Exynos 1680 vs Apple A19
We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 1680 (Samsung Xclipse 550) with the older 6-core Apple A19 (Apple A19 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1680
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A19
- Supports 166% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
- Performs 69% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 55%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2156K vs 1390K
- 47% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 2900 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~35%)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 510705 | 598735 |
| GPU | 374535 | 803562 |
| Memory | 204469 | 200566 |
| UX | 300346 | 553263 |
| Total score | 1390055 | 2156126 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [23 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 212.5 MB/sec | 313.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 125.8 pages/sec | 220.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 144.7 Mpixels/sec | 210.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 86.1 images/sec | 305.8 images/sec |
| HDR | 141.1 Mpixels/sec | 311.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 18 images/sec | 39.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 39.6 images/sec | 102.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 5.87 Mpixels/sec | 9.89 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 3 tests | 9 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 13.3 images/sec | 79.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 6.4 images/sec | 90.4 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.33 Gpixels/sec | 1.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.46 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.42 Gpixels/sec | 3.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.11 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 31.6 Gpixels/sec | 90.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 958.9 FPS | 3104.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 2 tests | 10 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 2147 |
| Stability | - | 72% |
| Graphics test | - | 16 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 9465 |
| Graphics test | - | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 36 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 31 FPS |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 1680
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-15 (Fernando) | AnTuTu 12 | 1574995 |
| π 2026-10-11 (Taz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1399404 |
| π 2026-10-08 (Galaxy A57) | AnTuTu 12 | 1544715 |
| π 2026-10-06 (yuh) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 2412 |
| π 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 GPU | 6058 |
Apple A19
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-20 (Shovandeep) | AnTuTu 11 | 1837059 |
| π 2026-09-14 (kpvas) | AnTuTu 11 | 2134388 |
| π 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2243285 |
| π 2026-08-07 (Aarav) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776737 |
| π 2026-08-06 (yuki) | AnTuTu 11 | 2352837 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1680 and Apple A19CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.9 GHz β Cortex-A720 4x 2.6 GHz β Cortex-A720 3x 1.95 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 4.26 GHz β 4x 2.6 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2900 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 550 | Apple A19 GPU |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1228.8 Gigaflops | 2073.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 19.6 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Shannon 5348 | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 5100 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1280 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | March 2026 | September 2025 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E8865 | APL1V13 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 1680 official site | - |
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