Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Apple A17 Pro
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 10 cores 3300MHz Samsung Exynos 2500 vs. 6 cores 3780MHz Apple A17 Pro . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Samsung Exynos 2500 Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Released 1 years and 11 months late
Apple A17 Pro Advantages
Higher Frequency (3780MHz vs 3300MHz)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 2500
+63%
2519784
Apple A17 Pro
1544984
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Samsung Exynos 2500
2648
Apple A17 Pro
+11%
2953
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Samsung Exynos 2500
+32%
9881
Apple A17 Pro
7441
CPU
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925
2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
3300 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
10
Cores
6
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
-
L2 cache
16 MB
3 nm
Process
3 nm
-
Transistor count
19
-
TDP
8 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
-
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
128
24
Max size
8
-
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
5333 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
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Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- H.265
- AV1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Modem
Snapdragon X70
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
-
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
6
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Aug 2025
Announced
Sep 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
S5E9955
Model number
APL1V02
