Apple A15 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 2400
Across 12 measured categories, the Samsung Exynos 2400 comes out ahead.
I put the Apple A15 Bionic and the Samsung Exynos 2400 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Apple A15 Bionic runs the Apple A15 GPU while the Samsung Exynos 2400 runs the Samsung Xclipse 940. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.
Where each chip wins
Apple A15 Bionic
3 advantages
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15% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 2,067
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20 MHz higher CPU clock
3230 MHz vs 3210 MHz
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Larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 8 MB
Samsung Exynos 2400
7 advantages
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68% higher AnTuTu score
20.18 Lakhs vs 12.00 Lakhs
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24% faster Geekbench multi-core score
6,785 vs 5,457
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Newer CPU architecture
ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.5-A
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1 nm smaller semiconductor size
4 nm vs 5 nm
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Higher GPU FLOPS
3407 GFLOPS vs 1712 GFLOPS
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Newer memory type
LPDDR5X vs LPDDR4X
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2,067 MHz higher RAM speed
4200 MHz vs 2133 MHz
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the Apple A15 Bionic and the Samsung Exynos 2400 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | September 2021 | January 2024 |
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| Chipset Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Manufacturer | Apple | Samsung |
| Model Number | APL1W07 | S5E9945 |
| Total Cores | 6 | 10 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Max Frequency | 3230 MHz | 3210 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| Process Node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung Foundry |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 8 MB |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
| GPU Name | Apple A15 GPU | Samsung Xclipse 940 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 1009 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 1712 GFLOPS | 3407 GFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | No | Yes |
| NPU | 16-core Apple Neural Engine | Exynos AI Engine |
| API Support | Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 | Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Memory Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4 × 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 67.2 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
| Camera Support | 12 MP | 320 MP |
|---|---|---|
| Video Capture | 4K at 60 FPS | 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS |
| Max Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 4K |
| Video Playback | 4K at 60 FPS | 8K at 60 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes | H.264, HEVC, H.265, VP9, AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 | Exynos 5300 Modem |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 7.5 Gbps | 12.1 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.0 Gbps | 3.67 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou | NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Official page | - | Visit |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 12,00,314 | 20,17,639 |
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| CPU | 2,88,667 | 69,80,818 |
| GPU | 3,95,574 | 6,16,764 |
| Memory | 1,41,170 | 3,05,547 |
| UX | 3,74,903 | 4,04,510 |
| Single-Core | 2,372 | 2,067 |
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| Multi-Core | 5,457 | 6,785 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
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