After the Galaxy S26 Ultra appeared on Geekbench earlier today, a new listing has now revealed performance details for the United States variant of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Pro, model number SM-S942U. This confirms that Samsung is once again using a Galaxy-exclusive Snapdragon chipset for its US lineup.
Snapdragon 8 Elite5 for Galaxy S26 Pro Confirmed
The Geekbench entry shows that the Galaxy S26 Pro is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite5, running on Android 16. The CPU configuration is listed as:
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- 2 high-performance cores @ 4.74 GHz
- 6 performance cores @ 3.63 GHz
- Adreno 840 GPU
- 12GB RAM
- Motherboard: Canoe
This mirrors the architecture seen on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, though the higher peak clock speeds here suggest a different tuning profile.
Geekbench 6 Performance Scores for Galaxy S26 Pro
In Geekbench 6.5 for Android, the Galaxy S26 Pro achieved:
- Single-core: 3,378
- Multi-core: 11,097
These scores are in line with early Snapdragon 8 Elite5 results and indicate strong single-core performance, which directly impacts UI fluidity and app responsiveness.
How This Compares to the Galaxy S26 Ultra
In our previous post on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, the US variant recorded slightly higher single-core scores under a different frequency profile. Together, both listings confirm that Samsung is actively testing multiple Galaxy S26 models with varying clock speeds and governors ahead of launch.
👉 You can read the earlier Galaxy S26 Ultra Geekbench report here for a direct comparison.
What This Tells Us
With both the Galaxy S26 Ultra and Galaxy S26 Pro now appearing on Geekbench, it’s clear that Samsung’s 2026 flagship lineup will heavily emphasize CPU frequency scaling and Galaxy-specific Snapdragon optimizations. More benchmark runs—especially at sustained and peak performance levels—are expected in the coming weeks.
As usual, these early scores should improve further as Samsung finalizes firmware, thermal tuning, and scheduler optimizations before launch.
