Exynos 2600 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2600 (Samsung Xclipse 960) with the older 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2600
- Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Has 2 more cores
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 3800 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1023425 | 893474 |
| GPU | 1236436 | 1133808 |
| Memory | 384525 | 427210 |
| UX | 516740 | 671910 |
| Total score | 3161126 | 3126402 |
| Samples | [20 tests] | [541 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 459.4 MB/sec | 367.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 328.1 pages/sec | 223.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 345 Mpixels/sec | 257 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 259.1 images/sec | 234.4 images/sec |
| HDR | 344.2 Mpixels/sec | 315.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 41.7 images/sec | 32.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 97.1 images/sec | 90.6 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.2 Mpixels/sec | 12.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 8 tests | 148 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 43.4 images/sec | 45.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 20.2 images/sec | 21.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 1.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 1.41 Gpixels/sec | 0.91 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 2.05 Gpixels/sec | 1.75 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.28 Gpixels/sec | 0.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 95 Gpixels/sec | 96.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4524 FPS | 3848 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 7 tests | 100 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3109 | 2386 |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 18 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 11935 | 10874 |
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | 41 FPS |
| Section 1 | 51 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 41 FPS |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | 35 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 5664 |
| Stability | - | 51% |
| Graphics test | - | 33 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21279 | 21945 |
| Video editing score | 8171 | 8458 |
| Data manipulation score | 16909 | 16086 |
| Photo editing score | 40764 | 39118 |
| Writing score | 30248 | 22647 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | 36 models |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-30 -> Serost | AnTuTu 12 | 3359689 |
| ๐ 2026-09-26 (gollim) | AnTuTu 12 | 3269772 |
| ๐ 2026-09-24 (Pires) | AnTuTu 12 | 3302245 |
| ๐ 2026-09-20 (Shaco) | AnTuTu 12 | 3216468 |
| ๐ 2026-09-06 (Artem) | AnTuTu 11 | 3113554 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-10-05 -> swag420 | AnTuTu 12 | 3135800 |
| ๐ 2026-10-04 (Gun park) | AnTuTu 12 | 3085318 |
| ๐ 2026-10-04 (Mรกrcio correia) | AnTuTu 12 | 3718254 |
| ๐ 2026-10-04 (potatowan) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2791 / 10180 |
| ๐ 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3529678 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2600 and Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.8 GHz โ C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz โ C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz โ C1-Pro |
2x 4.32 GHz โ Oryon (Phoenix L) 6x 3.53 GHz โ Oryon (Phoenix M) |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3800 MHz | 4320 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 960 | Adreno 830 |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 3 |
| Shading units | 448 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 1792 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 7024.6 Gigaflops | 3379.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU | Hexagon |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 84.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5410 | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14790 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4900 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2025 | October 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9965 | SM8750-AB |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2600 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site |
| Successor | - | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
- The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequencyโ4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB modelsโand its GPU is 100 MHz faster.
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