Samsung Exynos 2600
vs
Apple A17 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Samsung Exynos 2600 and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs September 2023)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3.8 GHz vs 3780 MHz)

Basic

Samsung
Label Name
Apple
January 2026
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung Foundry (2 nm GAA)
Manufacturing
TSMC
S5E9965
Model Name
APL1V02
1× C1-Ultra up to 3.8 GHz; 3× C1-Pro up to 3.25 GHz; 6× C1-Pro up to 2.75 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
10
Cores
6
2 nm
Technology
3 nm
3.8 GHz
Frequency
3780 MHz

GPU Specifications

Xclipse 960
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
Up to 4K@120 Hz
Max display resolution
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
-
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
16 MB
Up to 320 MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.1
Storage type
-
Up to 8K@30 fps encode; up to 4K@120 fps recording; HDR
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, AV1; APV (Advanced Professional Video)
Video codecs
-
Up to 8K@60 fps decode; HDR10+ playback
Video playback
-
-
TDP
8 W
Armv9.3-A (AArch64), SME2
Instruction set
-
NPU/AI engine: 32K MAC; up to +113% gen-AI performance vs Exynos 2500
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Exynos 2600
3150 +6%
A17 Pro
2977
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Exynos 2600
11100 +48%
A17 Pro
7476

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
12698
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
6094
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600)
Samsung Exynos 2600
3108
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
1375