Samsung’s new Exynos 2600 processor is the first 2nm processor with improvements in AI, gaming and efficiency

Samsung has presented its new flagship processor Exynos 2600the first manufactured using a 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) process for smartphones, which integrates improvements for both artificial intelligence (AI) and gaming experiences, with a set of more powerful CPUs, NPUs and GPUs, in a compact chip.

The Korean technology company has officially unveiled the characteristics of its new high-performance processor that, designed for mobile devicesis expected to be integrated into its next generation of flagship Galaxy S26 smartphones.

Among other things, this new chip stands out for its 2 nanometer GAA manufacturing process, which is the first on the market for ‘smartphones’ and which, as Samsung has assured, is an advance that allows achieve “high levels” of performance and energy efficiency.

Regarding its structure, the new Exynos 2600 is made up of a 10-core CPU based on the latest Arm v9.3 architecture. Likewise, instead of continuing with the structure of large, medium and small cores, used in previous models, Samsung has gone to upgrade structure to medium cores to “cover a broader performance range” and improve efficiency, as explained on its website.

In this way, the structure is composed of a Arm C1-Ultra large core with speed of 3.8 GHz, which accelerates responsiveness thanks to higher processing speed and IPC performance.

Along with this, the nine remaining cores They are separately optimized for, according to Samsung, “more optimal” efficiency in both efficiency tasks and higher performance workloads. On the one hand, it equips three high-performance Arm C1-Prox3 central cores reaching 3.25 GHz and improve multithreaded applications. On the other hand, it has six high-efficiency Arm C1-Prox6 cores at 2.75 GHz, which improve system management performance without wasting energy.

As a result, the company has assured that the new Exynos 2600 improves performance computing power of the CPU up to a 39 percentalso increasing energy efficiency.

MORE PERFORMANCE FOR GAMING AND GENERATIVE AI

Regarding graphics, the Exynos 2600 integrates a GPU Exynos Xclipse 960which gets double the computational performance of the previous model. Thus, it has a Improved ray tracing performance by up to 50 percentand includes technology Exynos Neural Super Sampling (ENSS), offering increased resolution and AI-based frame generation.

All this guarantees a Up to three times smoother gaming experience. In addition, the technology company has also highlighted its energy structure to improve efficiency “even more.”

For its part, the NPU improves generative AI performance by 113 percentcompared to its predecessor. According to Samsung, this is because it integrates Architecture improvements that boost the computational efficiency of generative AIby reducing both power consumption and latency. Additionally, it enables “larger and more diverse” on-device AI models to run.

As a result, the NPU allows perform more AI tasks on the devicesuch as intelligent image editing and AI assistant functions, “faster and more efficient.” Likewise, these improvements also translate into greater privacythrough the security of virtualization and hybrid post-quantum cryptography (PQC) supported by ‘hardware’.

IMPROVEMENTS IN IMAGE PROCESSING AND FOR THE CAMERA

In addition to all this, Samsung has detailed that the new Exynos 2600 is supports AI-based image processing, so it also offers improvements to the premium mobile photography experience.

One of the features that it includes for this is the Visual Perception System (VPS) based on AI that allows the ISP to recognize detailed image elements, including flickering, within photos and videos. This is processed in real time, in addition, with 50 percent less energy consumption when carrying out these tasks.

It also incorporates improvements to the overall camera experiencelike the Deep Learning Video Noise Reduction (DVNR), which improves video quality in low light conditions. Likewise, it is compatible with cameras up to 320 MP and recently adopts the APV8 codecwhich further improves the detail and color accuracy in videos to a professional level.

RENEWED THERMAL MANAGEMENT

Finally, the Exynos 2600 also renews its thermal managementadopting the Heat Path Block (HPB), a technology that improves thermal dissipation efficiency by optimize heat transfer path to dissipate it more efficiently.

This system is new for mobile processors and helps reduce thermal resistance by up to 16 percentallowing internal heat to evacuate more quickly, keeping the internal temperature stable, even under heavy workloads.