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Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs A18 Pro

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
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A18 Pro
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
A18 Pro

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830) with the older 6-core Apple A18 Pro (Apple A18 Pro GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (144)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 75%) AnTuTu 11 score – 3126K vs 1782K
  • Performs 48% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 41% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 60 GB/s)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 4050 MHz)
Pros of Apple A18 Pro
  • Higher GPU frequency (~35%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
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A18 Pro

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) +75%
3126402
A18 Pro
1782199
CPU 893474 521852
GPU 1133808 562674
Memory 427210 187942
UX 671910 509731
Total score 3126402 1782199
Samples [541 tests] [15 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 367.8 MB/sec 299.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 223.5 pages/sec 191.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 257 Mpixels/sec 196.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 234.4 images/sec 319.6 images/sec
HDR 315.8 Mpixels/sec 289.5 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 32.7 images/sec 37.6 images/sec
Photo processing 90.6 images/sec 91 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 9.03 Mpixels/sec
Samples 148 tests 14 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 45.3 images/sec 62.5 images/sec
Face detection 21.6 images/sec 78.2 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.98 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.91 Gpixels/sec 1.3 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.75 Gpixels/sec 1.5 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 96.8 Gpixels/sec 100 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3848 FPS 3659.7 FPS
API Vulkan Metal
Samples 100 tests 7 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 2386 1732
Stability - 71%
Graphics test 18 FPS 13 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 10874 7585
Graphics test 41 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 47 FPS 35 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 30 FPS
Section 3 35 FPS 21 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 5664 -
Stability 51% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21945 -
Video editing score 8458 -
Data manipulation score 16086 -
Photo editing score 39118 -
Writing score 22647 -
Phones tested 36 models -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Harsh)AnTuTu3242325
📘 2026-09-03 (Khao D)AnTuTu3059889
📘 2026-09-02 (Shaunie)AnTuTu3212567
📘 2026-08-31 (Bahodir)AnTuTu3143183
📘 2026-08-31 (thor)AnTuTu3101294
Add View all (689)
Apple A18 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-17 (Jonibek)AnTuTu1692383
📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron)AnTuTu1500141
📘 2026-07-21 (l1tsemerr)AnTuTu1650968
📘 2026-06-15 (Anton)AnTuTu1782199
📘 2026-06-04 (Rain)GeekBench CPU3656 / 9628
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and A18 Pro

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)		 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Frequency 4320 MHz 4050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 10 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 830 Apple A18 Pro GPU
Architecture Adreno 800 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1100 MHz 1490 MHz
Pipelines 3 6
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1536 768
FLOPS 3379.2 Gigaflops 2289 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 3.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 35 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 60 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 -
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 Snapdragon X71 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2024 September 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8750-AB APL1V07
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
    - The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequency—4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB models—and its GPU is 100 MHz faster.

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Comments

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Sudip November 6, 2025 at 05:33 AM
But games load faster in a18pro
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Nexc4n February 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Games that are loading faster isn't about CPU only. It's similar to PC ,it's depends on Storage speed.
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Kurdiish August 19, 2025 at 02:01 AM
Yes 8 elite better the king snapdragon
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Amar Mahanta August 14, 2025 at 03:02 PM
Wow fantastic processor
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wululu July 30, 2025 at 07:20 AM
why my snapdragon 8 elite cannot score higher than a18Pro in this tests？
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Randlemahn September 1, 2025 at 02:36 PM
Probably throttling?
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hai September 9, 2025 at 08:53 AM
ur really use s25 bruh. My honor 400 pro which use 8 gen 3 can easily reach 2m+ antutu
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Anonymous July 27, 2025 at 02:00 AM
If only if iPhone have 12gb or more ram, it will be very stable, I mean 8gb is not enough for heavy gaming, it's like trying to run a game with only 6gb of vram in a GPU... Yikes
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wululu July 30, 2025 at 07:26 AM
Are you serious? :) Apple does not need to have more RAM. Now I am using the iPhone 16 Pro to play games, and it is very great.
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MMD August 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
A few things to correct in your sentence, First of all 8gb is not anything to scoff at even now, even some of the most demanding games like WuWa on iOS can't even occupy 2gb of ram on your phone, especially considering per "garry explains" tests iOS consumes on average 40% less ram on the same workload compared to android phones Next 6gb on a grapgics card isn't any low for the targeted FHD resolution, only those who have never had a graphics card and watch others yap about it will say that, I have 8gb card and it was only a handful of times I saw the VRAM usage go past 6gb (same stupid crowd says 8gb is already obsolete) and finally don't listen to benchmarks look at real testings, A18 pro heck even A17 pro already run the games on a higher fidelity than any 8elite device even in Qualcomm sponsored titles like war thunder, the only places 8elite can seem like doing better in actual workloads are when it's running games with less resolution/assets/LoD like in CarXStreet or when it's using frame interpolation, there's a reason professional gamers don't choose anything except iphones outside of sponsored events
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GoldenCrow September 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
MMD, Stop the crying, 8GB is crap.
