Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked will reportedly start on February 25, and given that the company announced its first 2nm GAA chipset, the Exynos 2600, back in December, it has plenty of time to make some last-minute refinements, giving it some small but meaningful performance improvements. To our surprise, there is an 8 percent gain in overall graphics capabilities, with the highest gain observed in Particle Physics, where the Exynos 2600 achieved a substantial 61 percent increase compared to the last time the SoC was tested.
The CPU clock speeds have already increased by 12 percent, leading to better single-core & multi-core performance from the Exynos 2600 just before the Galaxy S26 launch
Korean media outlet The Elec has provided a compilation of Exynos 2600 scores back when the SoC was first tested on Geekbench 6, right up to the updated numbers. The results obtained using the Vulkan API several months ago, and the latest figures show an 8 percent difference between them, indicating that Samsung is making tweaks to optimize the Xclipse 960 GPU. Compared to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, where the performance gap was a notable 21 percent, the updated Exynos 2600 results have reduced that gap to just 12 percent.
- Geekbench 6 GPU Vulkan score in September 2025 - 22,829 points
- Geekbench 6 GPU Vulkan score in January 2026 - 24,726 points (8 percent improvement)
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 score - 27,708 points (12 percent faster than the new GPU Vulkan score)
Unfortunately, while we did witness increments in Xclipse 960 GPU’s Vulkan score, Geekbench 6’s OpenCL category did not register any improvements. As for the highest performance gains in separate Geekbench 6 Vulkan tests, that was spotted in Particle Physics, where the Exynos 2600 obtained a score of 99,708 points compared to the previous 61,697 result. As for Edge Detection, the score difference was 51 percent.
Particle Physics test
- Exynos 2600 score obtained in September 2025 - 61,697 points (2,715FPS)
- Exynos 2600 score obtained in January 2026 - 99,708 points (4,388FPS, 61 percent improvement
Edge Detection test
- Exynos 2600 score obtained in September 2025 - 24,454 points (907MP/s)
- Exynos 2600 score obtained in January 2026 - 36,985 points (1,370MP/s, 51 percent improvement)
We are confident that we will spot multiple differences in additional tests carried out on the Exynos 2600, but that will most likely happen during the Galaxy S26’s official launch. Thankfully, readers won’t have to wait too long for comprehensive benchmarks to show up, so stay tuned.
News Source: The Elec
About the author: Omar Sohail is a reporter and analyst for Wccftech's mobile section, specializing in the technology and business of the mobile industry. His expertise lies in the intricate hardware supply chain, covering developments in semiconductor manufacturing, chip lithography, and camera sensor technology.
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