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Exynos 2600’s Xclipse 960 Tops Mobile Ray-Tracing Benchmark Ahead of Galaxy S26

The lead comes from a single synthetic test, leaving real-world performance plus Galaxy S26 chip selections unresolved.

Overview

  • In Basemark’s In Vitro 1.0 Mobile Ray Tracing test, the Exynos 2600’s Xclipse 960 scored 8,321 points, placing first in the published results.
  • The score outpaced Qualcomm’s Adreno 840 at 7,649 by roughly 8% and MediaTek’s Mali-G1 Ultra MC12 at 7,075 by about 17%.
  • Samsung’s GPU is built on AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, marking a continued partnership that departs from ARM’s Mali designs.
  • Dataconomy reports the Exynos 2600 will power base Galaxy S26 models in select markets, with Snapdragon variants expected elsewhere.
  • Coverage notes the results are pre-release and synthetic, and separate testing shows the Exynos 2600 trailing Snapdragon in single-core CPU performance.