How fast is an iPhone 12 Pro really? The benchmarks tell us: very, very fast, but the test results show that Apple can not rest on its laurels
The A14 Bionic chip that equips the new iPhone 12 is really the most powerful in the world, as Apple says?
The A14 Bionic chip that powers the new iPhone 12 is really the most powerful chip in the world, as Apple claims it is, according to the results of the first iPhone 12 Pro benchmarks that appeared on the Geekbench platform.
Both in single-core and multi-core operations, Apple’s new top-of-the-line device performed in line with expectations and very close to those of the Android top-of-the-line devices we’ll see in 2021, equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 and Samsung Exynos 2100 SoCs. With the difference, however, that iPhone 12 is already here while the smartphones with S875 and Exynos 2100 have yet to arrive. At the moment, then, Apple is right: the A14 Bionic chip is the fastest in the world.
iPhone 12 Pro: benchmark results
Tested with Geekbench 5 the iPhone 12 Pro scored 1,597 in single-core and 4,152 in multi-core, which is about 25 percent higher than the previous iPhone 11 Pro that scored 1,327 and 3,303 points, respectively. Apple says iPhone 12s are 50 percent faster than iPhone 11s, but the tests disagree.
Currently the most powerful Android smartphone tested on Geekbench, however, is the OnePlus 8 with Snapdragon 865, which scores 897 points in single-core and 3.273 points in multi-core.
How fast are the top of the range
When compared to the current 2020 top of the range iPhone 12 Pro is indeed faster, but what if we compare it to the future generation of Android smartphones? Also on Geekbench, the first tests of devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 and Samsung Exynos 2100 have already appeared, so a first answer to this question is already there.
But it’s an answer to be taken with due caution, because unlike the iPhone 12 Pro which is a smartphone in production and final, the Android devices tested are pre-production specimens and not optimized.
But let’s get to the numbers: Qualcomm Snapdragon 875, again on Geekbench 5, stops at 1,204 in single-core and 4,121 in multi-core while Exynos 2100 scores 1,323 and 4,215. When compared to the next generation of Android smartphones, then, is the iPhone 12 Pro still the most powerful phone in the world? Ni.