Samsung equipped the Exynos 2600 mobile processor with a GPU based on AMD RDNA4 architecture. This is the first time RDNA4 appears in a smartphone chip, and the processor will power Galaxy S26 in select countries.

According to TheElec, Samsung Galaxy S26 will use Exynos 2600, which features Xclipse 960 GPU based on MGFX4 (AMD RDNA4) architecture.

Pay attention, MGFX is Samsung’s modified version of AMD’s RDNA graphics technology, scaled down for mobile phones. The last generation Exynos 2500 chipset used MGFX3, which came from AMD’s RDNA3.

A semiconductor industry official explained, “Receiving core IP and directly designing the actual internal circuits or physical layout is referred to as ‘utilization’.”

Xclipse 960 has eight Workgroup Processors, the same count as before. But Samsung lowered the maximum clock speed from 999 MHz to 980 MHz. The GPU doubles computing performance over the previous generation.

A WGP is AMD’s computational building block in RDNA architecture. Each one typically contains two Compute Units. The clock speed reduction likely means Samsung focused on efficiency rather than pushing peak speeds.

Early Geekbench 6 benchmarks showed Exynos 2600 scored 22,000 on OpenCL and 22,800 on Vulkan. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 usually reaches 23,900 and 27,600 in the same tests, which is 10 to 20 percent faster.

Samsung also introduced Exynos Neural Supersampling with this chip. ENSS works like NVIDIA’s DLSS, which utilizes artificial intelligence to increase frame rates and improve image quality without requiring more GPU power.

A Samsung representative stated, “There are many variables in GPU development, and it is difficult to give a definitive answer regarding future in-house development. The LSI Division will continue its cooperation with AMD.”

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