Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 performs on par with Apple A19 Pro in official benchmarks

Prior Geekbench listings gave us a good idea about how the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 fared against its last-gen counterparts. The performance uplift was impressive, with Qualcomm finally managing to close the gap with Apple silicon. Now, the company has provided us with some first-party benchmarks that give a better idea about the chip's performance chops. 

In Geekbench, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 trades blows with Apple's A19 Pro in single-core performance, something that hasn't happened in many generations. It even surpasses Apple silicon in the multi-core benchmark, but this is to be expected given the extra core count. Nevertheless, Qualcomm surpasses its Android-based competitors, such as the Dimensity 9500 (3,394/9,974) and Exynos 2600 (3,309/11,256), in single-core performance. That said, the above results were from pre-launch devices, and it's best to reserve judgment until more data emerges.

Overall, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is 18% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Elite in single-core performance and 19% in multi-core performance. Those are impressive figures, given the core count hasn't increased across generations. Additionally, the SoC is manufactured on TSMC's N3P node, which doesn't offer much of a transistor density increase over N3E (the node used for Snapdragon 8 Elite). There's a good chance the snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will cross the coveted 4,000 single-core barrier in Geekbench 6.4 once more devices emerge. 

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's Adreno 840 GPU shows impressive gains against its last-gen counterparts, with a 16% improvement in GFXBench 3.1 Manhattan ES Offscreen, 34% in Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen, and 39% in Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen. Its 3DMark showing isn't nearly as impressive, though.

That said, the Dimensity 9500's Mali G1-Ultra could be a serious contender this time, as evidenced by an earlier benchmark leak. It is far too early to speculate how the Exynos 2600 will fare because it might debut Samsung's in-house GPU instead of one based on AMD's RDNA 3 IP.