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Apple A19 Pro
vs
Samsung Exynos 980

Apple A19 Pro
vs
Samsung Exynos 980

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A19 Pro and Samsung Exynos 980 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple A19 Pro
Apple A19 Pro
Apple A19 Pro
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 8 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4260 MHz (4260 MHz vs 2200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs September 2019)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Samsung
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A19 Pro
Model Name
S5E9630
2x 4.26 GHz, 4x 2.51 GHz
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
8 nm
4260 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A19 Pro GPU 6-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP5
-
GPU frequency
728 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.2621 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
36
-
Execution units
5
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 3550 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
6.00 MB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
9 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19 Pro
3744 +331%
Exynos 980
869
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19 Pro
9758 +423%
Exynos 980
1867
AnTuTu 10
A19 Pro
2112459 +377%
Exynos 980
442470

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