Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Apple A15 Bionic

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2500 and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2025 (January 2025 vs September 2021)
  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3200 MHz vs 3230 MHz)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Apple
January 2025
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Exynos 2500
Model Name
APL1W07
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X53x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7302x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7304x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
10
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
76.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2500
2719 +17%
A15 Bionic
2333
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2500
9016 +57%
A15 Bionic
5741
AnTuTu 10
Exynos 2500
2570180 +95%
A15 Bionic
1315838