Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Benchmarks Reveal Top Performance and High Power Use
Benchmarks of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 demonstrate top multi-core performance, but consume huge power. The very first benchmark results for a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 engineering sample are out, and they underline the device's focus on raw performance. The new chipset practically achieves the highest available multi-core CPU scores but at the cost of profuse power consumption in contrast to the leading rival the A19 Pro by Apple.
Geekbench 6 Performance Measurement
The tests are all for both multi-core and single-core performance shown in a passage that clearly has a trade-off between sheer power and efficiency.
Multi-Core Results The New King of Performance
Geekbench 6 has a new entry in the multi-core category the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. In fact, the score made by the engineering sample demonstrates a large margin over any other flagship.
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: 12,546 points
- Apple A19 Pro: 11,054 points
- MediaTek Dimensity 9500: 10,716 points
Thus, in this specific test, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 turns out to be around 13.5% faster than the A19 Pro and 22.5% faster than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Single-Core Results Apple Still Rules
The high ground in single-thread workloads, however, belongs to the A19 Pro, although Qualcomm seems to be closing the gap.
- Apple A19 Pro: 4,019 points
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: 3,846 points
In single-core tasks, the A19 Pro has a 4.5% performance lead.
The Trade-Offs Between Power and Efficiency
The multicore score of Snapdragon is unusually high due to a proportionate increase in power consumption. During the Geekbench 6 multicore test, this sample had a board power draw of 19.5W higher, 61% than Apple's A19 Pro.
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Power Draw: 19.5W
- Apple A19 Pro Power Draw: 12.1W
- MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Power Draw: 18W
Performance per watt
The clear outlier of electricity gains in efficiency when score-to-watt ratios are compared is the A19 Pro.
- Apple A19 Pro: 913.55 points per watt
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: 643.38 points per watt
- MediaTek Dimensity 9500: 595.33 points per watt
From these numbers, one can conclude that the A19 Pro shows 42% greater efficiency in the Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark than that of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
Conclusion and Significant Context
Thus, the score of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the highest one for multi-core performance. However, single-core performance and overall power efficiency are still the domains of the A19 Pro of Apple. Importantly, these numbers are from the engineering sample; final retail versions of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 may vary widely from these figures in performance and efficiency.
