It seems like Samsung has finally made a decision about which chip should power its next flagship devices.
It seems like Samsung may be giving up on its plans for a Galaxy S26 lineup powered by its in-house Exynos 2600 chipset. The Galaxy S26 Edge has just been spotted on Geekbench, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, and putting out some pretty impressive numbers.
This listing shows the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 excelling at both singe-core performance as well as multi-core operation.
For context, the previous Snapdragon 8 Elite chip used across the Galaxy S25 series scored as follows:
These results were recorded on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, as its lower-end counterparts took a very marginal hit.