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redefine, February 1, 2026 at 07:29 AM
MMD, do you even know how apple processor would struggle in Android os, The 8 gen elite is far than the iphone processor, iphone run good because of the ios, and Don't forget ios force kill background processed, some android phone keep background processed always on
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DRq July 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Both system on chips are nice! :D
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G.U.Y May 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
the 8 gen elite is better in bench marks but it runs so hot and the cooling systems on phones are so bad the a18 pro gets higher fps in most games
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Iamme July 25, 2025 at 06:20 AM
Why don't you just skip the heat and get the redmagic 10 pro, it has the ICE 13.5 cooling system. And it goes for less than a 1,000$ USD so about the A18 getting more frames it's cap. Just get the redmagic. It'll solve all your problems. But besides all that, there are phones that have exceptional battery consumption rate and heat resistance For me, i have the Xiaomi 13T pro 5G with the MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ and it reaches 35 C° in hot rooms or if the weather outside is hot. (27.5 - 26.5 C° tops in most conditions) It's really great.
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pU July 27, 2025 at 07:42 AM
Just Opposite it is ....8 Elite>>>
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AsuraVN March 24, 2026 at 05:40 PM
If you really care about the temperature , you can add a cooler to 8 elite. And you will see the differences. Even a18 pro has a cooler at the same time but 8 elite still better than in gaming. And if you really care about temperature again , let's buy redmagic or nubia with the cooler inside. With me , I'll choose 8 elite with a cooler. Still cheaper than a18 pro without cooler.
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Unknown01 May 14, 2025 at 02:41 AM
At least, people enjoy playing Genshin Impact with max graphic, and another heavy games can handle. Don't make fun of me, this is evolution of gaming and chipset on smartphone, no joke.
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ItzAhh May 2, 2025 at 06:32 PM
Broo what is this??? 143 FPS in 3D mark??? 3,53GHz lowest frequency?? Now THIS is what I call portable PC💀
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Colly May 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
that's not very efficient tho, the e core shouldn't be so high or it will consume so much power on low intensive task which utilize e cores
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Yeager May 19, 2025 at 04:14 PM
Colly, Even though it doesn't have efficiency cores, it is more efficient than the high-end D9400 and A18 pro processors in demanding tasks such as games and tests, this is due to the 3nm architecture.
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... May 29, 2025 at 09:23 AM
Yeager, a18 pro also has 3nm
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Apple gayfanboys destroyer June 8, 2025 at 05:08 PM
..., Apple fanboy spotted 8 elite has 3nm transistors too
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Anon March 26, 2025 at 06:08 AM
So by numbers, SD is mostly beating A, finally. But in reality, it doesn't much matter for us, whichever has more value is better as spec is a lot more than enough.
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Someone out there April 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
No, for heavy duty and multitasking, both are more than enough and both of these processors are capable of running AAA games. So yeah, they're both great on paper and reality.
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Xyz April 18, 2025 at 05:57 PM
Someone out there , Those CPUs are not capable inf to play AAA games
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android ftw April 21, 2025 at 05:26 AM
Xyz, For real. CPU tech needs to seriously improve, better CPU means better multi tasking and games like Minecraft and other physics games will improve
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Someone new May 2, 2025 at 02:16 PM
Someone out there , No, there are nothing enough, in fact, Snapdragon is on top
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SMRT.fone May 15, 2025 at 07:08 AM
Someone out there , Yeah, both of these are insanely powerful, more so than many laptops and desktops. What I don’t understand, on iPhone, though is, why? Why so much power? It seems useless to a great extent. Gaming, I guess, but not everyone games, on Samsung/other androids, it makes as they can multitask and in some cases essential replace desktops (DeX), but on iPhone, you can’t multitask or replace your desktop.
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Hey July 25, 2025 at 06:19 PM
android ftw, Bro, cpu wasn't for games. it's for task. Games is for gpu who will render the graphics They both serve different purpose. If you let cpu run primarily for games it's an issue called CPU bottleneck.
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Hey July 25, 2025 at 06:22 PM
Xyz, It's the GPU that runs the rendering job, like video editing and video games. CPU is for tasks. If you let the CPU primarily run games, it will have a CPU bottleneck, which would be a problem.
