IGEEKPHONE reported on January 13th that the technology media Wccftech posted a blog post yesterday (January 12th) stating that a Samsung mobile phone with the model number SM-S948U was found in the GeekBench score database. Its single-core score in version 6.5.0 was 3466 points, and the multi-core score was 11035 points. According to the previous GSMA IMEI database information, this model was named Galaxy S26 Ultra after its launch.
According to the display on the benchmarking database page, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone is equipped with the Qualcomm 5th-generation Snapdragon 8 Supreme Edition chip. However, during this test, it did not run at full speed.
The data shows that the clock frequencies of its two performance cores have been limited to 4.20GHz, which is lower than the default standard frequency of 4.61GHz; while the six energy-efficient cores continue to operate at 3.63GHz.
Apart from the processor, the Geekbench database also shows that this test device is equipped with 12GB of memory. This configuration is somewhat conservative in the current Android flagship market. So far, no 16GB memory version has been found in the database.
Considering that software performance efficiency usually benefits from higher CPU clock speeds and larger memory, it is widely speculated that the current tests conducted by Samsung might only be for an engineering prototype. As the event approaches, Samsung is bound to conduct in-depth optimization of both software and hardware. Once the performance core returns to its full power frequency of 4.61GHz, the single-core and multi-core performance of this device is expected to achieve a more significant breakthrough.