The Galaxy S8’s future processor barely beats Apple’s current iPhone 7 in benchmarks

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Try as they might , Qualcomm-and Samsung are still not able to outperform Apple’s A-series mobile chips. The iPhone 7 is the undisputed king when it comes to mobile performance, both in benchmark tests and real-life use. Even the 2015 iPhone 6s is still able to beat 2016 flagships in real-life CPU performance. Come next year, a new generation of mobile processors will hit the market, and Android flagships will outscore the iPhone 7. Maybe. And if they do, they'll-just barely have the edge. It’s likely their reign will be short-lived too, as Apple is working on even more-powerful A-series chips for its 2017 iPhones and iPads. An AnTuTu benchmark test for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor found by Phone Arena shows a score of more than-180,000 points. That’s impressive, considering that the Snapdragon 835 isn’t even out yet. The processor is expected to power most of next year’s Android-based flagship handsets, including the version of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 that will be sold in the US. But as amazing as that score might seem, it only tops Apple’s iPhone 7 by less than 10,000 points . Sure, we may be looking at a prototype Snapdragon 835 in prototype hardware, and final versions might be even better (or worse).-But Apple’s A11 chip that will go into the iPhone 8 next year will undoubtedly-top that score by a big margin. Samsung’s next Exynos chip and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 CPU will both be made using-10nm process technology. That means we’re looking at significant performance and energy efficiency improvements. The Snapdragon 835 alone should be 27% faster than predecessors and 40% more efficient. However, Apple’s A11 is also going to be a 10nm processor. So we’d expect it to do better than rivals in both benchmark tests and in actual usage scenarios. We'll also remind you that there might be a device out there in testing that already topped 200,000 in AnTuTu tests . Huawei, meanwhile, demoed a processor that does better than the iPhone 7 in actual real-life tests, but it's yet to power a new flagship handset. That said, 2017 will be an exciting year for mobile hardware. Regardless of what flagship phone you end up buying, it’s very likely that it's-going to be faster at day-to-day chores than anything released up to this point.

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