Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 2400
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 2400, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Apple A15 Bionic comes with a hexa-core CPU paired with an Apple A15 GPU, while the Samsung Exynos 2400 comes with a deca-core CPU and the Samsung Xclipse 940 GPU.
Why Samsung Exynos 2400 is better than Apple A15 Bionic
- 47% higher AnTuTu score (2.02M vs 1.37M)
- More advanced 4 nm process vs 5 nm
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.5-A)
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 6
- Uses newer LPDDR5X memory compared to older LPDDR4X
- 99% higher compute performance (3.406 vs 1.712 TFLOPS)
- 97% higher memory frequency (4200 MHz vs 2133 MHz)
- Released 2 years and 4 months later - (January 2024 vs september 9, 2021)
Performance scores
CPU score
Apple A15 Bionic
60
Samsung Exynos 2400
74
GPU score
Apple A15 Bionic
65
Samsung Exynos 2400
74
Memory score
Apple A15 Bionic
58
Samsung Exynos 2400
94
Total score
Apple A15 Bionic
61
Samsung Exynos 2400
81
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 2400 +47%
Apple A15 Bionic
1,370,514
Samsung Exynos 2400
2,017,639
| CPU | 397,445 | 690,818 |
| GPU | 346,512 | 616,764 |
| MEM | 164,227 | 305,547 |
| UX | 462,330 | 404,510 |
| TOTAL | 1,370,514 | 2,017,639 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Apple A15 Bionic +7%
Apple A15 Bionic
2,341
Samsung Exynos 2400
2,198
Multi-Core
Samsung Exynos 2400 +22%
Apple A15 Bionic
5,742
Samsung Exynos 2400
6,999
| Single-Core | 2,341 | 2,198 |
| Multi-Core | 5,742 | 6,999 |
Apple A15 Bionic
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Samsung Exynos 2400
General
| SoC Name | Apple A15 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 2400 |
| Launch Date | september 9, 2021 | January 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | APL1W07 | S5E9945 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung Foundry |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
1x 3.21 GHz Cortex-X4 2x 2.9 GHz Cortex-A720 3x 2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 4x 1.95 GHz Cortex-A520 |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3230 MHz | 3210 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| Process Node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
GPU
| GPU | Apple A15 GPU | Samsung Xclipse 940 |
| GPU Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | AMD RDNA 3 |
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 1009 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 16-core Apple Neural Engine | Exynos AI Engine |
| Shading Units | 128 | 768 |
| Compute Performance | 1.712 TFLOPS | 3.406 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | No | Yes |
| Max Refresh Rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX | - | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4 × 16-bit channels |
| Max Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 67.2 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 12 MP | 1x 320 MP |
| Max Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 3840 × 2400 px |
| Video Recording | 4K at 60 FPS | 8K @ 30 fps, 4K @ 120 fps |
| Video Playback | 4K at 60 FPS | 8K @ 60 fps, 4K @ 120 fps |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes | H.264, HEVC, H.265, VP9, AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 | Exynos 5300 Modem |
| 4G | Yes | Yes (LTE Cat. 20) |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7.5 Gbps | Up to 12.1 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.0 Gbps | Up to 3.67 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |