One factor you’ll be able to at all times rely on within the battle of units on your cash is that chip producers will tout the breakthrough efficiency of their newest CPU. Earlier this week, Qualcomm revealed its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, and the corporate is after all touting efficiency features of as much as 35 % over its predecessor, the Snapdragon Gen 1.
Whereas iPhone customers doubtless don’t give a hoot a few chip that’s for Android telephones, it’s attention-grabbing to see the way it compares to Apple silicon in the true world. Based on DealNTech, Geekbench 5 scores for Qualcomm’s newest chip have already been posted and Apple’s A16 Bionic is quicker, by a large margin. In single-core efficiency, the A16 Bionic is 28 % sooner, and in multi-core testing, the A16 Bionic is 14 % sooner.
In truth, Apple’s older chips, the A15 Bionic and the A14 Bionic are additionally sooner than the Snapdragon Gen 2 in single-core efficiency, which is arguably extra necessary on a telephone. The brand new Snapdragon chip fares a bit higher than the A15 Bionic and A14 Bionic in multi-core testing, however nonetheless, it’s very shut.
Whereas Qualcomm’s press launch states that the Snapdragon Gen 2 will “revolutionize flagship smartphones for actually extraordinary experiences,” there aren’t any direct references to the iPhone or Apple’s A-series processors. So to be truthful, Qualcomm’s claims are doubtless made within the context of Android telephones, and as PCWorld factors out, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 brings attention-grabbing options corresponding to ray-tracing and a brand new AI Sensing Hub, and can “doubtless energy your subsequent Android smartphone.”
Properly, okay, not your Android telephone, as a result of, effectively, that is Macworld and also you’re most likely a longtime, devoted iPhone consumer and also you don’t have an Android telephone. You’ll simply have to sit down again and revel in with the advantages of getting the quickest CPU of any cell phone.
