Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are anticipated to debut this yr with a brand new A18 Pro chip below the hood, and the corporate’s purported cellular processor might deliver notable efficiency upgrades over its predecessor — the A17 Pro — which powers the iPhone 15 Pro fashions, in accordance with a leaked benchmark rating. The A18 Pro might provide higher single-core efficiency than Qualcomm’s purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip, whereas the latter is tipped to supply higher multi-core efficiency.
According to a publish on X (previously Twitter) by person Nguyen Phi Hung (@negativeonehero), Apple’s hexa-core A18 Pro chip scores 3,500 factors on the single-core take a look at and eight,200 on the multi-core take a look at on Geekbench 6. In comparability, the current-generation iPhone 15 Pro Max with an A17 Pro chip scores 2,898 factors and seven,201 factors on the single-core and multi-core exams, respectively.
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Meanwhile, benchmarks for the purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 — anticipated to succeed the just lately unveiled Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip by the tip of 2024 — just lately leaked by the identical person present the processor scoring 2,845 factors within the single-core take a look at and a whopping 10,628 factors within the multi-core take a look at.
As it stands, the A18 Pro might provide a 20.77 % improve in single-core efficiency over its predecessor, whereas the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip would possibly leapfrog Apple’s chip in multi-core efficiency. In truth, the leaked A18 Pro single-core Geekbench 6 rating is increased than that of the 16-inch MacBook Pro (3,230 factors) launched in late 2023 with an M3 chip.
However, it is too early to name these benchmarks dependable — the iPhone 16 Pro fashions aren’t anticipated till Q3 2024, whereas flagship Android telephones with the rumoured Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip aren’t prone to debut till the final quarter. There’s additionally no solution to confirm if these benchmark scores are correct, as they don’t seem to be revealed on Geekbench’s web site.
Until final yr, Apple launched two ‘Pro’ iPhone fashions with the newest cellular processor, whereas two fashions could be outfitted with the chip from the earlier yr’s high-end iPhone. In 2023, Apple outfitted the iPhone 15 fashions with a 4nm A16 Bionic processor, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro fashions got here with the 3nm A17 Pro chip. It stays to be seen whether or not Apple releases the iPhone 16 fashions with a ‘Bionic’ processor whereas the Pro mannequin will get the purported A18 Pro chip.
