New leak details Samsung's Exynos 2600 on a 2 nm GAA process: 10-core CPU up to 3.8 GHz and an AMD JUNO GPU with Vulkan 1.3 support. Launch rumored in January.
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New details about the Exynos 2600, Samsung’s first chip built on a 2 nm GAA process, have surfaced online. While the company’s official teaser revealed no specifications, the insider PhoneArt, formerly known as Ice Universe, shared information about the CPU core configuration and clock speeds, as well as the graphics unit developed in collaboration with AMD.
According to the leak, the Exynos 2600 keeps the 10-core setup mentioned earlier: a 1+3+6 layout with one ultra-high-performance core up to 3.8 GHz, three performance cores at 3.25 GHz, and six efficiency cores at 2.75 GHz. An initial 3.9 GHz figure for the prime core was floated, but later tempered by claims that constraints of the 2 nm GAA architecture make it difficult to exceed 3.8 GHz stably without a sharp rise in power consumption. There is also talk of a ‘boosted’ version of the chip.
The graphics side is particularly intriguing. The insider says Samsung is using a new GPU called AMD JUNO, running at 985 MHz. The accelerator will support modern APIs including Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 3.0. That is unexpected, as it was previously believed the Exynos 2600 would ship with the Xclipse 960 GPU. It remains unclear whether JUNO is simply a new label for the same solution or a fundamentally different graphics block.
Overall, the Exynos 2600 looks poised to be an important step for Samsung in the mobile SoC race, combining a 2 nm process with strong multi-threaded performance and refreshed AMD graphics. Based on earlier rumors, an official announcement could arrive as soon as late January, so confirmation or rebuttal may follow soon.