Exynos 2400 vs A16 Bionic

We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2400 (Samsung Xclipse 940) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 2400
  • Performs 90% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 4 more cores
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 26%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2046K vs 1626K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~28%)
  • 8% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3210 MHz)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
2046435
1626008
CPU 698933 432740
GPU 637772 490354
Memory 301201 216774
UX 408529 486140
Total score 2046435 1626008
Samples [93 tests] [36 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A16 Bionic +24%
2631
Multi-Core Score
6826
6602
Asset compression 285.5 MB/sec 234.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 167.2 pages/sec 155.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 165.6 Mpixels/sec 157.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 168.2 images/sec 149.7 images/sec
HDR 207.3 Mpixels/sec 202.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 25.3 images/sec 25.9 images/sec
Photo processing 63.9 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.73 Mpixels/sec 6.74 Mpixels/sec
Samples 38 tests 24 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
16273
A16 Bionic +40%
22851
Background blur 28.2 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Face detection 15 images/sec 50.9 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.6 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.51 Gpixels/sec 1.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.84 Gpixels/sec 1.22 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 77.8 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2872.5 FPS 2162.5 FPS
API Vulkan Metal
Samples 29 tests 12 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1769 -
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
8302
4266
Score 8302 4266
Stability - 74%
Graphics test 32 FPS 16 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 16 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 12 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3812
3335
Score 3812 3335
Stability 57% 71%
Graphics test 22 FPS 19 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16695 -
Video editing score 8032 -
Data manipulation score 14884 -
Photo editing score 35055 -
Writing score 21619 -
Phones tested 3 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 2400
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (Neto)AnTuTu2303141
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 -> JamesPatrickAnTuTu2027080
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-08 (Ajr)AnTuTu2027080
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (Halil)GeekBench CPU2215 / 7111
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (Halil)GeekBench GPU18625
Apple A16 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu1603687
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (LORDroid)AnTuTu1445126
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo)AnTuTu1626008
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)GeekBench GPU24336
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)GeekBench CPU2615 / 6477

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2400 and A16 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 10 6
Frequency 3210 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache - 16 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 16 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Samsung Xclipse 940 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture RDNA 3 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1095 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 6 5
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 768 640
FLOPS 3406.8 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 3.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 17 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2400 2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- 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 Exynos 5400 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 12100 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced January 2024 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number S5E9945 APL1W10
Official page Samsung Exynos 2400 official site -
Successor - Samsung Exynos 2500 - Apple A19 Pro

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Jesus February 26, 2025 at 05:55 PM
Didnt bother to make the A17 so A16 it is.
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dfg February 19, 2025 at 08:47 AM
nah bro samsung is better
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MINECRAFTIAN May 31, 2025 at 02:47 PM
You are right πŸ‘
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Sagram92 June 12, 2024 at 02:22 PM
Looking at the benchmark scores, it is actually astounding how the A16 from Apple can keep up, or otherwise, how the Exynos 2400 needs four more cores to beat the A16.
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Richee September 8, 2024 at 07:03 PM
Apple chips have a massive advantage in geekbench. I watched a video about it https://youtu.be/X4DXk6v73DY?si=s87u85PAAVfP-WgC
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ABC DEF February 21, 2024 at 04:02 PM
We need the scores of 3DMark Wild Life, please add.
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