Hate Exynos? Two of 4 Galaxy S26 telephones could skip the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

If there’s one thing Samsung ought to be praised for, it’s its grit and relentlessness. The corporate has skilled varied setbacks however has recovered from them simply as rapidly. And it might now be working to take away one other thorn by addressing longstanding points with its Exynos lineup. The rumored Exynos 2600 is predicted to be Samsung’s first chipset based mostly on a 2nm course of, and the corporate has already begun mass-producing it. Whereas earlier experiences speculated on the potential of the chipset getting used for one of many Galaxy S26 telephones in sure areas, a current report claims the technique could have already got been finalized.

Following final month’s information establishing the probability of Samsung’s Exynos 2600 for use contained in the Galaxy S26 Professional — the smallest and most reasonably priced of the lot, SamMobile now emphasizes that the change is confirmed. The outlet claims to have seen credible proof that solidifies this variation.

With this transfer, Samsung is predicted to arm the Galaxy S26 Professional, slated to exchange the erstwhile normal variant, with the Exynos 2600 throughout a number of markets. Based mostly on Samsung’s two-chip technique in earlier years, some areas may nonetheless see the Galaxy S26 Professional powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This time, it’s probably the US and China.

Notably, Samsung needed to abandon the technique with the Galaxy S25 as a consequence of poor yields for the Exynos 2500. Nevertheless, it made up by stocking the Galaxy Z Flip 7 with it as a substitute.

Moreover, the Galaxy S26 Plus variant, which was rumored to be discontinued till just lately, will observe the Professional’s footsteps and have the Exynos 2600. In the meantime, the Galaxy S26 Edge and the Extremely ought to proceed to make use of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 throughout all markets.

Apart from a extra environment friendly 2nm structure than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Exynos 2600 can also be anticipated to characteristic NVIDIA’s RDNA structure Xclipse 950 GPU. This was additionally noticed on the Exynos 2500 powering the Galaxy Z Flip 7. The improved packaging can also be anticipated to cut back the warmth generated by the Exynos chip.

By the way, Samsung may be constructing one other 2nm chip — however for Qualcomm. Earlier at the moment, we discovered that Samsung is shifting ahead with growing a particular Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 variant with a 2nm structure, and it may debut with the Galaxy Z Flip 8 subsequent yr.