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SOC master March 20, 2025 at 04:34 AM
How iphone with 10 watts cpu , and around only 4500 mah battery 🔋 gives as good battery life as iQOO 13 with 6000 mah battery 🔋 ? Can anyone give real reason behind it ? Please don't say "optimization" . Everyone knows this . Apples actually achieved this by reducing screen pwm refresh rate , killing background apps , etc . But anyone knows the actual reason ?
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None March 26, 2025 at 06:11 AM
""optimization" . Everyone knows this," yes it's da optimization
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ankit patwal March 26, 2025 at 07:36 AM
reason is only one hardware and software optimization and no other reason behind good battery backup and consistensy
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SOC master March 26, 2025 at 09:41 AM
None, Killing background apps and tasks , lowering display resolution and hz is not called optimization . You don't have any technical knowledge.
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mec March 26, 2025 at 04:55 PM
the CPU is engineered to be more efficient so it gives good power for better battery life
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VINCENZO April 2, 2025 at 05:43 PM
Because of the better power efficiency of the everest, sawtooth cores . The main reason is : Apple's phone and they Designed and well engineered on their own chipsets then the apple phone and their chipsets are perfectly sync than other phone.Not only optimization. There is a question: samsung made their own chipsets but can't beat apple in terms of performance and power efficiency. Because of they do different type of engineering. apple has better engineering. Because apple's chipsets are way better in real life testing.we can't compare between apple's bionic chipsets.
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pol April 6, 2025 at 02:39 AM
lower screen resolution, it has LTPO 120hz but force games to 60hz cap.,in terms of GPU apple is miles behind, 8 elite will always run your games on 120-144hz coz of its brute GPU and can give you 60-120fps on AAA games. Apple gpu can’t even sustain constant 60fps.
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Android FTW April 21, 2025 at 05:28 AM
pol, for real, I’m rooting for Qualcomm and mediatek
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erdi_an June 16, 2025 at 09:48 PM
The reason is -Apple only built their soc with only 6 cores less 2 cores than any android socs -The kernel that theyre used -The apps thats built perfectly for ios which is exclusively made for small numbers of phone models -The display of iphones that only support 5 finger multitouch while every android support 10 fingers
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Suraj July 28, 2025 at 05:07 AM
SOC master, Buddy, you don't have technical knowledge because Apple processors are best in battery life compared to any other processor. The overall scores for the A18 series are 96 and 97.
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Logic August 19, 2025 at 03:09 PM
You know phones with 5000mah have ~ 19Wh battery. If cpu consume 10w, it will be gone in 2h. 10w is peak performance. If you watch youtube, you consume less than 1w on cpu (and another 1w on screen, wifi etc), which is why phone can last over 10h.
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Just a guy March 19, 2025 at 05:32 AM
Apple wins or competite with worst hardware to such strong android side just because developers too lazy to optimize their app for android side but if in one day they decide to work little harder and optimize apps to android then apple gonna bankrupt because apple hardware such as chip is really worst without good optimization it cant even handle simple tasks i wish developers to care more about android users in the future
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someone April 14, 2025 at 08:39 PM
no they are not raw performence apple wins
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someone April 14, 2025 at 08:41 PM
iphones are just better
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Android ftw April 21, 2025 at 05:29 AM
someone, Nope they aren’t. Apple is scamming you on every purchase
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Shaver May 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pretty sure if Android ever got the optimization piece down, Apple would be more incentivized to push the hardware further. As it stands, Apple can afford to cut corners to yield a higher RoI on hardware, since software is so ‘on point’, for 90% of users, it levels the playing field. Keep in mind, the vast majority of consumers aren’t looking up synthetic benchmarks on nanoreview. They just want a phone that sends texts, makes phone calls, and if they want to splurge, they might look for a better camera on the phone.
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GameFly July 29, 2025 at 04:33 PM
The reason is: 1. Trash in Background Processing 2. Efficient Code Execution (a.k.a optimization) 3. Dims display fast, and throttle silently even in normal tasks. 4. "OPTIMIZATION" 😖🙄
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... August 3, 2025 at 01:17 AM
someone, not anymore lol. Samsung, Xiaomi and Motorola >>>. Apple
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Sanje February 11, 2025 at 03:56 AM
I use 16 pro max and after comparing it with 8elite phones it is true that snapdragon is better in terms of gaming and other tasks (the difference is so slim that it does not become a factor to rule out one is bad and the other is superior) Though i adore samsung flagships, it is much better to go for vivo’s or oppo’s flagship because of the sheer amount of value you get from those devices especially when it comes to cameras iPhones(videography is still better than any phone in the market still) and samsungs are a total joke.
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TheDoc March 14, 2025 at 03:26 PM
Not only that, OneUI is a bloated mess. Makes the phone feel so sluggish. I wasn't even aware of that until I upgraded to a OnePlus 13 and how much snappier it is. I'll never use a Lagsung again.
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Raj March 19, 2025 at 06:25 AM
TheDoc, Looks like I did the right thing by upgrading to a OnePlus 13 instead of Samesuck S25 Ultra. It also saved my bank account! 😀
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Jay April 16, 2025 at 06:35 PM
Raj, Check again. The one ui 7 software is surprisingly very optimised.
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Auwal August 21, 2025 at 05:47 AM
Raj, Yes some people think like ipent is better for one reason shining ✨️ 😉
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Bright2 February 7, 2025 at 05:24 AM
Nothing new to mention, and nothing old to repeat. Again, Snapdragon takes the title of the best phone's CPU of the year. Thanks to the competitions between the companies that brings better CPUs for us
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Harjot January 23, 2025 at 01:03 AM
Bhai it 7 core processor not 8 core..
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PVzzz February 2, 2025 at 02:24 PM
8 Elite has an 8-core CPU configuration. But it has a 7-core variant.
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Pajeet crusher February 7, 2025 at 03:24 PM
Pajeet, first know what you are typing.
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nonim April 14, 2025 at 01:39 AM
but look at the exynos 2400 it has 10 cores
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Stranger January 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Based on Linux: Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, making it an open-source operating system. iOS is based on macOS. Like macOS, it includes components of the Mach microkernel and FreeBSD. It is a Unix-like operating system.
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Anmol January 14, 2025 at 02:49 PM
Apple fanboys when 1/3 priced sd 8elite phone beats the s**t out of there flagship Iphone 16 pro max Sd 8 elite is much more power efficient than a18 pro And apple's performance core are quite inefficient thats why they are not bringing 8 core cpus
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Jimmy January 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
how do you gonna defend heating, consistency, actual use of the performance, video and photo output from snapdragon 8 elite. We all know when it comes to practical uses we are not gonna see the numbers. Can you play 3 hours long game play in any android and then use it for photos? What would happened after 2 years? I'm still playing pubg in iphone 11 and still consistance fps than 8gen 2 phones.
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A96 January 27, 2025 at 08:52 PM
Android remains an Android, it’s a public means
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Sora January 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Jimmy, How are you going to defend heating, consistency, actual use of the performance, and video and photo output from the Snapdragon 8 Elite? We all know that when it comes to practical uses, we are not going to see the numbers. Can you play a 3-hour-long gameplay session on any Android and then use it for photos? What would happen after 2 years? I'm still playing PUBG on an iPhone 11 with more consistent FPS than 8 Gen 2 phones. Here's your answer: Flagship phones like the Samsung S25 Ultra are designed to last longer nowadays and have better cooling than cheaper phones with the same chipset. It all comes down to the manufacturer. Don't say your iPhone 11 isn't prone to heat when gaming. A Poco F6 Pro running an 8 Gen 2 with all max settings in PUBG will last about 5 or so hours of straight gaming. I doubt the iPhone 11 Pro Max would even last 5 hours considering its small battery plus its age. Besides, longer software support is slowly being introduced to phones to offer longevity. Don't like heating? Use the flagship Redmagic Pro+ series. Want the longest OS support while being able to play games properly and best general use? Buy an S2x Ultra that is at most 5 months after release if you want pure performance worth. Besides, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and onwards will last at least 3-4 more years of smooth gaming use. Oh, by the way, don't use PUBG as a benchmark. Why not heavier games like Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, or Zenless Zone Zero?
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Xavier February 1, 2025 at 04:13 PM
Jimmy, well my huawei nova 9 with 778g which is midrange chip still as fluid as day one and still runs pubg 60fps beautifully all depends on optimization optimized snapdragon would run as good as any iphone, and as the case for 8g2 if your example is samsung than yes it's unstable try another brand or gaming phone i doubt it will have unstable frame rate
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Mi11x February 9, 2025 at 07:43 PM
Jimmy, My SD 870 phone can handle a 3-hour gameplay session on pretty much any game in the Play Store. It captures decent photos, but it lacks in AI and video capture and quality. Additionally, even though it heats up pretty often (especially if I use it for heavy tasks like gaming for long hours), it's not like the iPhone doesn't heat up at all. My best friend has the 15 Pro Max, and he games on max graphics and other settings; even that heats up after hours of usage. I bought this device for about 17k used. The first owner bought it for approximately 30k. It has not been a disappointment since I've been using it as my main phone for 3 years and am still using it. I think it is pretty evident now that devices with SD 8 Elite are on a different level in every spec.
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Darwin Charles March 4, 2025 at 05:32 AM
Jimmy, I still play CODM on Poco F3... running on snapdragon 870 chipset released over 4 years ago.
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Coping much March 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jimmy, First do the actual test instead of making things up
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Jizzy March 23, 2025 at 06:32 PM
Jimmy, Idk buddy you're braindead. Your weak iPhone 11 can give you consistent 60fps on low to medium settings while 8 elite can give you max settings 1440p 60fps ez.
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jizzy crybaby with mommy issues April 8, 2025 at 03:02 AM
Jimmy, This isn't Instagram bro to cope with lies & dreams. Yeahhh enjoy your consistent 60 fps in lower medium setting & poor battery life. It's always the 69 years old base model users. Probably with LCD screen. Even my s8+ has OLED, ohhh boy I can't explain how amazing OLED is. I think it's not even proper 1080p. Too sed for iphony LCD display users. Can't imagine gaming in a inferior screen.
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warrior February 1, 2026 at 07:41 AM
Jimmy, 8 gen 2 is a legendary cpu, no way an iphone 11 can beat that. This cpu is too good to be disrespected
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Truth January 13, 2025 at 04:02 AM
Waiting to release above 5 ghz 2nm or 1.6 nm processors either by apple or by Snapdragon .
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Hijibij February 20, 2025 at 03:53 PM
PC in pocket ☠️. Heater in hand. No need to use micro oven .
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Your father March 8, 2025 at 05:08 PM
Hijibij, If iphone make 5ghz chip then it was heater, if snapdragon make it then it like normal chip.
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Kaiju December 28, 2024 at 07:15 PM
It is pure fact that iphone can never beat android in any universe
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Madhuban December 28, 2024 at 04:36 PM
Can anyone tell me..... level 1 - l cache & D cache also level-2 is lesser is compared to apple silicon why .tell me
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PVzzz December 31, 2024 at 08:26 PM
The 2 P-cores of A18 is simply wider and thus needs more shared L2 cache. The 2 P-cores of the Snapdragon 8 Elite is weaker and not as wide as the A18's so it needs lesser L2 cache. But, the Snapdragon 8 Elite offsets this weaker P-cores by having 6 additional cores sharing a 12 MB L2 cache while the A18 only has 4 E-cores sharing 4 MB of L2 cache. Also the L1 caches of A18 Pro's P-cores is another proof with its bigger 192 KB of I-cache and 128 KB of D-cache. Meanwhile the Snapdragon 8 Elite's P cores has lower 128 KB of I-cache (D-cache is probably the same or at 96 KB).
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PVzzz January 16, 2025 at 09:03 PM
PVzzz, Guyz the L1 part of this comment is wrong please ignore it, though the other points still stands.
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Madhuban December 28, 2024 at 04:32 PM
I hope next year Qualcomm 8 elite 2( gen 5 ) in terms of single core score are beat to apple silicon and Qualcomm gpu department 🔥💥
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Jay December 28, 2024 at 04:30 AM
No need for comparison, Nanoreview.com! COMMON SENSE has already declared the WINNER to be Snapdragon 8 Elite. (Apple is just a big thing of yesterday. Qualcomm is the god now!)
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NoJay July 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Ok samsung boy , i bet u got an samsung A series and u dreaming about flagships
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John Wick December 23, 2024 at 03:24 PM
Lol Apple is overrated. Overpriced & stingy with features
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AKRAM January 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
SAYS THE ONE WHO IS USING REDMI 10K PHONE LOL DUDE
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My Agm January 18, 2025 at 07:26 AM
AKRAM, And that "ONE" is sensible enough to see that the Apple phone is overpriced and has decided to use his brain to buy something that is actually worth its price.
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Truth December 20, 2024 at 07:15 PM
Apple 🍎 Uses Snapdragon's 🐲🐉 modem for connectivity 📡🛰️ 😂😂
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my dad January 14, 2025 at 07:33 AM
Apple is actively developing its own in-house modem technology but has faced delays. They plan to introduce their own modems around 2026 or later. in iPhone SE 2025 model you will be getting introduced to their own modem . now this issue is solved it will give more optimization and more better connectivity to apple now as they are using their own modem , and it will cost more cheaper than using other's modem . in example as you can see the transition of MacBook from intel to their own silicon chip it changed the whole industry , now every body are more focused on making laptop more compact and more battery life as like apple did it with m1 first time .
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Truth January 17, 2025 at 05:25 PM
my dad, It sccems interesting to me . Let see what happens
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NurulllA December 11, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Too easy for the Snapdragon🥱
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Jay December 6, 2024 at 11:19 PM
The difference in performance of the a18 pro against the 8 elite is simply owing due to the Arm architecture. Take it or leave it
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Phenix December 15, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Arm v9.3 vs Arm v8 does promises a 30% boost in performance
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Phr December 6, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Do you mind updating the apple single and multi core scores, it ain't accurate. It's 3244 and 7714
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Boris December 7, 2024 at 10:47 PM
LOL! Are you high? It's perfect atm - 3600+/8900+. Absolutely accurate
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Phenro December 9, 2024 at 01:53 PM
Boris, It varies from person to person... I myself got 3500 and 8500... And neither is the 8 Elite perfect... I saw people getting 3000 and 9200 with it... So yeah... Both these scores are not perfect, rather set in perfect conditions...
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Someone December 4, 2024 at 07:44 PM
The Snapdragon 8 Elite heats up way too quickly. Just wanted you to know because it is very annoying during gaming, and it performs not as well when it gets to 45-49 degrees Celsius, which it does during gaming.
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SomeoneWhoReplies December 19, 2024 at 04:50 PM
"heats up way too quickly" perhaps you're not using a Redmagic 10 Pro/Pro+ to begin with.
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Yeah but… February 1, 2025 at 06:52 AM
SomeoneWhoReplies, Its the only phone with a built in liquid metal cooling and its a dedicated gaming phone… Phones with only a vapor chamber could reach super high temps but they dont thanks to throttling… the redmagic 10 pro is great at temps because of a fan… not because of a improved chipset
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Wait… November 16, 2024 at 04:49 PM
Shouldn’t the a18 pro have a nano score of 98 too..? I mean they both have the same amount of “points” when added all together please correct me if im wrong and maybe inform me on how the system works if you want
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root November 18, 2024 at 03:08 PM
Hi. Score categories don’t have equal weights in final nanoreview score
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Himanshu Verma November 5, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Wow is a powerful prosessor for a gaming 🖕
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Rohit November 21, 2024 at 03:23 PM
U mean BGMI (GAMING) 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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... August 3, 2025 at 01:31 AM
8 elite stomps A18 pro in everything lol
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ItzYolo November 2, 2024 at 09:32 PM
Yooo WHAT?? 3M+ AnTuTu?? Lowest CPU clock 3.53Ghz?? 8K 60 fps recording?? Multi-Core 10.000 plus?? Apple, time to catch up on Android or you'll soon belong in midrange section 🎮😬
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leg November 30, 2024 at 07:27 PM
Snapdragon has always performed better in GPU/gaming benchmarks, and it still lost to the latest Apple device in gaming purely due to optimization. I guess what I’m trying to say is benchmarks aren’t everything; Apple invests a little more into software.
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... August 3, 2025 at 01:32 AM
leg, 8 elite stomps a18 pro in every game
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DEVA October 31, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Normal users like me do not feel any performance difference in SD 888 vs SD 8 g 3 or A15 vs A 18. For normal user, 7 gen 2 and A14 are more than enough. I do not even use 30% capabilities of SD 8 gen 3 in my phone. I visit this site just to check numbers, in real life these are just numbers to me. Also like to read comments on mighty apple processor Vs versatile SD processor
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bugep November 7, 2024 at 01:03 AM
because you are npc not real
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Tech November 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM
You sound like an old grandpa who berly use WhatsApp 😂 just get urself a used infinite with helio g99
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tyler December 3, 2024 at 07:39 PM
This would be a fair argument but there is a major difference between the sd 888 and any sd8 generation. I can see the gen 2 argument though, because at this point, performance in these chips is just so overkill for what we are capable of on our phones.
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Big Boy December 25, 2024 at 07:40 PM
tyler, True that. The Snapdragon 7 series specially sd 7 gen 2 and newer gen 3 are extremely powerful and compatible machines for everyday use, game and everything. I got a SD7 gen 3 recently and the image processing and data connectivity is just so good that I would not think of going for flagship.... the android midrange has become so proficient.
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nope January 23, 2025 at 03:23 AM
dude there is a huge difference between SD888 and SD gen3 . im a very casual user no gaming. i can literally feel the difference when i just swtich apps and navigate on the phones. what are you talking about
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daksh February 2, 2025 at 03:10 PM
Big Boy, i bought iqoo neo 7 pro in 35k as i wanted the best processor possible in that price. The sd 8 plus gen 1 is still good. You can play bgmi at 90fps without any heating but the funtouch os is really boring. No customizations at all just like apple. I use the phone for video editing and bgmi but i think no one uses the full potential of flagship cpu's. i think that getting a balanced midrange phone is best option
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Rocky October 22, 2024 at 02:30 PM
I just concerned about the heat that the chip is going to make, and I wander if it's enough to grill fish over it 😅, and it would be a new feature LOL.
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A7MED October 4, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Soon 😂 : Geekbench results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
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Anon October 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Only Antutu is not comparable and there is a post from Antutu itself talking about it
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Miguel seon September 10, 2024 at 06:00 AM
The gpu scores on the Snapdragon is insane its practically double the apple gpu score 🤯
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SteveS September 11, 2024 at 02:09 PM
While Antutu does make a benchmark for both platforms, their website makes it clear that the scores are not directly comparable as they measure different things. It’s not a true cross platform benchmark.
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A7med September 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
SteveS, And why geekbench which give big score for apple for a simple useless test is very comparable
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Edward August 6, 2024 at 08:38 AM
Snapdragon is great but - it's the main issue of the operating system aka Google (Android) sneaking meta data - etc. So if your are concerned about security... it's only Apple.
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TRE August 17, 2024 at 02:15 PM
Real security is with a Linux phone, not an Apple one.
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Lmao August 18, 2024 at 12:16 AM
TRE, Now go buy a Linux phone
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DineshS August 31, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Apple xD....its so funny how apple has you fooled into false sense of security. You are from america I assume?
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niveZz August 31, 2024 at 10:44 PM
What does have to do with the SoC? Both Android and iOS have exploits your government can abuse. (pegasus spyware)
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Gramps September 22, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Yeah real security on iphone. I never here about icloud getting hacked, other than everyday, so why is the security good on iphone, well simple because the icloud is easy to hack and you get the same info. Don't know why apple fanboys feel like there info is secure cause it's on an iphone, when hackers just hack the icloud instead.
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Dinesh July 30, 2024 at 07:34 AM
What nonsense, simply assuming anything, 8gen 1 comes with 3.1 ghz, 8 gen 2 with 3.2 ghz, and 8 gen 3 is at 3.4 ghz, and assuming 8 gen 4 with 4.2 ghz is simply assuming as per your wish, total nonsense, but A15 was at 3.3 ghz and A16 is at 3.5 ghz, and A17 pro right now comes with 3.8 ghz, so it's possible that A18 pro might come with 4+ ghz clock speed with more cores.
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King Miracle. August 9, 2024 at 08:37 AM
That's not how it works.
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Deathlord August 27, 2024 at 01:07 PM
The 8 Gen 4 uses other Cores than before, before it was cortex, now its Oryon which is Qualcomms own Cores, those are also in X-Plus and X-Elite where they reach this level too... On the X-Elite 2 Cores at 4.2 and 10 at 3.8 reach 23 Watts, so 8 Watts for two 4.2 Ghz and 6 2.8 Ghz is also nothing thats impossible, especially since this is 3nm while X-Elite uses 4nm which is way less efficient. So overall this is realistic to be released this way
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niveZz August 31, 2024 at 10:49 PM
higher again clocks speed don't immediately correlate to higher performance the are other factors such as IPC (instructions per cycle) and cache sizes and a ton of other things in the microarchitecture that can make a difference in IPC the benchmarks are based on leaks and the rest are simply guesses
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Kwartz July 28, 2024 at 10:21 AM
At single core, these bad boys are as fast or faster than the fastest desktop CPUs. Multicore is as fast as low-end desktop CPUs. That's enough for most people to do most things on a desktop.
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Nerd June 20, 2024 at 08:57 PM
I can hear Apple-biased engineers claiming their application optimization is all they need to dethrone their competitors from a million miles away. 😂
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Vipin July 1, 2024 at 09:17 AM
In 2025 hard for apple a18 they need fast development of 1nm chip next year
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Chidera Micheal July 3, 2024 at 09:42 PM
What Apple really need is to optimize their software very well and it'll match SD 8 gen 4 in performance
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Deathlord August 27, 2024 at 01:11 PM
Vipin, I doubt that tech will already reach 1nm next year, smaller ist even possible due to quantum tunneling and if they dont do it well that could allready happen at 1nm so thus is very difficult and i dont think 2 years development time is enough for that.. earliest is iphone 18P or 19P / galaxy S26U/27U
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niveZz August 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Chidera Micheal, that's not how it works apple SoCs were simply more efficient all these years ago (especially in the 0.5w-2w range) since the a15 they have been sort of conservative with the improvements tho so qcom and mtk are catching up and it seems this year they might even surpass the a18 pro
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Randy chan June 2, 2024 at 03:18 AM
First off, Apple's A18 pro and Qualcomm's snapdragon 8 Gen 4 haven't been released yet. But even if these benchmarks which favors 8 Gen 4 hold true, it maybe misleading when it comes to real world performance since Apple has the advantage of being a in-house closed ecosystem where they make both their hardware A18 pro as well their software iOS OS. With apple having superior software-hardware efficiency and optimization compare to Android based phones. In real world performance it's possible that Apple's upcoming iPhone 16 pro and iPhone 16 pro max may outperform any phone powered by Qualcomm snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
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Phenro June 8, 2024 at 01:20 PM
No. What you said is incorrect and very misleading. First of all, both of them are using the 2nd gen 3nm process, and Apple's chipsets are produced by TSMC, which also produces Snapdragon chipsets. Secondly, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be using Orion cores made by Nuvia, which made Apple's M1 chipsets. Lastly, the only reason Apple's single-core performance is better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 4's single-core performance is because of SME (Scalable Matrix Extension), which only has applications in AI. The 8 Gen 3 is already way ahead of Apple in those standards. So, keep dreaming if you think Apple can keep up. They lost with A17, now there is no coming back.
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Marco June 27, 2024 at 06:39 AM
Phenro, Sorry but every compare with 8 gen 3 chipset was always a win especially genshin impact and other games like Minecraft And Wuthering wawes the iphone has 940p of res and android only 620-640p Lol and the apple beat it im so Sorry but u need to see updates
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Mizu June 29, 2024 at 04:33 PM
Marco, Xiaomi 14 ultra/pro/base Xiaomi 13 use 4k in genshin Iphone only have advantage because they are overrated that game company starts to prioritize to optimized game for ios
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Mizu June 29, 2024 at 04:35 PM
Marco, Xiaomi 14/13 use 4k in genshin Iphone only have advantage because they're overrated that game company start to prioritize to optimized their app for ios
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_polo August 31, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Marco, Ahhh yes gaming!! That's exactly what I would do on my phone T_T....I dont think people care about gaming lol...Also games make iphone boil
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some1 September 10, 2024 at 03:41 AM
Marco, Based on how you're talking it appears that both these processors are faster than your brain at 1 core capacity. -_-
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Muhammad May 12, 2024 at 04:24 PM
The reason for the power of A18, even with its fewer cores and lower frequency, is due to several key factors: 1- The cache memory of each core is significantly larger than the cache memory in Snapdragon. This is very important and makes the CPU faster than others with lower cache memory. 2- The size of the core itself. The cores of A18 are bigger than those in Snapdragon, which makes the cores more powerful. 3- The design of the core is different than the ARM design. This design results in better performance with less power consumption and heating. The power of the processor is not just about frequencies. 👍
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Dr Mujeeb Hamid May 14, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Geekbench 6 peak power consumption: A17 pro : 13.75 w Dimensity 9300 : 11.75w Snapdragon 8 gen 3 : 11.33w A16 : 11.2w The only reason apple isn't able to use more than 6 cores is bcz its performance core is very very inefficient and power hungry. If extra core is added the chip will explode. Infact both dimensity 9300 and snapdragon 8 gen 3 could afford to use 1-2 more cores, bcz their peak power consumption is atleast 2w lower than a18 pro. The only way apple can be able to add 2 more cores is by down clocking its performance core making it less power hungry. But if apple does so, it will lose the significant lead in single core scores (which actually are useless in current apps, which leverage multicore scores more). But yeah you are just defending the snapdragon, apple used 8 cores in its M1, m2 and m3 and it destroyed the snapdragon one. Well another Misconception here, the reason apple isn't able to use M1 in mobiles is bcz it is way way way more power hungry. Its peak power consumption is 22w. And 13.75w of a18 pro already caused so many heating problems in aphone 16, now imagine using 22w chip. The future: future is snapdragon 8 gen 4 and dimensity 9400. 1. Snapdragon 8 gen 4: it is correcting the mistake of bionic chips, it will make its 2 performance core slightly less power hungry than bionic and the power saved will help it to add 2 more efficiency core. End result, slightly less single core than a18 pro and way way more multicore than a18 pro. (8900 for a18 pro vs 10400 for 8gen4) 2. Dimensity 9400: its previous version ie, 9300 was already more powerful than A17 pro. Peak geeknech 6 score ( d9300 - 7950 : 7900 - a17 pro). But it could have score more, it was paralysed by cache problem in multicore scores, lesser cache prevented its all cores to run at their maximum. It operated at just 70% of its peak predicted performance while as a17 pro ran at 84% of its peak predicted performance. And they have added 6mb more cache in d9400 and it has helped it big time, bcz leaked benchmark of d400 by DCS pits its score at 9800 which is 84% of its predicted peak performance. So yes : both 8 gen 3 and dimensity 9300 were already more efficient than A17 pro despite being manufactured on inferior 4nm node. Now 8 gen 4 and dimensity 9400 will be both more efficient and also more powerful. What can apple do ? Well it can try to copy snapdragon. To decrease power consumption of its 2 performance cores and sacrifice single core lead and use the power saved to add 2 extra efficient cores.
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Radovan June 6, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Don't believe it... it's just fantasy. A18 is more power-hungry than ARM.
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some1 September 10, 2024 at 03:44 AM
Radovan, Are you saying don't believe what he just said and then say what he just said..?
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