Early benchmarks suggest that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400 chipsets may exceed Apple’s A18 Pro CPU in terms of multi-core performance.
Next-gen iPhone 16 Pro chips: A18 Pro processor performance revealed, Qualcomm vs. MediaTek face off
Apple is likely to equip the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with an A18 Pro CPU, which is the successor to the 3nm A17 Pro mobile processor announced last year. According to a recent leak, the forthcoming chip is projected to boost both single and multi-core performance, although the next flagship chips from Qualcomm and MediaTek may outperform the A18 Pro in multi-core performance, according to early benchmarks of all three processors.
According to X (previously Twitter) user Mochamad Fanani (via WCCF Tech), Apple’s A18 Pro CPU earned 3570 points in Geekbench 6’s single-core test and 9,310 points in multi-core. This marks a 23% and 28.66% boost, respectively, above the Geekbench scores for the A17 Pro, which drives the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
While these preliminary benchmark results indicate that Apple has increased the performance of its forthcoming iPhone CPU in both single-core and multi-core modes, it may face stiff competition from Qualcomm’s next-generation chip. A previously leaked benchmark (via X: @negativeonehero) indicated that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 had a single-core score of 2,845 points and a multi-core score of 10,628.
Similarly, leaked benchmarks of the rumored MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chip indicate that the next CPU from the Taiwanese chipmaker will have single-core and multi-core scores of 2,776 and 11,739 points, respectively. The Dimensity 9400 is also believed to have a higher AnTuTu score of 3,449,366 points than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor, which scored 3,133,570 points.
According to leaked benchmark scores, both the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400 CPUs might outperform the A18 Pro in terms of multi-core performance. These projections should be taken with a grain of salt, as they are early leaks about the performance of these chips, and the ultimate performance — after optimisation for efficiency — may differ for all three CPUs.