Exynos 2700 reportedly outpaces Snapdragon in fresh benchmark leaks
Fresh reports claim Samsung’s Exynos 2700 beats flagship Snapdragon chips in some tests, but missing test details make the leak impossible to call definitive.
Samsung’s unannounced Exynos 2700 reportedly has a sizeable lead over Qualcomm’s latest flagship Snapdragon chips in fresh internal benchmark results, but the testing details are too thin to treat the numbers as a verdict on real-world phone performance. The claims come through South Korean reports rather than a Samsung product announcement, and the chip is not expected to appear in phones until next year. 1
What the reports claim
According to Yonhap News Agency and ChosunBiz, the Exynos 2700 reached roughly 13,000 points in Geekbench 6.5’s multicore test. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, tested in the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, reportedly scored around 11,000, giving Samsung’s processor an alleged advantage of about 20%. 123
The reported gap was smaller in some tests and larger in others. Geekbench 7 allegedly gave the Exynos chip a 15% lead, while comparisons with the regular Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 supposedly produced advantages of 44% in Geekbench 6.5 and 36% in Geekbench 7. On the graphics side, the Exynos 2700 was said to deliver about 20% higher peak performance in one demanding workload, although that fell to roughly 5% in a separate 3D-gaming test. 123
Those figures need plenty of context. The reports do not identify every GPU workload, disclose the power limits, or explain whether the results represent short bursts or sustained performance. A faster peak score can therefore tell us that Samsung may have improved the silicon without proving that a Galaxy phone will run games faster, stay cooler or last longer on a charge.
The reported architecture
Earlier leaks point to a redesigned 10-core layout, apparently moving from the Exynos 2600’s single prime core to a 1+4+1+4 arrangement with two high-performance cores. The chip is also tipped to use Arm’s C2-Ultra and C1-Ultra cores, an Xclipse 970 GPU, 24MB of system-level cache and LPDDR6 memory support. Those details remain leaks, not specifications published by Samsung. 1
Samsung is reportedly producing the Exynos 2700 on its second-generation 2nm SF2P process, with an improved Heat Path Block package intended to help manage thermals. The wider Exynos family is marketed by Samsung as a platform for mobile CPU, GPU, AI and camera workloads, but the company’s official processor material does not confirm these Exynos 2700 claims. 4
What happens next
The Exynos 2700 is expected to power at least some Galaxy S27 models. Its possible inclusion in the Galaxy S27 Ultra remains uncertain, particularly while Qualcomm disputes separate reports about overheating on its latest flagship chip. 1
Until Samsung publishes specifications or independent reviewers can test retail hardware, the sensible conclusion is that the Exynos 2700 looks promising on paper, not that it has already beaten Snapdragon in everyday use. Benchmark leaks can reveal direction; they cannot replace repeatable testing with disclosed settings, thermals, power consumption and sustained workloads.
Our opinion
This is the kind of leak worth watching, especially after years of Exynos-versus-Snapdragon comparisons being shaped as much by efficiency and modem behaviour as by headline benchmark scores. A reported 20% lead sounds dramatic, but an unnamed graphics test and undisclosed power limits leave too many ways for that advantage to shrink in a finished phone. Samsung may be preparing a genuinely competitive chip, yet the responsible read today is “encouraging early claim”, not “Snapdragon killer”.