From Mashable · Stan Schroeder · · 1m 10s
iPhone 18 Pro A20 Pro Chip Shatters Benchmarks
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro chip dominates synthetic benchmarks with 25% faster performance than iPhone 17 Pro Max.
In brief
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro chip dominates synthetic benchmarks with 25% faster performance than iPhone 17 Pro Max. Apple's iPhone 18 Pro A20 Pro chip outperforms all competitors in Geekbench 7 tests, scoring 3,959 single-core and 10,854 multi-core. Originally reported by Mashable.
New iPhone 18 Pro Chip
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max come with the latest A20 Pro chip, which also powers the foldable iPhone Duo.
A20 Pro Technical Specs
Built on a 2nm process, the A20 Pro features a 6-core CPU with two super cores and four efficiency cores, a 7-core GPU with Neural Accelerators, and a dual 16-core Neural Engine.
Geekbench 7 Results
The iPhone 18 Pro scored 3,959 single-core and 10,854 multi-core in Geekbench 7's CPU test, and 61,194 in the GPU test.
Geekbench 6 Comparison
The iPhone 18 Pro scored 4,673 single-core and 12,483 multi-core in Geekbench 6, outperforming all recent flagships including Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Performance Gap
The iPhone 18 Pro beats the iPhone 17 Pro Max by 25% across all benchmarks, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 being the only competitor close in synthetic tests.
What it means
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro A20 Pro chip outperforms all competitors in Geekbench 7 tests, scoring 3,959 single-core and 10,854 multi-core.
