Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra has popped up on the Geekbench benchmarking website, showcasing further proof that Samsung will be using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset in the device. The benchmark data specifically shows the US variant of the phone. The benchmark results also showcase what to expect from RAM and storage, as well as the clock frequency and what version of Android the phone will be running.
This isn’t the first time the chipset for the US variant of the Galaxy S26 Ultra has surfaced. The phone popped up on the FCC website back in early December of last year, which is the first time that the chipset was unofficially confirmed .
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy and come with 12GB of RAM
It’s important to keep in mind that benchmark results afford some information, but any truly meaningful data will come from real-world testing and official results after those tests. The benchmark results, while confirming the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset, don’t paint the entire picture of what performance is going to be like. The scores from the Geekbench 6 test are pretty good, which is to be expected from Samsung’s flagship device.
Having said that, raw performance and sustained performance are two different things. It was reported last year that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 thermals force performance throttling . So, it’ll be interesting to see how Samsung handles this as well as the thermals for its device overall, and what that means for sustained optimal performance over longer periods of time.
As noted by Ice Universe and Abhishek Yadav on X, the single-core score and multi-core score for Samsung’s upcoming phone are about on par with what you would expect from a device in this price range. The single-core score is 3,466, and the multi-core score is 11,035. Compare that to 2,852 and 9,435 for the Galaxy S25 Ultra, respectively. So there is definitely a noticeable increase. It’s also noted that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will be sticking with 12GB of RAM , and it will come shipped with Android 16.
