The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have recently launched worldwide. These flagship models are powered by Apple’s latest and most advanced chipset, the A18 Pro. According to Geekbench scores, the A18 Pro not only surpasses last year’s iPhone 15 Pro Max but also outperforms the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, currently leading Android benchmark rankings. Remarkably, the performance of the iPhone 16 Pro Max is comparable to Apple’s desktop-class M1 chipset.
Benchmark results for the iPhone 16 Pro Max surfaced this week, revealing an impressive single-core score of 3,409 and a multi-core score of 8,492. This represents a significant leap over the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which averaged 2,886 in single-core and 7,157 in multi-core tests. In comparison, Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, scored 2,145 (single-core) and 6,701 (multi-core).
Notably, the A18 Pro's multi-core performance even surpasses that of the M1-powered MacBook Air (2020), despite the M1 featuring two additional CPU cores. This highlights the A18 Pro's near desktop-level capabilities, setting a new benchmark for smartphone performance.
However, the competition is heating up. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, rumored to be launching next month, has reportedly achieved single-core scores of 3,236 and multi-core scores of 10,049. While these results are unconfirmed and should be approached with caution, they indicate that Qualcomm is preparing to challenge Apple’s dominance.