Galaxy S26's Exynos chip could beat iPhone 17 Pro chip in at least one way

Apple’s new iPhone lineup has been launched, and performance figures of its new chips have been revealed. Based on early numbers, it appears that Apple will fall behind competitors such as MediaTek, Qualcomm, and even Samsung in at least one performance metric: multi-core CPU performance.

The A19 Pro chip inside the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max has scored around 3,781 points in the single-core CPU test and 9,679 points in the multi-core CPU test in Geekbench 6. While the single-core performance is higher than upcoming chips like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and the Exynos 2600, its multi-core score is lower thank chips from other brands.

The Exynos 2600 scores 3,309 points in the single-core test and 11,256 points in the multi-core test. While it is 15% slower in single-core performance, its multi-core performance is 15.5% higher than the fastest smartphone chip from Apple.

Based on recent reports, the upcoming flagship Snapdragon chip scores around 3,393 points in the single-core test and 11,575 points in the multi-core test, even though its prime CPU core was running at just 4GHz instead of its peak 4.74GHz capability.

The Exynos 2600 chip is rumoured to be used in the Galaxy S26 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Edge in some markets like South Korea, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe. In other markets, these phones will likely use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 processor. Both chips could be faster than Apple's A19 Pro chip in GPU performance, based on the iPhone maker's track record.