Benchmark A19 Pro Shows Apple Is Still Superior Compared To Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Apple's newest iPhone chip, A19 Pro (photo: x @SummaSb)

JAKARTA - Apple's newest iPhone chip, the A19 Pro, has attracted attention with leaked benchmark results. The results show that this chip is able to compete tightly with Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

Although not a revolutionary leap from the A18 Pro last year, these figures hint that Apple may maintain its lead in terms of raw CPU power for another generation.

A Geekbench entry for the iPhone 17 Pro Max recorded the A19 Pro at a score of 4,019 for single-cores and 11,054 for multi-cores. That's roughly a 20% increase over the A18 Pro on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Built with the 3nm TSMC process, this chip seems to provide not only higher performance but also better efficiency in sustainable workloads.

On the Android side, Digital Chat Station leakers claim that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm scheduled to launch in early 2026 on devices such as the Xiaomi 17 and iQOO 15 series will be around 3,393 for single-core and 11,515 for multi-cores. If true, this means Qualcomm is getting underway, but not necessarily beyond Apple's chips, continuing the long-running competition theme in mobile chip rivalry.

There are some debates about how realistic the A19 Pro score is. Several other lists recorded multi-core results below 10,000, suggesting that higher numbers may have come from testing carried out in controlled environments, such as with thermoelectric cooling mounted on mobile phones. In everyday use, the improvement may have been less dramatic.

However, these results still underscore Apple's strength in CPU design. Qualcomm may reply with advantages in graphics and AI, but Apple's hardware and software tight integration keeps its iPhone superior in terms of consistency. With the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 expected to come in the coming weeks, competition for smartphone performance leadership seems to remain fierce.