Exynos 2500 vs A18 Pro
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2500 (Samsung Xclipse 950) with the older 6-core Apple A18 Pro (Apple A18 Pro 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 2500
- Performs 79% better in floating-point computations
- Has 4 more cores
- Supports 28% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 60 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 28%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2289K vs 1782K
Pros of Apple A18 Pro
- Higher GPU frequency (~49%)
- 23% higher CPU clock speed (4050 vs 3300 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 771016 | 521852 |
| GPU | 723824 | 562674 |
| Memory | 356421 | 187942 |
| UX | 438435 | 509731 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 1782199 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [15 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 | 390.2 MB/sec | 299.9 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec | 191.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec | 196.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 247.5 images/sec | 319.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec | 289.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 36.4 images/sec | 37.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec | 91 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec | 9.03 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 14 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 35.4 images/sec | 62.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 15.1 images/sec | 78.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec | 0.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec | 1.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec | 1.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec | 100 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS | 3659.7 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 2 tests | 7 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2231 | 1732 |
| Stability | 54% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 13 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9397 | 7585 |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 21 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | - |
| Video editing score | 8133 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 11954 | - |
| Photo editing score | 32035 | - |
| Writing score | 22532 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2500
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-16 -> INFC | AnTuTu 11 | 2220403 |
| π 2026-01-01 (Koss) | AnTuTu 11 | 2437711 |
| π 2025-12-19 (Yell) | AnTuTu 11 | 2112394 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18873 |
| π 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | AnTuTu 11 | 2496663 |
Apple A18 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| π 2026-09-23 -> Rappzzzz | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| π 2026-09-20 (thuanday) | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| π 2026-09-17 (Jonibek) | AnTuTu 11 | 1692383 |
| π 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2500 and A18 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz β Cortex-X925 2x 2.74 GHz β Cortex-A725 5x 2.36 GHz β Cortex-A725 2x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 4.05 GHz β Everest 4x 2.42 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 10 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 999 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops | 2289 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 60 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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 | Exynos 5400 | Snapdragon X71 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2025 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9955 | APL1V07 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2500 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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