Samsung is selling Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus with Exynos and Snapdragon chips, depending on the country. A new test reveals a major gap in battery life of the Galaxy S26, and the difference in figures can’t be ignored.

A video posted on YouTube channel AndroidAddicts shows the battery test of the Galaxy S26 with Exynos and Snapdragon chips. The model Samsung is selling in the US and China turns out to be a battery beast with the same capacity.

Samsung Galaxy S26 ships with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in the US, Canada, and China. Users in the rest of the world get Exynos 2600-powered phones. Exynos is technically superior, but the Snapdragon crushes it in practice.

The battery test video involves various stages and aspects. Majority of the test scenarios belong to everyday usage of different period such as photography, social media, and entertainment.

The test involved phone call, video recording at 4K 30fps, video encoding, navigation through Google Maps, video call, YouTube video streaming, 3D Mark gaming benchmark, TikTok, X, Amazon Prime Video, and Instagram.

The video displayed everything side-by-side, with the Exynos model dying mid-X operation. It didn’t participate in Amazon Prime Video and Instagram. The battery performance gap was a huge, nearly 28 percent.

• Exynos – 6 hours and 48 minutes
• Snapdragon – 9 hours and 26 minutes

The Snapdragon version offered a battery of 2 hours and 38 minutes more than the Exynos variant. All the factors were the same while testing, it’s just the difference due to the processors inside.

It raises serious concerns about Exynos-equipped Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus, when it comes to efficiency. A recent test showed that the Exynos chip requires more power than the Snapdragon used in the Galaxy S26 series.

Source – Android Addicts (YouTube)

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