Just like the reports stated, instead of unveiling iPhone 12 series, Apple launched iPad 8th Generation, iPad Air 4th Generation, Apple Watch Series 6, and Apple Watch SE at the Time Flies event on September 15. Anyway, the iPhone 12 devices will certainly launch in the coming days, mostly next month but the availability of the 4 models in the series will be different. Ahead of it, the higher-end iPhone 12 Pro Max passes through AnTuTu Benchmark revealing storage configuration and performance.
The AnTuTu Benchmark score of Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max was shared by AnTuTu itself on Weibo. The variant that was tested has 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. Since the amount of RAM remains the same on all the storage variants of any particular iPhone model, the only question is how many storage options will it be available in.
As per AnTuTu, 128GB could be the base variant for iPhone 12 Pro Max compared to 64GB on its predecessor. Above all, it will be the first iPhone with 6GB RAM as the model that came before it only has 4GB RAM.
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Interestingly, although A14 Bionic powering it is the world’s first 5nm processor, there’s no major performance difference between A13 Bionic. Its overall score is 5,72,333 points, which is even less than Android smartphones equipped with 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/865+.
AnTuTu even shared an image comparing the test results of both iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The latter scored 5,24,436 points, which is only fewer by 47,897points. In other words, the upcoming iPhone will be merely ~9% more powerful than its forerunner despite a bump from 7nm to 5nm. That’s bizarre considering the performance claims by Apple.
Also, for some reason, the UX score of the iPhone 12 Pro Max running iOS 14.1 is lower than the iPhone 11 Pro Max. This suggests the device that was tested could be a prototype and not a production unit.
Anyway, benchmark scores don’t matter in everyday usage as good as the device performs well. The biggest takeaway from this is the presence of 6GB RAM as iPhones have always had a small amount of RAM (compared to Android smartphones) since the beginning. The extra 2GB could really come handy in multitasking.
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