Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Benchmark Leaks: Android Performance King Returns, Apple A18 Overtaken!

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Benchmark Leaks: Android Performance King Returns, Apple A18 Overtaken!On September 9th, Lu Weibing stated that a turning point had arrived in the chip industry, followed by OnePlus President Li Jie who mentioned the "Android performance king" phenomenon. At that time, everyone was speculating that it might be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 achieving a complete victory over Apple's A18, leading in both CPU and GPU performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Benchmark Leaks: Android Performance King Returns, Apple A18 Overtaken!

On September 9th, Lu Weibing stated that a turning point had arrived in the chip industry, followed by OnePlus President Li Jie who mentioned the "Android performance king" phenomenon. At that time, everyone was speculating that it might be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 achieving a complete victory over Apple's A18, leading in both CPU and GPU performance. Surprisingly, this guess has become reality.

On September 11th, the well-known tech leaker "Digital Chat Station" released the first benchmark screenshot of the OnePlus 13, showing that the OnePlus 14, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, achieved a single-core score of 3236 and a multi-core score of 10049. In comparison, the Apple A18 scored 3114 in single-core and 6666 in multi-core. This means that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 surpasses the Apple A18 in both single-core and multi-core performance, especially in multi-core where it significantly outperforms the Apple A18.

It's noteworthy that the leaker emphasized that these scores for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 were obtained without any optimization from different brands. What the results after optimization by various brands will be like, is something everyone can imagine.

After years of striving, the dream of Android surpassing Apple in performance has finally come true. No wonder Lu Weibing called it a turning point. Before this, Apple's A-series processors had consistently outperformed the Android camp in performance for one to two years, particularly in CPU where it was a mountain that the Android camp couldn't cross. In recent years, top-tier Android processors surpassed the Apple A-series in GPU performance, and now they have also surpassed it in CPU. Therefore, perhaps the only advantage Apple can claim over the Android camp is its iOS ecosystem.

Of course, we still need to see how the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 actually performs since benchmarks at this level don't tell the whole story. We need to see the real-world performance on actual devices. So, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 flagship phones are highly anticipated. The first to be launched will likely be the Xiaomi 15 series. It's been said that after the Xiaomi 15 series, the iQOO 13, OnePlus 13, and others will follow. This year, everyone is speeding up. With such a great processor, it's natural to launch new phones early, otherwise, all the early adopters will be claimed by the Xiaomi 15 series.