Galaxy S25’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 to end iPhone 16’s A18, A18 Pro supremacy

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could beat Apple iPhone 16’s A18 and A18 Pro SoCs in CPU and GPU performance. In the latest reveal, the performance benchmarks of Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon floated online.

IceUniverse leaked out alleged OnePlus 13‘s Geekbench scores that use Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. The benchmark suggests a groundbreaking development in the Android world. The next flagships will challenge Apple’s decent chip segment.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 for Galaxy set to outpace A18 and A18 Pro of iPhone 16…

Apple recently launched the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro lineups. The new iPhones are equipped with new A18 and A18 Pro, respectively. The leaked Geekbench score of OnePlus 13 apparently outpaced both Apple chipsets.

The iPhone 16’s A18 scored 3018 single-core and 7751 multi-core points. Apple’s A18 Pro used in iPhone 16 Pro models reaches 3114 and 6666 points on Geekbench 6’s single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.

In the same benchmark, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 scored 3236 and 10049 points, respectively, in the Geekbench 6 CPU benchmark. The scores will likely increase further with software optimization and go beyond expectations when used in Galaxy S25.

Qualcomm will offer Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 for Galaxy to Samsung. The Galaxy S25 lineup is expected to get a slightly better variant of the next Snapdragon. Paired with One UI, the performance could surpass A18 Pro by a huge margin.

Apple A18: It’s a 6-core chipset, which is used in Apple’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. The processor is manufactured using a 3-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores at 3780 MHz and 4 cores at 2000 MHz.

Apple A18 Pro: Powering the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, the A18 Pro is a 6-core SoC. Similar to A18 and A17 Pro, it is fabricated using a 3nm process node. It flaunts 2 cores at 3890 MHz and 4 cores at 2200 MHz.