Samsung hasn’t even introduced the Galaxy S26 FE, nevertheless it’s already appeared on the benchmark listings. Famend Indian tipster Abhishek Yadav noticed the system in Geekbench’s database beneath the mannequin quantity “SM-S741U.”
Screenshots of the itemizing, nonetheless, are nonetheless obtainable. The Galaxy S26 FE scored 2,426 factors within the single-core and eight,004 factors on the multi-core Geekbench 6 CPU check, operating Android 17 with 8GB of reminiscence.
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What do the numbers truly inform us?
On reflection, these figures land nicely beneath what the usual Galaxy S26 putson the board. The Galaxy S26 and the S26 Plus, with Samsung’s Exynos 2600 chips, rating between 3,250 factors within the single-core and round 11,350 factors within the multi-core checks.
The hole, as you may clearly see, is substantial. The perpetrator? It’s the chipset. The Geekbench itemizing seems to level to Samsung’s Exynos 2500, the identical chip discovered within the Galaxy Z Flip 7, together with the Xclipse 950 GPU.
Now, I’m not saying that the Exynos 2500 isn’t a succesful chip. Nevertheless, it merely isn’t the corporate’s finest chip, and the distinction reveals up in benchmarks.
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Is that this a disappointment or simply ordinary enterprise?
On condition that the S25 FE debuted with the Exynos 2400 chip, it’s solely logical that the S26 FE will get an improve and swap to the Exynos 2500. So, I already noticed it coming. That mentioned, the S26 FE ought to ship a noticeable efficiency increase.
One more reason to equip the S26 FE with the Exynos 2500 chip may very well be to regulate the manufacturing costs. Is Samsung the primary firm to do that? Take a look at the Google Pixel 10a with the Tensor G4 chip (that debuted with the Pixel 9 sequence), and you’ve got your reply.
Anyway, count on the Korean big to disclose the S26 FE round September 2026, with One UI 9 based mostly on Android 17. Rumored specs additionally level towards a 6.7-inch OLED display screen and a 4,900 mAh battery. Whether or not the worth justifies these specs is one thing we’re but to search out out.
Past the specs, I’m extra to see the Galaxy S26 FE’s pricing.
