Discussion - I benchmarked the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: staggering performance gains over Gen 5

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Brewski
Brewski
Arena Master
• 15h ago

Sweet! Let's compare some numbers!



Elite Extreme Gen 6 A20 Pro Difference

Geekbench 6 (single-core): 4300 4673 +7.18%

Geekbench 6 (multi-core): 13000 12483 -3.98%

Geekbench 7 (single-core): 3600 3959 +9.97%

Geekbench 7 (multi-core): 12350 10854 -12.11%


So we can see the Apple chip does (slightly) better in single-core performance only. We already knew this. (SD consistently beats Axx every single year in multi-core performance.) Also, these are merely preliminary Snapdragon numbers in a test device compared to a real-world iPhone 18 Pro Max with A20 Pro inside. Meaning, the Snapdragon can only be improved further after manufacturing tweaks. This gap will widen.


@TuGa121, I can see why you would want to compare the A20 Pro, to last year's 8 Elite Gen 5. (Instead of it's actual competitor, the Elite Extreme 6 released less than 2 weeks after the A20.)


I got my SD numbers from this article, and A20 from Mashable.com

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bullshit_slayer
bullshit_slayer
Arena Apprentice
• 14h agoedited

Geekbench can't bear watching the A19 Pro beaten by 8 Elite Gen 5, so they need to save Apple with Geekbench 7 and just like that the goal post moved again

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Rad Slavov
Rad Slavov
Phonearena team
• 11h ago
↵Brewski said:

Sweet! Let's compare some numbers!



Elite Extreme Gen 6 A20 Pro Difference

Geekbench 6 (single-core): 4300 4673 +7.18%

Geekbench 6 (multi-core): 13000 12483 -3.98%

Geekbench 7 (single-core): 3600 3959 +9.97%

Geekbench 7 (multi-core): 12350 10854 -12.11%


So we can see the Apple chip does (slightly) better in single-core performance only. We already knew this. (SD consistently beats Axx every single year in multi-core performance.) Also, these are merely preliminary Snapdragon numbers in a test device compared to a real-world iPhone 18 Pro Max with A20 Pro inside. Meaning, the Snapdragon can only be improved further after manufacturing tweaks. This gap will widen.


@TuGa121, I can see why you would want to compare the A20 Pro, to last year's 8 Elite Gen 5. (Instead of it's actual competitor, the Elite Extreme 6 released less than 2 weeks after the A20.)


I got my SD numbers from this article, and A20 from Mashable.com

Yeah, it'll be interesting to benchmark the actual phones when they get released. Although I assume there won't be much of a difference between them and the reference design. Probably it'll be the Galaxy S27 Ultra and gaming phones like the next RedMagic flagship that will take the Gen 6 to the extreme.

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TuGa121
TuGa121
Arena Master
• 49m ago
↵Brewski said:

Sweet! Let's compare some numbers!



Elite Extreme Gen 6 A20 Pro Difference

Geekbench 6 (single-core): 4300 4673 +7.18%

Geekbench 6 (multi-core): 13000 12483 -3.98%

Geekbench 7 (single-core): 3600 3959 +9.97%

Geekbench 7 (multi-core): 12350 10854 -12.11%


So we can see the Apple chip does (slightly) better in single-core performance only. We already knew this. (SD consistently beats Axx every single year in multi-core performance.) Also, these are merely preliminary Snapdragon numbers in a test device compared to a real-world iPhone 18 Pro Max with A20 Pro inside. Meaning, the Snapdragon can only be improved further after manufacturing tweaks. This gap will widen.


@TuGa121, I can see why you would want to compare the A20 Pro, to last year's 8 Elite Gen 5. (Instead of it's actual competitor, the Elite Extreme 6 released less than 2 weeks after the A20.)


I got my SD numbers from this article, and A20 from Mashable.com

You get that these are just prototype numbers, right? It’s like when Samsung leaks specs and the final device ends up scoring way lower—I mean way lower—you get that, right? Neither my Fold 7 nor my Fold 8 Ultra scored anywhere close to those leaked numbers.

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TuGa121
TuGa121
Arena Master
• 34m ago
↵RadSlavov said:

Yeah, it'll be interesting to benchmark the actual phones when they get released. Although I assume there won't be much of a difference between them and the reference design. Probably it'll be the Galaxy S27 Ultra and gaming phones like the next RedMagic flagship that will take the Gen 6 to the extreme.

This feature will be integrated into the S27 series, which is scheduled for a 2027 release rather than 2026. Given that Samsung traditionally launches the S26 in March, there are approximately six months remaining before that cycle concludes.

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