In 2023, high-end Android smartphones are shaping up to be particularly powerful, and this could be the first generation to be faster than the recent iPhone 14s thanks to Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip.
A few days ago Qualcomm presented the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, its new SoC that will equip the next premium Android smartphones. Qualcomm promises 25% more power and a 45% improvement in energy efficiency, which should allow the chip to compete with the latest Apple processors.
It seems that Qualcomm has finally managed to surpass the Apple A15 of the iPhone 15 in terms of performance, if a recent benchmark is to be believed. Indeed, the Vivo X90 Pro+, the official smartphone of the 2022 World Cup, just aired on Geekbench. Its score is the highest ever recorded on an Android smartphone.
The Vivo X90 Pro+ will be faster than Apple’s iPhone 14
According to the benchmark, the Vivo X90 Pro+ managed to reach a score of 5106 points in multi-core, which is about 100 points higher than the Apple A15 in the iPhone 14. On one core, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is still less efficient, with a score of 1480, compared to Apple’s approximately 1700. Either way, this is quite a leap forward for Qualcomm, which lagged behind in terms of raw power.
Despite Qualcomm’s efforts, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 still bows to the iPhone 14 Pro’s A16 chip, which comes in at around 1850 points on single-core and 5500 points on multi-core. However, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 GPU is faster than that of the iPhone 14 Pro, which may allow Android smartphones to enjoy better gaming performance.
The Vivo X90 Pro+ is even faster than Samsung’s Galaxy S23, which still use a modified version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a higher frequency of 3.36 GHz. Let’s imagine that the Korean giant’s smartphones are unable to reach the maximum frequency offered by the chip due to insufficient cooling, as happened in the previous years. Vivo will officially unveil its X90 Pro+ tomorrow at a conference in China at 12:00.
