A19 Pro Loses to Unreleased Exynos 2600 and Underclocked Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Multi-Core Performance Up to 18% Slower

The conclusion of Apple’s recent iPhone 17 event was quickly followed by the release of benchmark scores for the new A19 Pro chip. This 6-core CPU shows a moderate enhancement, achieving a 13 percent performance boost over its predecessor, the A18 Pro. Such incremental advances are expected; Apple’s latest 3nm chipset isn’t designed for radical leaps, particularly as the A18 was already manufactured using TSMC’s advanced lithography. In contrast, rival companies like Qualcomm and Samsung are pushing their Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Exynos 2600 chips to deliver impressive multi-core performance that currently outstrips the A19 Pro in competitive benchmarks.

Apple Retains Dominance in Single-Core Performance with A19 Pro

According to the latest Geekbench 6 results, the A19 Pro achieved notable scores of 3, 895 for single-core and 9, 746 for multi-core performance. While these figures are commendable for flagship hardware, it appears that Apple has hit a performance plateau in multi-core operations. This strategy may be driven by a desire to uphold the efficiency of its system-on-chip (SoC).Unfortunately, this approach has opened the door for competitors like Qualcomm and Samsung to take advantage, allowing the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Exynos 2600 to surpass Apple in multi-threading performance.

The Exynos 2600, heralded as Samsung’s first 2nm GAA chip, currently demonstrates superior multi-core performance, outpacing the A19 Pro by an impressive margin of 15.5 percent. However, it still lags behind the A19 Pro by 15 percent in single-threaded benchmarks, indicating that while Samsung makes strides in multi-core capabilities, Apple’s single-core efficiency remains a formidable challenge.

A19 Pro is slower than the unreleased Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Exynos 2600 in the latest multi-core score comparison — Comparison of the Exynos 2600’s performance against the A19 Pro

Historical debates surrounding the performance of Android chipsets often claimed they would never rival Apple’s A-series chips. While there is a degree of truth to that assertion, significant progress has been made by Qualcomm and Samsung in narrowing that performance gap. Nevertheless, it’s important to note that the higher multi-core scores achieved by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Exynos 2600 are partly due to their increased core counts—8-core and 10-core configurations, respectively. Apple opts for a 6-core configuration, prioritizing efficiency, and thus sacrifices some multi-core performance potential.

If Apple were to adopt an 8-core or 10-core configuration for the A19 Pro, the landscape of this discussion could be entirely different. While synthetic benchmarks provide a useful context, real-world application performance remains the ultimate test. As we await more comprehensive evaluations, we invite you to share your thoughts on this latest comparison in the comments below.

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