Samsung May Already be Testing Exynos 2700 for Galaxy S27

Samsung is gearing up for the market introduction of the Exynos 2600, its first 2nm processor, launched late last year. The new chip will power the Galaxy S26 and S26+ in some markets. Meanwhile, the company may already be looking further ahead. A recent Geekbench listing suggests Samsung has begun early internal testing of its next-gen flagship chipset, supposedly called the Exynos 2700.

An apparent Exynos 2700 test run surfaces on Geekbench

An unannounced Samsung Exynos chipset recently popped up on Geekbench. First spotted by @yabhishekhd, the chipset carries the model number S5E9975, which matches Samsung’s current naming convention and fits well for the next-gen Exynos flagship. It should succeed the Exynos 2600 and should debut as the Exynos 2700. The company might officially announce the chip toward the end of this year.

According to the benchmark listing, the purported Exynos 2700 features a 10-core CPU configuration, matching the core count of the current model. The reported clock speeds are way off, but that’s expected during early testing. The chip is listed with one CPU core clocked at 2.78GHz, four cores at 2.88GHz, four other cores at 2.4GHz, and one base core at 2.3GHz.

These figures are nowhere near what Samsung’s next flagship SoC should offer. To recall, the Exynos 2600 also has a deca-core setup with a triple-cluster CPU arrangement. It features one C1-Ultra prime core at 3.8GHz, three C1-Pro mid-cores at 3.25GHz, and six more C1-Pro cores at 2.75GHz. The Exynos 2700 should build on these speeds, with Samsung unlikely to drop the “all big cores” design.

The chip is also listed with an Xclipse 970 GPU, continuing Samsung’s partnership with AMD for graphics. There are rumors that the company will move to a fully in-house GPU at some point in the future. It looks like the Exynos 2700 won’t be that. Or maybe Samsung will keep the Xclipse branding even after ending the AMD partnership; we don’t know yet.

GPU performance confirms an early test platform

The benchmarked device appears to be running Android 16, paired with 12GB of RAM. In Geekbench 6’s OpenCL test, it scored 15,618 points, which immediately raises eyebrows. For context, the Exynos 2600 has repeatedly crossed 25,000 points in the same benchmark. This further suggests that it’s an early test platform rather than a consumer-ready product. It’s also possible that the listing itself is spoofed.

Either way, Samsung must be working on the Exynos 2700 internally. The chip could be manufactured using Samsung Foundry’s second-generation 2nm process (SF2P). It should power the Galaxy S27 series, at least in some regions if not globally. Samsung is also reportedly in contention to manufacture Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon flagship on its 2nm process, so it could power the S27 lineup too.