iPhone 12 benchmark results — Android phones should just give up now

iPhone 12 benchmark results — Android phones should only give upwards now

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Apple tree promised big performance gains from the A14 Bionic processor that powers the latest iPhone 12 models. And based on our testing of both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, the company wasn't kidding about what the A14 tin can do. In fact, the iPhone 12 series one time once again leaves the best Android phones in the dust.

In both synthetic benchmarks and real-world tests, the new 5nm A14 scrap beat every Android telephone out there. This ways that the gap between the iPhone 12 and the competition has widened again, at least until Qualcomm can answer with its Snapdragon 875 chip.

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Apple told us this would happen. When information technology announced its new iPhones this month, it promised a 50% leap in performance and graphics, among other improvements. We haven't seen those kind of gains when comparing the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro to some more recent models, but the latest iPhones certainly outperform their predecessors.

Measuring a phone's functioning involves more than than simply raw numbers. The folks testing these phones for our iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro reviews report that the new phones accept handled anything they can throw at it, including some very demanding games. However, benchmarks help us illustrate those impressions of a faster, more responsive phone.

Here's what we've recorded for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro so far.

iPhone 12: Geekbench 5 results

Geekbench 5 measures general operation. It's a test the iPhone usually dominates, and that's continuing with the iPhone 12.

Phone	Processor	Geekbench 5 single-core event	Geekbench v multicore upshot
iPhone 12	A14 Bionic	1,593	three,859
iPhone 12 Pro	A14 Bionic	1,595	3,880
iPhone xi Pro Max	A13 Bionic	1,334	iii,517
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra	Snapdragon 865 Plus	985	3,294
Samsung Milky way S20 Plus	Snapdragon 865	811	3,076
OnePlus 8T	Snapdragon 865	887	3,203
ROG Phone 3	Snapdragon 865 Plus	974	three,393
Google Pixel 5	Snapdragon 765G	596	one,617

The iPhone 12 posts the best numbers in Geekbench 5, with a unmarried core score of i,593 and a multicore score of three,859. Those are improvements xix% and ten%, respectively, over the iPhone 11 Pro Max'south single-core and multicore results in the same test. The iPhone 12 Pro'due south all-time results topped the iPhone 12, with scores of 1,595 and iii,880.

More importantly, both iPhones trounce all of the recent Android devices we've tested. The ROG Phone 3 from Asus had the best results in Geekbench, cheers to its Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset, an overclocked version of the standard 865. But the ROG Phone three's single core and multicore scores of 974 and 3,3393 are well behind what y'all see from the iPhone 12 models. Other Android flagships like the Galaxy Note twenty Ultra and Milky way S20 Plus also lag backside.

iPhone 12: Graphics criterion

For graphics, we used 3DMark's new Wild Life test, a new cross-platform criterion meant to compare graphics performance on new handsets. This benchmark has phones render circuitous scenes in existent-time, equally it looks to mirror games that characteristic short bursts of intense activity.

Telephone	Processor	3DMark Wild Life score	3DMark Wild Life frames per second
iPhone 12	A14 Bionic	6,562	39
iPhone 12 Pro	A14 Bionic	half-dozen,567	39
iPhone xi Pro Max	A13 Bionic	7,709	42
Samsung Galaxy Annotation twenty Ultra	Snapdragon 865 Plus	four,164	25
Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus	Snapdragon 865	3,809	23
OnePlus 8T	Snapdragon 865	3,772	23
Google Pixel 5	Snapdragon 765G	one,138	7

We ran into a surprise with this exam where the iPhone 11 Pro Max actually posted a meliorate event than the new iPhones, averaging a score of 7,709 or 42 frames per second. The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro turned in similar results to each other at vi,562 and six,567, respectively. That translates to 39 fps.

While nosotros puzzle why the older iPhone fared better on this item benchmark, it's worth noting that the Android phones we've tested and then far with 3DMark Wild Life end well behind the iPhone 12. The best result we've gotten equally we retest recently released phones comes from the Samsung Milky way Notation twenty Ultra, which turned in a upshot of iv,182 (25 FPS). The iPhone 12 Pro's result is 57% improve.

Phone	Processor	3DMark Wild Life Unlimited score	3DMark Wild Life frames per second
iPhone 12	A14 Bionic	8,555	51
iPhone 12 Pro	A14 Bionic	8,619	51
iPhone 11 Pro Max	A13 Bionic	7,951	42
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra	Snapdragon 865 Plus	4,182	25
Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus	Snapdragon 865	3,814	23
OnePlus 8T	Snapdragon 865	iii,750	22.v
Google Pixel v	Snapdragon 765G	1,160	7

There's besides an Unlimited version of the Wild Life criterion that runs the testing off-screen. Here, things went every bit expected, with the iPhone 12 Pro posting the all-time numbers and both new iPhones outperforming the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Every bit you might expect, the iPhones left the Android devices nosotros tested in the dust on Wild Life Unlimited.

iPhone 12: Video encoding results

A real-globe examination nosotros similar to run on premium phones involves the Adobe'southward Premiere Blitz app. In this examination, nosotros time how long it takes for a telephone to transcode a short 4K video to 1080p. The iPhone usually excels on this exam, though recent Android phones have improved. They're going to have to become even more powerful if they want to take hold of the iPhone 12, though.

Phone	Processor	Adobe Premiere Rush encoding time (Mins:Secs)
iPhone 12	A14 Bionic	0:26
iPhone 12 Pro	A14 Bionic	0:27
iPhone 11 Pro Max	A13 Bionic	0:45
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra	Snapdragon 865 Plus	i:xvi
Samsung Milky way S20 Plus	Snapdragon 865	one:xiii
OnePlus 8T	Snapdragon 865	1:38
ROG Phone three	Snapdragon 865 Plus	1:35
Google Pixel 5	Snapdragon 765G	ii:52

The iPhone 12 Pro took care of our video in 27 seconds, while the iPhone 12 shaved a second off that time. That's an impressive improvement over the iPhone xi Pro Max'south previously pace-setting time of 46 seconds.

The best an Android phone has mustered in our video encoding examination has been the 1 infinitesimal and 13 2d fourth dimension that the Galaxy S20 Plus turned in earlier this yr, though the Note 20 Ultra finished 3 seconds behind that. Information technology takes the OnePlus 8T and ROG Phone 3 more than 90 seconds to do something the iPhone 12 completes in less than half-a-infinitesimal.

iPhone 12 performance outlook

There'south plenty to consider when ownership a new smartphone, from bombardment life to how well the cameras measure out upwardly. But if you're wondering abut performance, yous can be confident that the iPhone 12 and its A14 processor volition be up to whatsoever task. It's fourth dimension for Android phones to play catchup — over again.

Philip Michaels is a senior editor at Tom'due south Guide. He has strong opinions virtually Apple, the Oakland Athletics and old movies. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.