Exynos 2500 vs A17 Pro
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the older 6-core Apple A17 Pro (Apple A17 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2500
- Performs 91% better in floating-point computations
- Has 4 more cores
- Shows significantly better (up to 56%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2289K vs 1467K
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
- Higher GPU frequency (~40%)
- 15% higher CPU clock speed (3780 vs 3300 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 771016 | 374357 |
| GPU | 723824 | 463612 |
| Memory | 356421 | 184670 |
| UX | 438435 | 444831 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 1467470 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [21 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 390.2 MB/sec | 254.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec | 166 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec | 180.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 247.5 images/sec | 178.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec | 240.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 36.4 images/sec | 26.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec | 77.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec | 7.76 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 32 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 35.4 images/sec | 55.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15.1 images/sec | 65.1 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 1.08 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 1.11 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.43 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec | 87.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS | 3313.9 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 2 tests | 22 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2231 | 1391 |
| Stability | 54% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 10 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9397 | 6089 |
| Stability | - | 73% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 16 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 3655 |
| Stability | - | 63% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | - |
| Video editing score | 8133 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 11954 | - |
| Photo editing score | 32035 | - |
| Writing score | 22532 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2500
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-13 (Feran) | AnTuTu 12 | 2750381 |
| π 2026-05-16 -> INFC | AnTuTu 11 | 2220403 |
| π 2026-01-01 (Koss) | AnTuTu 11 | 2437711 |
| π 2025-12-19 (Yell) | AnTuTu 11 | 2112394 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18873 |
Apple A17 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-01 (Zabza) | AnTuTu 11 | 1996792 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Kuan.28) | AnTuTu 11 | 1752198 |
| π 2026-09-23 (podsolnuh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1357765 |
| π 2026-09-11 (Zabza) | AnTuTu 11 | 1599694 |
| π 2026-09-10 (elio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1445771 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and A17 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X925 2x 2.74 GHz β Cortex-A725 5x 2.36 GHz β Cortex-A725 2x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 3.78 GHz β Everest 4x 2.11 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 19 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 999 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 1290 x 2796 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5400 | Snapdragon X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2025 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | APL1V02 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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