Samsung Galaxy A17 4G Appears on Geekbench, Carrying an Outdated Chip?

JAKARTA - Samsung is preparing two budget phones for late 2025, with details emerging from Geekbench and the Bluetooth SIG database. The Galaxy A17 4G, model SM-A175F, is revealed to be powered by the MediaTek Helio G99 chipset — a two-year-old 6nm-based chip with two 2GHz Cortex-A76 cores and six 2GHz Cortex-A55 cores, paired with a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU.

This chip is also used in the Galaxy A16 and A15, and according to the Geekbench listing, the same chip will be used in the A17 as well. The benchmark results? Slightly lower than those of its predecessor.

While the lower scores are understandable — considering the phone is still in development and will still go through several months of optimization — it may not be enough to deliver a significant performance boost.

Another surprise came in the operating system version: the Galaxy A17 4G was tested with Android 15 (One UI 7.0), while One UI 8 will debut in June or July along with the 7th generation foldable device, a few months before the release of the Galaxy A17.

Comparison with the 2023 Galaxy A15 4G on Geekbench

A 5G variant is also expected, likely using an Exynos or MediaTek Dimensity chip. To give you an idea, both the 4G and 5G versions of the A16 were launched in October last year.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy M36 5G, model SM-M366B/DS, is getting closer to launch, with a support page appearing on Samsung's UAE site and an Exynos 1380 chip (5nm, Mali-G68 MP5 GPU), 6GB of RAM, and Android 15.

The M36 is likely to be a rebranded version of the Galaxy A36, which uses the faster 4nm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. The M36 is likely to feature a 50MP main camera, a 5,000mAh battery, and 25W charging. The Exynos 1380’s AnTuTu score of 550,000 is slightly lower than the A36’s, but it’s still good enough for everyday tasks.

Will the A17 4G’s outdated chip hinder its performance, or will creative marketing make up for it? Only time will tell!