Apple’s newest iPhone chip, the A19 Pro, is already drawing attention with leaked benchmark results that show it could go toe to toe with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. While not a radical jump from last year’s A18 Pro, the numbers hint that Apple may hold its lead in raw CPU power for another generation.
A Geekbench entry for the iPhone 17 Pro Max put the A19 Pro at 4,019 points in single-core and 11,054 in multi-core. That’s roughly a 20% boost over the A18 Pro in the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Built on TSMC’s 3nm process, the chip looks to deliver not just higher performance but better efficiency in sustained workloads.
On the Android side, leaker Digital Chat Station claims Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5—due to launch in early 2026 inside devices like the Xiaomi 17 series and iQOO 15—will land around 3,393 single-core and 11,515 multi-core. If true, it means Qualcomm is catching up but not necessarily surpassing Apple’s silicon, continuing a long-running theme in the mobile chip rivalry.
There is some debate about how realistic the A19 Pro’s scores are. Other listings put the multi-core result below 10,000, suggesting the higher number could be from tests run with controlled environment such as a thermoelectric cooler attached to the phone. In day-to-day use, the gains may feel less dramatic.
Still, the results underline Apple’s strength in CPU design. Qualcomm may counter with advantages in graphics and AI, but Apple’s tight hardware-software integration keeps its iPhones ahead in consistency. With the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 expected in just a few weeks, the competition for smartphone performance leadership looks set to remain fierce.
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