Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 trades blows with Apple A19 Pro in new Geekbench listing

So far, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has failed to significantly cross the ~3,000 point barrier in Geekbench 6.4's single-core benchmark. Its latest showing alongside the Xiaomi 17 Pro recently posted scores of 3,025 and 9,178 points in single and multi-core tests. A new listing shows us the Qualcomm silicon running at near-full, if not full, potential.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 scores 3,705 and 11,228 points in Geekbench 6.4's single and multi-core tests, respectively. It shows up alongside a Xiaomi device codenamed 25113PN0EC, likely the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max or regular Xiaomi 17. The device in question has 16 GB of RAM and is running Android 16.

To put the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 score in perspective, it matches the Apple A19 Pro (4,019/11,054) in multi-core. It even surpasses the Apple A18 Pro (3,461/8,546). While Apple silicon still reigns supreme in single-core performance, the gap is narrowing, and will continue to narrow once more Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-powered devices launch.

On the Android front, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 easily outdoes the Exynos 2600 (3,308/11,256) and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 (3,177/9,701). One can attribute the remarkable increase in performance to better software and the SoC's P-cores actually being able to sustain their 4.6 GHz boost clock.