South Korean media: Samsung's Exynos 2700 has internal benchmark scores outperforming Qualcomm's, and will be equipped in the Galaxy S27 series next year.

South Korean outlet The Chosun Ilbo reports that Samsung Electronics’ in-development mobile application processor (AP), the Exynos 2700, reportedly outperformed Qualcomm’s (QCOM.O) latest flagship chip in internal performance assessments. The processor is expected to power the Galaxy S27 series, set to launch early next year. Industry sources on the 25th said tests conducted using Xiaomi’s Mi 18 Pro Max showed the Exynos 2700 scored around 13,000 points in Geekbench 6.5 multi-core CPU benchmarks—approximately 20% higher than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which scored around 11,000 points. It also led by roughly 15% in Geekbench 7.0 tests. Compared to the mid-flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 in Xiaomi’s Mi 18 Pro, the Exynos 2700 posted 44% and 36% higher scores in the two benchmarks respectively.