Apple A17 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 1280

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Samsung Exynos 1280. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Samsung Exynos 1280
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A17 Pro
1536108
Samsung Exynos 1280
478526
CPU390106154535
GPU534149105189
Memory27492692022
UX336927126780
NanoReview Score1536108478526
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Samsung Exynos 1280
2287
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Test59 fps13 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Samsung Exynos 1280
851
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Samsung Exynos 1280
1913
File Compression260.8 MB/s97.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s50.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec70.9 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s5.92 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s18.1 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s36 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec70.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec3.04 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3780 2400
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 19 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 897 MHz
Execution Units 6 4
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 768 128
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 229.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Yes
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 4.3 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 1290x2796 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 2550 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1280 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr March, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V02 S5E8825

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A17 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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