Samsung’s Galaxy S27 lineup could use three different chips, according to trade records spotted this week. The S27 and S27+ reportedly get the Exynos 2700. The S27 Pro gets the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, while only the S27 Ultra gets the higher-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Samsung hasn’t announced any of these phones, so treat this as a report, not a confirmation.
Galaxy S27 chips by model, per the records
Notebookcheck found four September entries on the Niubaide (NBD) trade data platform, one for each model. IT之家 (ITHome) ran its own NBD lookup and reported the same split. All four are international “B” dual-SIM models.
- Galaxy S27 (SM-S952B/DS): Exynos 2700, 6.3-inch display
- Galaxy S27+ (SM-S956B/DS): Exynos 2700, 6.7-inch display
- Galaxy S27 Pro (SM-S957B/DS): Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950), 6.5-inch display
- Galaxy S27 Ultra (SM-S958B/DS): Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (SM8975), 6.9-inch display
Notebookcheck and SamMobile read these as European models. ITHome says some codes match Southeast Asian units. No US models appear in the records, so they say nothing about which chips US buyers will get.
What it means for S27 Pro buyers
The Pro is the surprise here. It sits just below the Ultra, yet it reportedly gets the step-down Snapdragon rather than the Extreme chip. If the records are accurate, Pro buyers get the lesser of Qualcomm’s two chips. How big the real-world gap is remains unclear, because we haven’t seen a verified benchmark comparison of the two.
Splitting flagships across two Snapdragon tiers would be new. SamMobile notes that this year’s Snapdragon flagships shared a single chip, naming the Galaxy S26 Ultra, Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra.
How this fits earlier S27 rumors
In July, we reported that India would get the Exynos 2700 in every S27 model except the Ultra. In October, the S27 Ultra’s chip was still said to be undecided. These records point to a Snapdragon S27 Pro in the international B variant. That’s a shift in the rumors, and the final lineup could still change before launch.
SamMobile adds that all four models use 2nm chips and start with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. ITHome’s report lists only the chips and screen sizes. The S27 Pro has also been tipped for a privacy display.
Source: Notebookcheck, IT之家, via SamMobile
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