Apple M1 iPad vs Samsung Exynos 2500

SOC · Specs Compare

Products
SOC Apple M1 iPad Apple
SOC Samsung Exynos 2500 Samsung
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
3200 MHz
3300 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
5 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
16
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TDP
14 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
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GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
8
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Shading units
128
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Yes
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Aug 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
S5E9955
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
2,519,784
Geekbench 6
2,304
2,648
Geekbench 6
8,422
9,881
FP32 (float)
2,617
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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.