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iPhone 14 Pro Over 20% Faster Than Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in Benchmarks

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Samsung's newly announced Galaxy S23 Ultra hasn't quite hit the market yet, but unearthed benchmarks for the device suggest Apple still has the world's fastest mobile processor by a considerable margin.

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According to Geekbench scores for single-core performance discovered by CompareDial, the Galaxy S23 Ultra scored 1480, while its closest rival, the iPhone 14 Pro, achieved 1874. That suggests the iPhone 14 Pro is 21.02% faster than the Galaxy S23 Ultra in single-core tests.

When it came to multi-core performance, the difference was smaller, but still considerable. The S23 Ultra recorded a score of 4584, compared to a score of 5384 for the iPhone 14 Pro, indicating that Apple's flagship device is 14.86% faster in multi-core tests than Samsung's latest premium offering.

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Samsung has traditionally struggled to keep up with Apple's mobile processor technology and the gap has widened in recent years. For example, last year's iPhone 13 beat the Galaxy S22's single- and multi-core performance even more comfortably, regardless of whether the Galaxy S22 was powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip (used in models sold in the US) or Samsung's Exynos 2200 chip (used in models sold in Europe).

The improvement in performance this year is largely down to the fact that Samsung has stopped using its inferior Exynos chips in the European market, with Qualcomm's faster, more power-efficient tech now being used for the Galaxy S23 in all markets.

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In around seven months' time though, Apple will look to extend its lead in performance with an even faster chip for the iPhone 15 series. The iPhone 15 models could be the first to feature an A-series chip built on Apple supplier TSMC's next-generation 3-nanometer node. 3nm chip technology is expected to increase processing performance by 10-15%, while also reducing power consumption by up to 35%.

In the meantime, the Samsung Galaxy S23 series is available to pre-order now, with a general release scheduled for February, 17.

Article Link: iPhone 14 Pro Over 20% Faster Than Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra in Benchmarks
 
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That's for the CPU benchmark. The Snapdragon 8 Gen2 is indeed catching up.
On the GPU side, it's way faster than what the A16 has to offer. Not a big surprise considering the A16 GPU is a very modest update over the A15 one.

And as other said, mobile SoC CPUs are already fast enough (read: super fast). Cameras are good enough (read: already better than what we coudl have thought possible a few years back). Screens are good enough (read: perfect). Modern flagships are basically near perfect overpriced devices now.

It would be very interesting to see what the big players will find to sell us more of them now (likely not much, and the sales decrease will only continue) (which is a good thing)
 
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WiiDSmoker said:
Why do a comparison if people tell me on here that the CPUs are already too powerful, so it shouldn’t matter right?
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That's the point. At the moment all the CPUs for a Smartphone are more than powerful enough. There isn't something like Html6 on the horizon and neural networks/machine learning usually runs on GPU cores.

So this benchmark would be more interesting, if it includes power consumption. A smartphone CPU can be considered better, if it uses less energy (as long as it is fast enough).
 
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I can't remember the last time I've really noticed the performance of a phone, whether Samsung or iPhone. They both seem fast and fluid. I suppose a lot of that will come down to use case - I.e., I don't really have one that I'd notice!

I'm not sure the comparison of Benchmarks on PCs (including Mac) are relevant though - I do notice when I go from my Studio to my work Lenovo, that feels glacial in comparison.
 
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It’s as expected…, but I’ll try S23 Ultra, tested Z Fold 4 1TB, couldn’t stick outta Apple Ecosystem, speed & services Lol, had to return back to Apple. Even the unparalleled Samsung's software updates was enough to cross back to Apple. Anyways it’s all boils down to choices..., but personally Benchmarks plays a higher role. Bcos of what I do. That said, I'd say that I like S23 Ultra, but I Like iPhones more….
 
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bLackjackj said:
Once again 2022 iPhone vs 2023 Samsung. Every year I ask what the point is? The comparison should only be 2023 model iPhone vs 2023 Samsung model. 🤦‍♂️

Clearly thats going to be above the 20%.
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It compares the latest flagships of Apple and Samsung. If Samsung had released this phone 40 days ago, still in 2022, why would that have been more valid? From a "generational" perspective, the S23 is much closer to the iPhone 14 series than it will be to the 15.

And it is not like this current benchmark makes Samsung look good.
 
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