A well-known tipster, PhoneArt, has coughed up key details on Samsung’s first 2nm GAA system-on-a-chip, including CPU layout, clock speeds, and a surprise GPU partner.
The Exynos 2600 is shaping up to be a multi-core monster, built around a 10-core CPU designed to flex hard in benchmarks rather than chase silly peak clocks.
That ten-core setup has been mentioned before, but tipster PhoneArt felt the need to remind everyone that Samsung is sticking with it for this generation.
The idea is simple enough: strong multi-core performance paired with better efficiency thanks to mass production on Samsung’s shiny 2nm GAA process.
Earlier reports pointed to a one plus three plus six configuration, and the latest leak seems to back that up with specific frequencies attached.
The single prime core is said to run at up to 3.90GHz, followed by three performance cores at 3.25GHz and six efficiency cores at 2.75GHz.
That top figure might be a bit optimistic, though. Another leaker, Erencan Yılmaz, claims the prime core tops out at 3.80GHz. According to chatter on X, Samsung’s 2nm GAA process struggles to operate beyond 3.80GHz without raising power consumption through the roof.
There is talk of a slightly spicier variant in the works, but that sounds more like lab bragging rights than a realistic shipping product.
On the graphics side, things get more interesting. The Exynos 2600 is now rumoured to feature an AMD JUNO GPU clocked at 985MHz. That GPU would support OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 and Vulkan 1.3, ticking the usual modern boxes for mobile gaming and graphics workloads.
Samsung’s Xclipse 960 was previously tipped as the Exynos 2600’s graphics engine. Either JUNO is a codename shuffle, or Samsung has quietly swapped in an entirely new AMD-based design.
There is no solid confirmation yet, but leaks suggest we will not have to wait long to find out what is real and what is fantasy.
A previous rumour claimed the Exynos 2600 could launch by the end of January, so Samsung’s next move should clear the fog fairly soon.