Exynos 2600 vs A20 Pro
We compared the 10-core Samsung Exynos 2600 (Samsung Xclipse 960) with the newer 6-core Apple A20 Pro (Apple A20 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 2600
- Performs 2.4x better in floating-point computations
- Has 4 more cores
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Higher GPU frequency (~65%)
- Supports 35% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 85.3 GB/s)
- 30% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 3800 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 3161K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1023425 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1236436 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 384525 | 418755 |
| UX | 516740 | 728894 |
| Total score | 3161126 | 3434654 |
| Samples | [20 tests] | Less than 3 |
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 | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 328.1 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 345 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 259.1 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 344.2 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 41.7 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 97.1 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 12.2 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 8 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 43.4 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 20.2 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 1.03 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 1.41 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 2.05 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.28 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 95 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 4524 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 7 tests | - |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3109 | 4263 |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 11935 | 17850 |
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 51 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 9024 |
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 2026-09-26 (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 |
| π 2026-08-11 (Phrog) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3167 / 11029 |
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| π 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 2600 and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.8 GHz β C1-Ultra 3x 3.25 GHz β C1-Pro 6x 2.75 GHz β C1-Pro |
2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3800 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.3-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 960 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 8 | 7 |
| Shading units | 448 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1792 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 7024.6 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 59 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 85.3 Gb/s | 115.2 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 | 3x 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 | Apple C2 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14790 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 4900 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 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | S5E9965 | APL1Y01 |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 2600 official site | - |
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