Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 keeps raising its mercury of anticipation, plus fresh details keep emerging alongside. This time news of its heart came forward, meaning fine details of that Snapdragon Wear Elite chip set to power this watch. Samsung had already confirmed officially that its next generation Galaxy Watch will use Qualcomm's latest chip. Now a Geekbench listing cleared up much of that chip's inner picture.

Let me tell a bit of backstory first, because this actually hints at a big shift. Year after year Galaxy Watch ran on Samsung's own Exynos chips. Current Watch Ultra, Watch 7 plus Watch 8 series, all of them carry Exynos W1000. Breaking that streak by moving to a chip from Qualcomm's house opens a new chapter for Samsung.

Now to fresh details. That Geekbench listing (first spotted by well-known tipster Gamma0Burst) says Snapdragon Wear Elite, built on a 3nm process, holds a five-core CPU: one Cortex-A78C prime core running at 2.11 GHz, plus four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.96 GHz. Funny part is, this 1+4 core structure matches Exynos W1000 exactly. Their difference lives in speed. Where Exynos runs at 1.6 GHz, this new chip sits considerably above. Meaning built on an identical blueprint, but with a stronger engine.

How does that strength look in numbers? Geekbench 5 results say Snapdragon Wear Elite scores roughly 54 percent higher in single-core performance than Exynos W1000. A leap this size in a device as small as a watch genuinely catches eyes. One honest caution matters here though. This test ran on a 64-bit version of Android, while Wear OS watches mostly run 32-bit. For that reason its score may sit somewhat inflated. Still, setting all math aside, that hint of a major improvement coming stays clear.

But what happens with this extra power? Its answer in one word, AI. Qualcomm itself calls this chip a "personal AI platform", meaning a stage built for intelligent wearable devices. In Samsung's words, this chip will make its next Galaxy Watch a more holistic wellness companion, delivering more efficient plus personalized experiences right from your wrist. Biggest of all, this power becomes foundation for running Gemini Intelligence's proactive features, where a watch won't merely answer questions, it will understand ahead plus offer useful suggestions.

That wait isn't long either. Samsung officially confirmed its summer Galaxy Unpacked happens July 22, in London. On that stage, alongside Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, curtains should rise on Galaxy Watch 9 plus new folding phones too. Whether Watch 9 receives this same Snapdragon chip, that question finds its answer right then. After Exynos' long reign a baton passes into Qualcomm's hands, in watch territory this stands as this year's biggest changing of guard.

Source: Gamma0Burst