Apple A20 outclasses Android rivals in our review: iPhone’s lead is impressive

With the A20 Pro, Apple sets the bar for smartphone performance very high in our review. The iPhone 18 Pro benchmarksshow that Apple’s new high-end SoC is currently beyond the reach of its Android rivals, particularly in NPU and CPU performance. Even a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra or Oppo Find X9 Pro with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 or Dimensity 9500 has to concede a clear defeat in some tests.

You can find all the scores, measurements and information you need before buying the new iPhone 18 Pro in our review. 

In the current Geekbench 7 benchmark, the Apple A20 Pro demonstrates its strength in the single-core test. Scoring over 4,000 points, the iPhone 18 Pro is almost a third ahead of Samsung’s current flagship. The improvement over its predecessor with the Apple A19 Pro (available on Amazon.com), is also substantial at over 22 percent. Although its lead in multi-core performance is smaller than in the single-core test, it is still enough to claim the benchmark crown

 
Apple iPhone 18 ProApple A20 Pro, Apple A20 Pro 7-core GPU, 256 GB NVMe
 
Samsung Galaxy S26 UltraQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy, Qualcomm Adreno 840, 256 GB UFS 4.0 Flash
 
Oppo Find X9 ProMediaTek Dimensity 9500, Arm Mali G1- Ultra MC12, 512 GB UFS 4.1 Flash
 
Apple iPhone 17 ProApple A19 Pro, Apple A19 Pro 6-Core GPU, Apple 512GB NVMe

The picture is even more impressive in the NPU and AI tests. Apple’s new chip achieves an exceptionally strong score of over 7,000 points in Geekbench AI, giving it a huge lead over its rivals in the Android camp, which cannot even reach the 1,000-point mark in the single-precision NPU test.   

Our benchmark results in the iPhone 18 Pro review paint a clear picture. The Android elite with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 or Dimensity 9500 stands no chance against Apple’s A20 – not even in graphics performance anymore. You can find the GPU benchmark resultsin our review. 

Above all, however, the CPU’s single-core scores and the AI test results make the Android competition look outdated. Anyone seeking maximum computing power will currently struggle to find a faster smartphone platform than Apple’s new flagship chip. What’s more, the iPhone 18 Pro is wonderfully easy to handle thanks to its compact design and 6.3-inch OLED panel.  

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Marcus Herbrich, 2026-10-11 (Update: 2026-10-11)