Apple’s iPhone chipsets are virtually at all times probably the most highly effective smartphone chipsets obtainable, scoring considerably greater than Android rivals in benchmarks. However, issues may very well be totally different this yr – or at the very least early subsequent yr, as that’s once we’re anticipating the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra to launch – with a brand new benchmark leak suggesting it might have Apple beat.
A Geekbench end result for the telephone was shared by leaker @UniverseIce on X, and it achieved a single-core rating of three,011 and a multi-core results of 9,706. To put that in perspective, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has a mean single-core rating of two,142 and a mean multi-core rating of 6,693. So this might make for an enormous improve on the present mannequin.
Not solely that, it could additionally doubtless outperform the A18 Pro chipset within the iPhone 16 Pro Max, at the very least for multi-core outcomes.
Galaxy S25 UltraSnapdragon 8Gen4 for GalaxyCPU:2 x 4.47GHz+6 x 3.53GHzGPU:1250MHz pic.twitter.com/eJguFf53FvSeptember 25, 2024
There haven’t been sufficient exams of the A18 Pro but for Geekbench to show its common scores, however in our personal exams we discovered the iPhone 16 Pro Max had a single-core results of 3,386 and a multi-core results of 8,306 – that is nonetheless higher than Samsung in single-core exams, however method behind the Galaxy S25 Ultra for multi-core.
Now, there are some things to remember right here. First of all, this is only one benchmark, and an early one at that, so it’s very doable that it received’t find yourself being consultant of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s precise efficiency.
The energy of Snapdragon
Plus, it is a mannequin with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, and it’s doable that in some areas the S25 Ultra will get an Exynos chipset as a substitute. That’s fairly doubtless for some fashions within the Samsung Galaxy S25 line anyway, primarily based on previous kind.
On the opposite hand, many different Android telephones will most likely even have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset, so it may very well be that fairly a number of upcoming Android telephones can rival or beat the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s efficiency.
We ought to have a clearer concept quickly, because the likes of the OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15 will most likely be outfitted with this chipset, and people telephones are more likely to land earlier than the top of the yr.