Exynos 2700 reportedly beats Snapdragon chip in Samsung's tests

Samsung’s Exynos 2700 reportedly outperformed Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 in internal benchmarks run by Samsung, according to a report from a South Korean outlet on October 25. The figures are unverified claims, relayed by Gizmochina and SamMobile. Samsung is said to be preparing the Galaxy S27 series for an early 2027 launch.

The reported numbers

SamMobile says the report describes tests Samsung ran in China on a Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, one of the first phones to use Qualcomm’s latest flagship chip. The results, as reported:

• Geekbench 6.5 CPU multi-core: the Exynos 2700 scored around 13,000, against roughly 11,000 for the Snapdragon chip. The report puts that gap at around 20%.
• Geekbench 7.0 CPU multi-core: the Exynos 2700 is said to be 15% ahead.
• GPU: Exynos 2700 scores are said to be 20% higher than the Snapdragon’s.

Gizmochina summarizes the gap as 15-20% overall.

Why it matters

The Exynos 2700 is Samsung’s in-house chip for the Galaxy S27 lineup, and the test results are an early sign of how it might compare with Qualcomm’s current top part. SamMobile cites a recent report saying Samsung will use the Exynos 2700 in the Galaxy S27 and S27+ in most countries. The Galaxy S27 Pro would use it in some regions. The Galaxy S27 Ultra is expected to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Extreme globally.

That split means a strong Exynos result would matter most for the non-Ultra models. A weaker one would raise the stakes for buyers who get the Exynos version of the phone.

What we don’t know yet

Neither source says the figures were independently verified. SamMobile notes it is hard to say how the apparent gap would show up in real-world use. How the Exynos 2700 handles thermal management and power efficiency has not been reported. The sources also don’t say how the test units were configured.