The Samsung Exynos 2600 chipset has already made unofficial appearances ahead of its official debut. Said appearances have given us a rough picture of its performance compared to other leading mobile chipsets in the market. More recently, its maker has confirmed that, by the time it goes out into the market, it would be the first 2nm chipset out there.
More specifically, it’s being called the first chip to be made with the 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) process. This is according to a recent quarterly financial report. Samsung says that its “Foundry Business will ramp up mass production of a new mobile SoC” with the aforementioned process. It doesn’t mention the Exynos 2600 by name here, but rather during the Q&A of its earnings call.
IDC analyst Bryan Ma cites the company as saying that “Exynos 2600 will be the first flagship chipset fabricated on the latest 2nm GAA process”. Samsung also claims that it “offers a significant improvement in NPU performance versus the prior version with enhanced support for on-device AI functionality”.
In its benchmarking listings, the Samsung Exynos 2600 showed performance greater than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. But by the time it releases, Qualcomm would likely have a new chip of its own in the market. It remains to be seen what the square off between the new Exynos and new Snapdragon chips would be like.
(Source: Samsung, Bryan Ma / X)
