Apple iPhone X Trumps Samsung Galaxy Note 9 In Benchmark Scores

Samsung has just unveiled its latest flagship offering, the all-new Galaxy Note 9 phablet. The device was expected to be the ultimate flagship powerhouse, but that is not the case. Apple’s iPhone X reportedly produces better benchmark scores than the Note 9 even though the former has an almost 11 months old processor.

Tom’s Guide was able to subject the Galaxy Note 9 to a series of benchmarking tests on Thursday and the online publication found that the new phablet is the best-performing Samsung smartphone thus far. With Geekbench 4, the Note 9 got a whopping 8,876 multi-core score, which is higher than the Galaxy S9+’s 8,295 and the Note 8’s 6,564 ratings.

The Note 9 also went through graphics testing using the demanding 3DMark Slingshot Extreme 3.1 test. The phone was able to obtain a 4,639 rating, which is slightly better than the 4,634 of the Galaxy S9+ and significantly higher than the 3,710 score of the Galaxy Note 8.

The latest phablet from Samsung easily beats the South Korean tech giant’s other handsets, but that’s not the case when it is pitted against the iPhone X. Apple’s 10th anniversary model got an amazing 10,357 multi-score rating from Geekbench 4 and an impressive 4,994 score from 3DMark.

This makes the iPhone X a more powerful device than the Note 9, which is scheduled for global release on Aug. 24. It is worth noting that the processor of the iPhone X is the A11 Bionic chip that first debuted with the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus last September. Also worth pointing out is the fact that the Note 9 tested by Tom’s Guide is the 6GB/128GB model and not the 8GB RAM/512GB model.

However, AppleInsider says that it is not surprising that the Note 9 with 6GB RAM failed to beat the iPhone X which only has 3GB RAM. The reason for this, according to the outlet, is the fairly old-in-the-tooth Snapdragon processor that Samsung used for the new phablet.

This fall, the benchmark standings are expected to change again when Apple releases its highly anticipated trio of new iPhones. The Note 9 with 8GB RAM could obtain higher scores than the 6GB RAM model, but the Cupertino giant’s next-generation flagship device is still expected to beat it with its A12 CPU.

A Geekbench entry for a mysterious upcoming iPhone got leaked in June, revealing impressive 10,912 multi-core and 4,673 single-core scores and a Compute score of 21,691. For comparison, the ratings of the current iPhone flagship are 10,128 for the multi-core test, 4,206 for the single-core test and a Compute score of 15,234.