Supposed benchmark results for Apple’s next-gen A18 Pro SoC have started cropping up. The chipset is to debut with the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max later this year. Allegedly Geekbench 6 scores for the A18 Pro show significant improvements over the current A17 Pro, particularly in single-core performance. The A18 Pro scores rival Mac products built with Apple’s M3 range of chips.
Apple A18 Pro soars in single-core performance but stumbles against Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
The A18 Pro reportedly has more than ten percent improvement over the previous generation while there is a stunning increase of 22% in single-core performance. There’s an even greater boost in multi-core performance by almost one-third. These scores hint at significant gains in speed pushing the A18 Pro right into the face-off with other manufacturers’ processors.
However, on the multi-core operations front, conflicting reports have emerged on the A18 Pro which indicates minimal improvement from its predecessors, hence induing doubt about the accuracy of these benchmark results. In addition, despite its strong metrics across several features, the A18 Pro still lags behind the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor noted for being approximately forty-six percent faster according to Geekbench 6 multicore scores.
Efficiency measures for the chipset of A18 Pro are yet to unravel though its performance was very impressive. When testing, companies such as Apple and Qualcomm usually try to find a balance between power consumption and performance thus making efficiency important when assessing how well the SoCs are performing.
‘Performance per Watt’ scores are still under wraps
Proper assessment of the “performance per watt” aspect of these chips would be challenging without efficiency numbers for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, A18 Pro, or MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400. More details on efficacy and performance will unravel soon as official release dates for these chipsets draw near.
For now, enthusiasts hold their breaths for more updates that will give them a deeper picture of what these next-gen SoCs are capable of doing. Some benchmark scores claimed by @faridofanani96 and others seem to indicate that A18 Pro might hit an unprecedented peak, however further analysis and confirmation are required to verify these assertions.
