Apple has launched the much anticipated iPhone 16 series with a total of four models: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. The devices will likely become available on September 20. However, ahead of the release, the alleged iPhone 16 Pro has been spotted on Geekbench, revealing disappointing performance.
The scores of the alleged iPhone 16 Pro are comparable to iPhone 15
The news comes from X user James Atkinson who noticed the Geekbench listing. It shows an iPhone with identifier 17,3 scoring 3114 and 6666 in single and multi-core tests of Geekbench 6 respectively. Based on the identifier, the model is expected to be the iPhone 16 Pro.
For context, last year’s iPhone 15 which equips the A16 Bionic chip scored 2,595 and 6,651 points on the same test. The iPhone 15 Pro which has packs the more powerful A17 Pro under the hood, scores around 2,900 and 7,440 points in the test. So as you can see, the alleged iPhone 16 Pro performs much lower than expected.
Nonetheless, we should also keep in mind that the phone has not been released yet and that Apple is testing the performance and stability of the phones. If that’s the case, we will likely see an improvement in performance by the time Apple releases the device.
Notably, this year’s non-Pro and Pro models come equipped with the A18 and A18 Pro chip, which has some minor differences. While both the chips are fabricated using TSMC’s 3nm process and boast 6 CPU cores, the A18 Pro has one more GPU core (6-core vs 5). This could lead to slightly improved graphics capability, resulting in better gaming performance on the Pro models.
That being said, we’ll have to wait for the official release before further assessing the raw performance capabilities of different models, as it depends on various factors like the heat dissipation system, which differs between models.
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