Mobile processor comparison

Apple A17 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 7884B

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

CPU A

Apple A17 Pro

6 cores 3780 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A17 GPU
Compared fields 39
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A17 Pro
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 7884B
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A17 ProSamsung Exynos 7884B
Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz - Everest4x 2.11 GHz - Sawtooth 2x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A736x 1.35 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 3780 MHz 1560 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 3 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors 19 billion 2 billion

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A17 ProSamsung Exynos 7884B
L1 cache 256 KB Not available
L2 cache 16 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 7.8 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A17 ProSamsung Exynos 7884B
GPU Apple A17 GPU Mali-G71 MP2
GPU clock 1398 MHz 770 MHz
Execution units 6 2
Shaders 128 16
FLOPS 2147.2 Gigaflops 49.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.3
OpenCL Not available 2.0
Neural processor / NPU Apple Neural Engine No

Display and media

SpecificationApple A17 ProSamsung Exynos 7884B
Maximum display resolution 2796 x 1290 2220 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 21MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A17 ProSamsung Exynos 7884B
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A17 ProSamsung Exynos 7884B
Release September 2023 September 2019
Class Flagship Low end
Model number APL1V02 Not available
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
Devices in database 2 2
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A17 Pro

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4422 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3274 mAh

Samsung Exynos 7884B

PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A21 SC-42A
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A21 SC-42A

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1560 pixels…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3600 mAh