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Samsung’s Exynos 2700 "Ulysses" flagship chip spotted in the wild
Samsung’s Exynos 2700 "Ulysses" flagship chip spotted in the wild
Story by Jean Leon • 14h
We are still waiting to test the performance of the Exynos 2600 processor firsthand. It will arrive in a few weeks, powering the long-awaited Galaxy S26 lineup. That said, the company is already looking much further down the road. A mysterious new entry has appeared on Geekbench, revealing what appears to be an engineering sample of Samsung’s Exynos 2700 chip. Codenamed “Ulysses,” this SoC reflects the firm’s ambitions for the 2nm era, and the initial data suggests some very unusual experimentation behind the scenes.
Exynos 2700 hits Geekbench: A first look at Samsung’s deca-core future
The benchmark listing showcases a deca-core (10-core) CPU with a highly unconventional “4+1+4+1” cluster arrangement. Rather than the standard layouts we see in current flagships, this setup features four different speed tiers. There’s 1x core at 2.30GHz, 4x cores at 2.40GHz, 1x core at 2.78GHz and 4x cores at 2.88GHz.
However, don’t let the modest clock speeds or the benchmark scores fool you. According to industry insiders like Ice Universe, the raw numbers are largely irrelevant at this stage. Samsung is reportedly using this “ERD” (Engineering Reference Device) to test how Android 16 handles “energy-aware scheduling.” To do this, they are deliberately mixing cores from different generations into a single chip. It is essentially an experimental piece designed to see how the software migrates power between various types of cores to keep the system stable and efficient.
Next-gen graphics and memory
On the visual side, the listing confirms the presence of the Samsung Xclipse 970 GPU. While its OpenCL score of 15,618 is currently lower than its predecessor, this is typical for a chip that is in early stages of development. The company still has to work on driver optimization and thermal limit optimization. So, we can expect those numbers to climb significantly as development progresses.
Beyond the CPU and GPU, the Exynos 2700 is expected to be a powerhouse of connectivity and speed. Rumors suggest it will support the upcoming LPDDR6 RAM and UFS 5.0 storage. This should ensure that the devices it eventually powers can handle the massive data demands of future AI applications.
The real story here is Samsung’s manufacturing process. The Exynos 2700 is likely the flagship representative for Samsung’s second-generation 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) process, known as SF2P. Samsung is gradually reducing its reliance on external partners by turning to its own foundry. This is why the success of the Exynos 2600 chip in the Galaxy S2 series is so important. The company also needs to prove to the industry that its in-house foundries can compete with the best in the world.
We likely won’t see the Exynos 2700 SoC in a consumer device until 2027. Still, the early leaks seem to paint a promising future for Samsung’s chips and 2nm wafers. In the meantime, we can only wait for further developments.
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