Exynos 2600 vs Kirin 9030 Pro
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2600 (Samsung Xclipse 960) with the older 9-core HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro (Maleoon 935) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2600
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 5 nm)
- Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 83%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3161K vs 1725K
- 38% higher CPU clock speed (3800 vs 2750 MHz)
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size than the Kirin 9030 Pro
- Better instruction set architecture
- Has 1 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
- Supports 11% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 76.8 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1023425 | 515961 |
| GPU | 1236436 | 484107 |
| Memory | 384525 | 431535 |
| UX | 516740 | 293626 |
| Total score | 3161126 | 1725229 |
| Samples | [20 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 459.4 MB/sec | 197.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 328.1 pages/sec | 169.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 345 Mpixels/sec | 168.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 259.1 images/sec | 115.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 344.2 Mpixels/sec | 166.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 41.7 images/sec | 19.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 97.1 images/sec | 60.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.2 Mpixels/sec | 6.14 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 8 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 43.4 images/sec | 10.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 20.2 images/sec | 5.64 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 1.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 1.41 Gpixels/sec | 0.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 2.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.71 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.28 Gpixels/sec | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 95 Gpixels/sec | 36.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4524 FPS | 608.9 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Vulkan |
| Samples | 7 tests | Less than 3 |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3109 | - |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 11935 | - |
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 51 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21279 | - |
| Video editing score | 8171 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 16909 | - |
| Photo editing score | 40764 | - |
| Writing score | 30248 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 -> Serost | AnTuTu 12 | 3359689 |
| π 2026-09-26 (gollim) | AnTuTu 12 | 3269772 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Pires) | AnTuTu 12 | 3302245 |
| π 2026-09-20 (Shaco) | AnTuTu 12 | 3216468 |
| π 2026-09-06 (Artem) | AnTuTu 11 | 3113554 |
HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2600 and Kirin 9030 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.8 GHz β C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz β C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz β C1-Pro |
1x 2.75 GHz β Taishan v124 Big 4x 2.27 GHz β Taishan v124 Mid 4x 1.72 GHz β Taishan v124 Little |
| Cores | 10 | 9 |
| Frequency | 3800 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | SMIC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 960 | Maleoon 935 |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Maleoon |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 6 |
| Shading units | 448 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1792 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 7024.6 Gigaflops | 2866.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU | Da Vinci |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 76.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5410 | Balong 6000 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14790 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4900 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2025 | November 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9965 | - |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2600 official site | - |
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