Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 is the largest and greatest chipset anticipated to be in the heart of almost all Android smartphones with 5G connectivity support releasing in 2020, according to Slashgear. It is not surprising to learn that the latest offering of the American multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company beats its predecessors when it comes to benchmarks. A new report, however surprisingly reveals that the latest chip beats Apple's A13 Bionic chip, letting the processor of the Cupertino company eat the dust in terms of speed, in one test.
In a recent AnTuTu benchmarking test, Android Lovers via wccftech, shares on Twitter the latest result of three mobile chipsets, namely the Apple A13 Bionic chip, Snapdragon 855 Plus, and the Snapdragon 865. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 Plus scored 498317, the Apple A13 Bionic chip scored 524814, while the Snapdragon 865 scored 545977. It is worth noting, however, that when it comes to this kind of tests, AnTuTu's scores can vary across various devices, says wccftech.
Antutu Benchmark of A13, SD865 & SD855+
SD865 is the boss pic.twitter.com/GISnLz0C6K — Android Lovers (@androiddlovers) December 16, 2019
In other words, benchmarking like AnTuTu and Geekbench have a wider margin of error, and these kinds of the test must be run several times before a consistent score is achieved, claims the report. It was in November when Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 865 a5G Mobile Platform. The US company introduced the chipset as the latest mobile processing engine for next-generation 5G devices.
The company calls Snapdragon 865 as a mobile platform solution because, along with the SD X55, it offers a comprehensive 5G smartphone silicon solution from core processors to the modem, RF transceiver and RF front end, which are both mmWave and Sub-6 compatible for virtually any carrier network's operation, according to Forbes. While 5G interoperability is an essential component of any next-generation mobile device, top-end performance is a must too. To achieve this, Qualcomm also re-designed major processing engines onboard the Snapdragon 865.
The latest mobile platform solution, according to Qualcomm, has received a 25 percent performance uplift in core compute as well as in gaming or graphics workloads. Additionally, it features up to a 4x increase in TOPS performance in AI workloads paired with higher efficiency. While these data are impressive, it is essential to highlight that these are early tests on a prototype Qualcomm phone.
While the Snapdragon 865 looks strong on a recent benchmarking test and even trade blows with Apple's A13 Bionic chip, it does not flat out win in each of the tests. But, the results are very promising, which proves that Snapdragon 865 is one of the most impressive mobile chipsets Qualcomm has ever made, according to Forbes.
