Samsung’s next mid-range phone is already gaining attention online, only months after the Galaxy A56 arrived in March. A test unit of the Galaxy A57 surfaced on Geekbench earlier today, hinting at what Samsung is preparing for its 2026 lineup.
According to the listing, the prototype runs on the Exynos 1680, which will replace the Exynos 1580 used in the Galaxy A56. The chip is still in active development, so the early scores should be viewed with caution. Even so, the device recorded a single-core score of 1,311 and a multi-core score of 4,347 on Geekbench 6.5 for Android.
The benchmarked Galaxy A57 carried 12GB of RAM and ran Android 16. Samsung offered the same memory option on the top-tier Galaxy A56, and Android 16 will be standard for devices launching in early 2026.
The Exynos 1680 features a CPU cluster with one prime core clocked up to 2.91GHz, four performance cores reaching 2.6GHz, and three efficiency cores capped at 1.95GHz. This layout shifts slightly from the older Exynos 1580, which shipped with fewer performance cores and more efficiency cores. Clock speeds appear unchanged for now.
These details may still shift because the tested unit could be an engineering prototype. Samsung often adjusts hardware before a final release, so the A57’s real-world performance may differ when it arrives.