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Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

JAMES4578 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:20:03 GMT

There has been a fair bit of speculation on the S26 Ultra, some of it conflicting. This latest report is not definitive and we await official word. However a report in a South Korean publication suggests that Samsung will only use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in the US,Japan and China and it will be Exynos in other markets. If this is the case imagine some will not be that impressed though the Exynos processors have improved in recent years.

see more information here https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s26-ultra-may-get-a-snapdragon-chip-but-only-in-these-markets/

Noticed this, early testing shows Exynos 2600 crushes Apple's A19 pro https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/10/samsungs-exynos-2600-crushes-apples-a19-pro-in-early-performance-leaks.html

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Tourbillon De La Vie — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:19:16 GMT

If exynos is actually bettered to match snapdragon then I'll be impressed. Otherwise, no. Not at all

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Star_girl — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:33:17 GMT

For some reason same Exynos on the Flip 7 as on the S25 Fe seems faster on the Flip7. Overheating and battery draining and slowness have been the main issues with some phones on Exynos in the past. Lately I haven't noticed Overheating this year on the phones Samsung has loaned to me and maybe the slowness is device subjective as well? I support Exynos if it's done well but most users expect Snapdragon on Ultra devices regardless. And what about Samsung making a hybrid CPU between Snapdragon and Exynos. Not happening anymore?

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Halcyondays — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:34:28 GMT

I have the UK S24 with exynos chip......my wife's S23 with snapdragon has better battery life and doesn't get anywhere near as hot as my S24. Really disappointed and will not purchase the S26

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Star_girl — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:38:56 GMT

S25 Fe on Exynos lasts about a full day with me. Social media and camera app used mostly and on SIM network. Exynos has gotten better. My Ultra on Snapdragon battery life varies from high to low depending on day.

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

keith30 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:46:13 GMT

Does it really matter that much what chip Samsung puts in they devices.

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

smiley — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:08:34 GMT

I do believe if reports are correct, that the Exynos 2600 will be the first chip to use 2nm technology. This is itself might improve efficiency and form factor.

I know a lot of people struggled with Exynos in the past. I have to say that my older s21 ultra never really had any issues (for me), but some did suffer some problems.

Chipsets are getting so good now that I dont see how they can continue to improve so much year on year. Soon there will be a 'plateau', where technology simply cannot improve as much as the past 5 to 10 years.

I would be interested to see benchmarks of the exynos 2600 against the current SD elite or the next Elite Gen5.

Smiley

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Obsydian — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:14:30 GMT

Me personally until going from the ZFOLD6 to ZFOLD7 Snapdragon Elite 5 or whatever it is, was a worthy and noticeable improvement for performance and battery, thats said using the S25FE alongside is not a dial up vs broadband difference

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Piper123 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:25:15 GMT

It will be a no upgrade for me then if this is true

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Piper123 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:26:22 GMT

S21 Ultra was a brilliant device.....

Unless you wanted to make a call or send a text in which case it was useless.

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

smiley — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:30:19 GMT

A 'side grade' to a fold 7 ? That has an Elite chipset 😂

Re: Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Eur..

Piper123 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:38:04 GMT

I won't buy a device with an exynos in it until I've seen a lengthy period with high quality reviews

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Chappell101 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:27:54 GMT

As a counter to the Snapdragon desire here, all I need is the following. (Hopefully Samsung's chip foundry has hit a home run this time.)

○ To be as or more efficient in performance per watt than the Snapdragon then that's great, I'd take efficiency over a slightly higher top score. Hopefully 2nm helps.
○ Support APV like the new Snapdragon does (Hope so considering Samsung made the APV codec but stranger things have happened.)
○ Have a relatively comparable GPU that's well supported to work in apps. Hopefully one that can assist the ISP quicker as thats an issue on my S24U.
○ Snapdragon chips don't actually fully support all the GPU protocols needed for the Linux terminal to have native acceleration so Tensor, Exynos and Mediatek actually win out here. Snapdragon uses software GPU emulation on the CPU to support some protocols. The potential of Linux apps with DEX is far far more enticing to me than just having a Snapdragon chip for raw multicore speed in games. Apparently this is why it's missing on Andriod 16 currently for us while Google is pushing fast ahead here ready for it's desktop Android merge.

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

JAMES4578 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:44:00 GMT

Yes that is a fair point and needs vary. Certainly efficiency is important though. 🙂

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

JAMES4578 — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:53:53 GMT

Another take in this article which states there will be a significant difference with the 2 nm architecture and The Exynos 2600 is 30 percent better at AI processing compared to the current Snapdragon chip. However not everyone will be convinced. https://www.phonearena.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-is-ditching-snapdragon_id175026

Re: Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Eur..

Star_girl — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:11:20 GMT

😂

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Star_girl — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:20:56 GMT

I believe Exynos is better now, but just to be mindful that the same Chipset acts different on different devices, probably it's related to the other components in the system. Ultra phones typically use more power. The S20 Ultra was draining super fast and overheating like a frying pan and Note 20 Ultra drains battery in a few couple of hours. My S24 Ultra on Snapdragon was overheating alot in the first months of use until some updates fixed the problem and it's on Snapdragon. I think they have to be very mindful of how the CPU supports the system.

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

Bindex — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 19:36:17 GMT

I'm hoping they do stick with snapdragon, last time I had exynos on my S20 ultra it wasn't a very good experience. 😔

Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

MagyarGaming — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:07:45 GMT

If the S26 Ultra has an Exynos, I'll probably go with an S25 Ultra or an iPhone 16 Pro.

Re: Re: Report Suggests S26 Ultra Will Be Powered By Exynos 2600 In Europe

MustafaIslam — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:22:57 GMT

I'm in the same boat. I wanted to get an S26U but I will just buy the new iPhone if Samsung use Exynos