Apple A17 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 990

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Samsung Exynos 990. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A17 Pro

1568389

Exynos 990

742857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Exynos 990

835

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Exynos 990

2669

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Mali-G77 MP11
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Valhall
GPU frequency	1398 MHz
Execution units	6	11
Shaders	768	176
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2400
Max camera resolution		1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps, 4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	7.35 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS