Galaxy S27 Ultra to Use Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 as Listing Reveals All Four Models’ Chips
Samsung has not announced the Galaxy S27 series, but an import-export listing has now named the chipset in all four models — and only the Ultra gets Qualcomm’s top chip. The listing, on the trade data platform NBD and first spotted by Notebookcheck, covers the European variants of the Galaxy S27 Ultra and its three siblings. The Ultra (SM-S958B/DS) is listed with Qualcomm’s SM8975, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. The Galaxy S27 Pro (SM-S957B/DS) gets the regular Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950), while the base Galaxy S27 (SM-S952B/DS) and Galaxy S27+ (SM-S956B/DS) are listed with Samsung’s own Exynos 2700.
The Four Models and Their Chips
Only the Ultra Gets the Extreme Chip
The split matters because the two Qualcomm chips are not the same silicon. The Extreme Gen 6 (SM8975) is Qualcomm’s flagship-tier part, built on TSMC’s 2nm process with prime cores tipped past 5GHz, and it supports 8K video recording at 60 frames per second. The regular Gen 6 in the Pro is capped at 8K at 30fps. That makes the Pro an interesting middle child: it gets a Snapdragon instead of an Exynos, but not the fastest one. The Ultra keeps the outright performance crown, at least on paper.
The Exynos Question, Answered — For Now
The listing also settles, for now, a question that flared up earlier this month. A Seoul Economic Daily report said Samsung was considering dropping Snapdragon for the Exynos 2700 in select markets, including South Korea and Europe, after Qualcomm’s new chip showed poor efficiency and thermal performance. Qualcomm pushed back fast — its chief marketing officer, Don McGuire, responded on X that there are “no systemic thermal issues with the 8 Elite Gen 6.” The NBD entries point the other way: the two premium models keep Qualcomm silicon in Europe, with Exynos reserved for the base and Plus. That is the dual-chip strategy Samsung has used for years, not the Exynos-only shift the earlier report suggested. Nothing here is confirmed by Samsung, and regional splits can still differ — but the listing is the most concrete evidence yet of the plan.
What Else the Leaks Say
The chipset listing is not the only S27 news this month. A dummy unit of the Ultra surfaced on November 4, showing a redesigned wide rectangular camera island in place of the floating lenses Samsung has used on recent Ultras. The base Galaxy S27 also turned up in India’s BIS certification database (model SM-S952B/DS) on November 6. Beyond the chips, the current picture is: a new Pro model sitting between the Plus and the Ultra; 200MP main cameras with a 50MP ultrawide on the Pro and Ultra; a 5,500mAh battery tipped for the Ultra (up from 5,000mAh) with 60W wired and 25W wireless charging; and Android 17 with One UI 9.0 across the range. The series is expected at the end of January or in early February 2027, earlier than this year’s launch. None of it is official yet. Samsung has not announced a date, a price or a single specification. But with the chipset picture now this specific, the S27 launch is starting to take shape — and the Ultra’s claim to the fastest chip in the range is the clearest part of it.
