The Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Ultra, variants SM-S942U and SM-S948U for the international market, have recently undergone Geekbench testing featuring the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipsets. Now, the South Korean variant, SM-S942N, has also completed the benchmark.
As speculated, the Korean model is equipped with the new Exynos 2600 (S59965) processor. It comes with 12GB of RAM and operates on Android 16, presumably layered with One UI 8.5.
Samsung Galaxy S26 (SM-S942N) for South Korea: Geekbench 6.5.0 Result
The Exynos 2600 marks a milestone as the world’s first chipset fabricated on a 2nm process, utilizing Samsung’s cutting-edge 2nm GAA technology. This processor features a 10-core CPU comprising ARM C1-Ultra and C1-Pro cores. Samsung claims that this new chipset will deliver performance improvements of up to 39% compared to the Exynos 2500.
While pre-release benchmarks should be taken with a grain of caution, we understand your curiosity. Below are the Geekbench scores for the SM-S942N (S26 with Exynos 2600), SM-S942U (S26 with Snapdragon), and last year’s S25 model, which utilized the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Geekbench 6
- Single-core
- Multi-core
Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon)Galaxy S26 (Exynos)
Galaxy S25Galaxy S26 (Exynos)Galaxy S26 (Snapdragon)Galaxy S25While the Geekbench tests did not evaluate the graphics capabilities, reports suggest that the device is powered by a Samsung Xclipse 960 GPU. Samsung has indicated that this GPU features twice the computational power and 50% higher ray tracing performance than its predecessor, the Exynos 2500 GPU. However, detailed architectural insights remain undisclosed. It is rumored that the GPU is built on an RDNA 4 architecture, an upgrade from the RDNA 2 found in earlier models.
The exact regions where the Exynos-based Galaxy S26 models will be available are still unclear. Current speculations suggest availability in Korea and Europe; however, a Euro variant has yet to appear on Geekbench.
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