Apple A18 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 2500
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Apple A18 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 2500, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Apple A18 Pro comes with a hexa-core CPU paired with an Apple A18 Pro GPU, while the Samsung Exynos 2500 comes with a deca-core CPU and the Samsung Xclipse 950 GPU.
Why Apple A18 Pro is better than Samsung Exynos 2500
- 23% Faster CPU clock speed (4050 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Geekbench 6 shows 47% faster single-core and 9% faster multi-core performance
Why Samsung Exynos 2500 is better than Apple A18 Pro
- 24% higher AnTuTu score (2.15M vs 1.74M)
- Better multitasking with 10 cores compared to 6
- 28% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 GB/s vs 60 GB/s)
- 79% higher compute performance (4.09 vs 2.289 TFLOPS)
- 28% higher memory frequency (4800 MHz vs 3750 MHz)
Performance scores
CPU score
Apple A18 Pro
87
Samsung Exynos 2500
81
GPU score
Apple A18 Pro
92
Samsung Exynos 2500
85
Memory score
Apple A18 Pro
90
Samsung Exynos 2500
95
Total score
Apple A18 Pro
90
Samsung Exynos 2500
87
AnTuTu 10
Samsung Exynos 2500 +24%
Apple A18 Pro
1,744,311
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,154,825
| CPU | 478,128 | 514,532 |
| GPU | 651,500 | 946,368 |
| MEM | 248,568 | 383,044 |
| UX | 366,115 | 310,881 |
| TOTAL | 1,744,311 | 2,154,825 |
Geekbench 6
Single-Core
Apple A18 Pro +47%
Apple A18 Pro
3,462
Samsung Exynos 2500
2,359
Multi-Core
Apple A18 Pro +9%
Apple A18 Pro
8,864
Samsung Exynos 2500
8,141
| Single-Core | 3,462 | 2,359 |
| Multi-Core | 8,864 | 8,141 |
General
| SoC Name | Apple A18 Pro | Samsung Exynos 2500 |
| Launch Date | September 2024 | June 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model Number | T8140 | S5E9955 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
1x 3.3GHz - Cortex X925 2x 2.74GHz - Cortex A725 5x 2.36GHz - Cortex A725 2x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520 |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Max Clock Speed | 4050 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 Cache | 16 MB | 11 MB |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 16 MB |
| Process Node | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP | 12 W | 6 Watts |
GPU
| GPU | Apple A18 Pro GPU | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| GPU Architecture | - | AMD RDNA 3 |
| GPU Frequency | 1490 MHz | 999 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | Neural Engine (35 TOPS) | 59 TOPS NPU |
| Shading Units | 128 | 64 |
| Compute Performance | 2.289 TFLOPS | 4.09 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | Yes, hardware-accelerated | Yes, Hardware-accelerated |
| Max Refresh Rate | 120 Hz | 4K @ 120Hz |
| Vulkan | - | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX | - | 12.1 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 3750 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16-bit channels | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 60 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 48 MP | 320MP |
| Max Display Resolution | 2868 x 1320 | 4K |
| Video Recording | 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS | 8K @ 30FPS HDR, 4K @ 120FPS |
| Video Playback | 4K @ 120FPS | 8K @ 30FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, AV1 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 5G | Exynos 5400 5G |
| 4G | Yes | Yes |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 10 Gbps | Up to 9.64 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.5 Gbps | Up to 2.55 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | NAVIC, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |