Apple’s iPhone 16 Professional and iPhone 16 Professional Max are anticipated to debut this 12 months with a brand new A18 Professional chip below the hood, and the corporate’s purported cell processor may convey notable efficiency upgrades over its predecessor — the A17 Professional — which powers the iPhone 15 Pro fashions, in response to a leaked benchmark rating. The A18 Professional may supply higher single-core efficiency than Qualcomm’s purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip, whereas the latter is tipped to supply higher multi-core efficiency.
Based on a post on X (previously Twitter) by consumer Nguyen Phi Hung (@negativeonehero), Apple’s hexa-core A18 Professional chip scores 3,500 factors on the single-core check and eight,200 on the multi-core check on Geekbench 6. Compared, the current-generation iPhone 15 Pro Max with an A17 Professional chip scores 2,898 factors and seven,201 factors on the single-core and multi-core exams, respectively.
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In the meantime, benchmarks for the purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 — anticipated to succeed the lately unveiled Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip by the tip of 2024 — lately leaked by the identical consumer present the processor scoring 2,845 factors within the single-core check and a whopping 10,628 factors within the multi-core check.
Because it stands, the A18 Professional may supply a 20.77 p.c improve in single-core efficiency over its predecessor, whereas the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip may leapfrog Apple’s chip in multi-core efficiency. In truth, the leaked A18 Professional single-core Geekbench 6 rating is larger than that of the 16-inch MacBook Pro (3,230 factors) launched in late 2023 with an M3 chip.
Nonetheless, it is too early to name these benchmarks dependable — the iPhone 16 Professional fashions aren’t anticipated till Q3 2024, whereas flagship Android telephones with the rumoured Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip aren’t more likely to debut till the final quarter. There’s additionally no method to confirm if these benchmark scores are correct, as they are not revealed on Geekbench’s web site.
Till final 12 months, Apple launched two ‘Professional’ iPhone fashions with the most recent cell processor, whereas two fashions could be geared up with the chip from the earlier 12 months’s high-end iPhone. In 2023, Apple geared up the iPhone 15 fashions with a 4nm A16 Bionic processor, whereas the iPhone 15 Professional fashions got here with the 3nm A17 Professional chip. It stays to be seen whether or not Apple releases the iPhone 16 fashions with a ‘Bionic’ processor whereas the Professional mannequin will get the purported A18 Professional chip.
