Exynos 2600 vs Apple A19
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2600 (Samsung Xclipse 960) 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 2600
- Performs 3.4x better in floating-point computations
- Has 4 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 47%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3161K vs 2156K
- Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (85.3 against 68.2 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A19
- Higher GPU frequency (~65%)
- 12% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 3800 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1023425 | 598735 |
| GPU | 1236436 | 803562 |
| Memory | 384525 | 200566 |
| UX | 516740 | 553263 |
| Total score | 3161126 | 2156126 |
| Samples | [20 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 | 459.4 MB/sec | 313.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 328.1 pages/sec | 220.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 345 Mpixels/sec | 210.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 259.1 images/sec | 305.8 images/sec |
| HDR | 344.2 Mpixels/sec | 311.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 41.7 images/sec | 39.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 97.1 images/sec | 102.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.2 Mpixels/sec | 9.89 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 8 tests | 9 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 43.4 images/sec | 79.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 20.2 images/sec | 90.4 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 1.03 Gpixels/sec | 1.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 1.41 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 2.05 Gpixels/sec | 3.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.28 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 95 Gpixels/sec | 90.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4524 FPS | 3104.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 7 tests | 10 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3109 | 2147 |
| Stability | - | 72% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 16 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 11935 | 9465 |
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | 51 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | 31 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21279 | - |
| Video editing score | 8171 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 16909 | - |
| Photo editing score | 40764 | - |
| Writing score | 30248 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Exynos 2600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 -> Serost | AnTuTu 12 | 3359689 |
| π 2026-09-26 (gollim) | AnTuTu 12 | 3269772 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Pires) | AnTuTu 12 | 3302245 |
| π 2026-09-20 (Shaco) | AnTuTu 12 | 3216468 |
| π 2026-09-06 (Artem) | AnTuTu 11 | 3113554 |
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 2600 and Apple A19CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.8 GHz β C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz β C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz β C1-Pro |
2x 4.26 GHz β 4x 2.6 GHz β |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3800 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 960 | Apple A19 GPU |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 5 |
| Shading units | 448 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1792 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 7024.6 Gigaflops | 2073.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | 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 LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Exynos 5410 | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14790 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4900 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2025 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9965 | APL1V13 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2600 official site | - |
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