: The GPU features 8 Compute Units (WGPs) and runs at a peak frequency of 980 MHz.
While OpenCL scores focus on raw compute power rather than gaming frame rates, this result indicates massive headroom for ray tracing and on-device AI rendering.
Software and RAM
The SM-S947N model was tested with:
- OS: Android 16 (likely running One UI 8.5).
- Memory: 12GB of RAM.
This confirms that the standard and Plus models will likely retain 12GB as the baseline, potentially reserving 16GB for the Ultra variant or higher storage tiers.
This leak all but confirms that Samsung will split the Galaxy S26 lineup by region or model. While the Galaxy S26 Ultra is rumored to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite 🏆 Gen 5 globally, the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus in markets like South Korea (and likely Europe) will feature this new Exynos 2600.
With a 3.8GHz prime core and 2nm manufacturing, Samsung seems ready to challenge Qualcomm’s dominance head-on. All eyes are now on the Galaxy Unpacked event, expected on February 25, 2026, for the official reveal.
Tags: Galaxy S26 Plus, Exynos 2600, SM-S947N, 2nm GAA process, Xclipse 960 GPU, Samsung C1 Ultra, Android 16, Galaxy S26 release date, mobile benchmark 2026.
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