Here’s how the A18 Pro chip on the iPhone 16 Pro performs in benchmark tests
iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max were launched earlier this week in global markets including India, and the company’s flagship smartphones are powered by the A18 Pro — the most powerful A-series chipset. According to popular benchmarking website Geekbench, the new processor is more powerful than the one powered by last year’s iPhone 15 Pro Max, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra — the handset topping the Android benchmark charts. The latest benchmark scores for the iPhone 16 Pro Max also suggest that it could offer performance on par with Apple’s desktop-class M1 chipset.
Geekbench has seen listings for an iPhone 17.2 in recent days — equivalent to the top-of-the-line iPhone 16 Pro Max. One benchmark result placed On Wednesday, the iPhone 16 Pro Max scored 3,409 points on the single-core test and 8,492 on the multi-core test.
If these benchmarks are real — the iPhone 16 series goes on sale September 20, but reviewers already have access to the phone — Apple’s flagship smartphone will offer significantly better CPU performance than its predecessor. The iPhone 15 Pro Max (average) scored Averaged 2,886 points and 7,157 points in the single-core and multi-core tests on Geekbench respectively.
The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra currently tops the list of tested Android smartphones on Geekbenchwith an (average) single core score of 2,145 points and a multi core score of 6,701 points. The flagship phone from the South Korean tech conglomerate is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, which currently offers the fastest performance on Android phones.
It’s also worth noting that the multi-core benchmark score of the A18 Pro chip on the iPhone 16 Pro Max is slightly higher than the average score of the MacBook Air with M1 processor that was launched in 2020. Apple’s smartphone chip appears to deliver similar performance to its desktop processor, which has two additional CPU cores.
It’s worth noting that Apple’s A18 Pro chip will soon have a more capable competitor, with the alleged Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 that is expected to launch from Qualcomm next month. Purported benchmarks of the new chipset were leaked by a tipster, who suggested that the new chip scored 3,236 points and 10,049 points in the single-core and multi-core benchmark tests respectively. However, it’s worth taking these claims with a pinch of salt as the processor is yet to be announced and performance may vary across smartphones launched with the chipset.
