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Samsung’s homegrown chip just gave Qualcomm a run for its money.

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We recently heard rumors that Samsung might swap the Snapdragon chips in its upcoming Galaxy S27 flagship series for its own Exynos 2700. Those rumors claimed the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme 6th Gen had overheating issues , which Qualcomm quickly dispelled . However, it seems Samsung is going ahead with its plan, and performance, not heating, could be the main reason.

As reported by EBN , Samsung put its new chip through internal testing on a Xiaomi 18 Pro Max , and the Exynos 2700 came out ahead of Qualcomm’s flagship Extreme chip.

How much faster is the Exynos 2700?

The Exynos 2700 hit roughly 13,000 points in Geekbench 6.5’s multi-core test, while Qualcomm’s Extreme chip managed about 11,000.…