A18 Pro claims the top spot in smartphone SoC ranking, outclassing Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Dimensity 9300 in CPU performance
Apple's latest iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro flagship lineup boast the company's latest and greatest A18 and A18 Pro SoCs. Contrary to what the 'Pro' moniker would indicate, the performance difference between the two is not all that significant. However, the A18 Pro is clearly faster, and also performed rather impressively in Geekerwan's recent analysis, with superb CPU performance and efficiency.
Now, Geekerwan has updated its website with the latest A-series chips included in the SoC rankings. Unsurprisingly, the A18 Pro takes the top spot in the combined CPU performance chart, which includes a 30% weight on single-core performance and a 70% weight on multi-core performance. With 228.5 points under its belt, the A18 Pro is followed by the A18 with 223.3 points, the Dimensity 9300 with 204.5 points, last year's A17 Pro with 202.6 points, and finally the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with 196.1 points.
Coming to GPU performance, the tables turn quickly, and the A18 Pro gets the last place among the latest smartphone SoCs, with 403.2 points. The Dimensity 9300 gets first place with 452.5 points, followed by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with 424.7 points. Worth noting, that the GPU ranking involves a 50% weight on peak performance and a 50% weight on sustained performance. iPhones have struggled with overheating and thermal throttling issues, so the poor ranking is to be expected.
Ultimately, in the overall SoC ranking which allocates 70% weight to CPU and 30% weight to GPU, the A18 Pro leads the pack, with an impressive 280.9 points. Dimensity 9300 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 follow, with 279.3 and 268.2 points respectively. The vanilla A18 struggles to keep up, with just 265.6 points - which is to be expected, considering that the A18 features one less GPU core than its Pro sibling.
That being said, according to Geekerwan's recent analysis, the A18 Pro is actually far more impressive than benchmarks can convey. In the SPEC 2017 CPU test, the A18 Pro is 42-52% faster than the Cortex-X4 performance core found in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, while consuming just 8% more power. However, with Snapdragon's next generation 8 Gen 4 and MediaTek's Dimensity 9400 SoCs just around the corner, the A18 Pro's performance champion status is likely to be short-lived - especially if the recent benchmark leaks turn out to be true.
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Geekerwan via SoCPK
