Exynos 2500
Samsung Exynos 2500 vs Apple A12Z Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Samsung Exynos 2500 and Apple A12Z Bionic mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Samsung
Apple
Launch Date
January 2025
March 2020
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Model Name
Exynos 2500
APL1083
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X53x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7302x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7304x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Cores
10
8
Technology
3 nm
7 nm
Frequency
3200 MHz
2500 MHz
Transistor count
-
10
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
-
Apple A12Z GPU
GPU frequency
-
1340 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
-
1.106 TFLOPS
Execution units
-
64
Shading units
-
512
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
No
Bluetooth
5.4
5.0
Wi-Fi
7
5
Navigation
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5T
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 64 Bit
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
68.2 GB/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
-
8 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Max camera resolution
-
1x 12MP
Storage type
UFS 4.0
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1
H.264
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Apple M12
TDP
-
15 W
Advantages
Exynos 2500
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3200 MHz vs 2500 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (76.8 Gbit/s vs 68.2 GB/s)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2025 (January 2025 vs March 2020)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Exynos 2500
+100%
2639
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Multi Core
Exynos 2500
+89%
8751
Apple A12Z Bionic
4642
SiliconCat Rating
8
Ranks 8 among all SOC on our website
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
Apple A12Z Bionic
