Why the iPhone 16 Pro could face competition from Android flagship phones

Apple is expected to equip the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with the A18 Pro chip, which is the successor to the 3nm A17 Pro mobile processor launched last year. New leaks suggest the upcoming chips are expected to bring improvements in single-core and multi-core performance, but Qualcomm and MediaTek’s next flagship chips could end up beating the A18 Pro in multi-core performance, based on early benchmarks for all three chips processor.

According to details shared by X (former Twitter) user Mochamad Fanani (pass WCCF Tech) shows that the Apple A18 Pro chip scored 3570 points in the single-core test of Geekbench 6, while the multi-core score was 9310 points. This represents an increase of approximately 23% and 28.66% respectively compared to the same period last year Geekbench scores Available for A17 Pro powering iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

While these early benchmark scores suggest Apple has improved the performance of its upcoming iPhone processors in both single-core and multi-core performance, it could face serious competition from Qualcomm’s next-generation chips.previous one Leaked benchmarks (via

Likewise, leaked benchmark Tests of the so-called MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chip show that the Taiwanese chipmaker’s next processor will have single-core and multi-core scores of 2,776 and 11,739 points respectively. The Dimensity 9400 is said to have an AnTuTu score of 3,449,366 points, which is higher than the 3,133,570 points of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip.

According to these leaked benchmark scores, both the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and the Dimensity 9400 chip could offer higher multi-core performance than the A18 Pro. It’s worth taking these predictions with a grain of salt, as these are early leaks related to the performance of these chips, and the final performance of all three processors may differ after optimizing for efficiency.