The Snapdragon 8 Elite is set to be one of the best chips in Qualcomm’s history. Leaks about the formerly known Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 already suggested it, and benchmarks have been confirming it. Over the past few weeks, a few devices powered by the chip have been showing off their might on Geekbench. Now, the Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered realme GT7 Pro has gone through Antutu’s tests, showing massive improvements.
Smartprix got access to the realme GT7 Pro’s results on Antutu and put them side-by-side with those of the iPhone 16 Pro (Apple’s A18 Pro). That said, you should know that Antutu’s tests for Android and iOS devices use different APIs, so the results are not directly comparable. However, you can use them as a reference if you compare them with Antutu results from previous generations of devices.
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores over 3 million points in Antutu; surpasses Apple A18 Pro on Geekbench
The Snapdragon 8 Elite achieved an impressive overall score of 3,025,991 on Antutu. This represents a massive performance boost over the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. For reference, the latter scores around 2.1 million points in its best Antutu scores. These results are in line with what we’ve seen so far on other benchmark platforms. For example, in Geekbench, the chip scored 3,260 and 10,051 points on single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.
It’s notable that Geekbench results are comparable between Android and iOS devices. The Apple A18 Pro chip scores around 3,182 and 7,872 points in the single-core and multi-core tests on that platform. In GFXBench, a benchmark focused on graphics performance, the Snapdragon 8 Elite reached 125 FPS and 166 FPS in the DreamWorks Wild Life tests. So, the SoC is ready to take the tech industry by storm as soon as it is available.
The chip could be available in two variants
Leaks about Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship mobile SoC claim that it will use a 2+6 core architecture. The chip would be available in two variants, where the main difference would be the clock speed of the two most powerful cores. The “standard” version would reach 4.09 GHz, while the “Pro” variant would boast 4.32 GHz. The other six cores would have a clock speed of 2.78 GHz in both models.
In addition to the realme GT7 Pro, the iQOO 13, OnePlus 13, and Xiaomi 15 series will be the first devices to boast the Snapdragon 8 Elite. All (or most) of these phones are expected to arrive before 2025.
