Galaxy A17 Geekbench listing confirms no SoC upgrade

Samsung's upcoming affordable smartphone, the Galaxy A17, has just shown up on Geekbench. Its predecessor, the Galaxy A16, debuted in October 2024, so a similar launch time for the next iteration seems plausible. Spec-wise, the smartphone may not receive a significant upgrade, at least on the SoC side.

The Galaxy A17 (SM-A176B) spotted here is equipped with an Exynos 1330 chip, the same one found on the two-generation-old Galaxy A14, as confirmed by its two Cortex-A78 cores (2.4 GHz) and six Cortex-A55 cores (5.0 GHz), along with an Arm Mali G68 GPU. It scores 942 and 2,137 in Geekbench 6.4's single and multi-core tests.

The former is generally consistent with Exynos 1330 scores, while the latter is slightly higher. Lastly, the Galaxy A17 sample features a modest 6 GB of RAM and ships with Android 15 pre-installed. Not much is known about its other upgrades, but it will be the first of its kind to offer OIS (optical image stabilisation) with its primary camera sensor.