Qualcomm's next-gen flagship is soon to ship inside the Realme GT7 Pro launching in China this week. But before its official release, the Snapdragon 8 Elite has been spotted on the AnTuTu benchmark, where it reportedly outperformed both MediaTek's and Apple's processors. So, let’s dive deeper into the rumors, leaked images, and speculations surrounding this news.

Snapdragon 8 Elite setting a new record!

The Snapdragon 8 Elite is creating significant buzz ahead of its official release because of its impressive leaked benchmark scores. A collaboration between OnLeaks and Smartprix has unveiled an image showing AnTuTu scores for two devices: the Realme GT 7 Pro, scoring 3,025,991, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max, scoring 1,651,728. This positions the Snapdragon 8 Elite as the highest-performing Snapdragon chip so far, surpassing both MediaTek's recently released Dimensity 9400 SoC and Apple's A18 Pro chip. To be fair, it's a frowned upon concept to compare Antutu scores between iOS and Android as they are configured differently but it does give us a rough idea about the overall performance of these devices. Moreover, something like Geekbench 6 is more suitable when talking about SOCs alone as the Antutu score also depends on memory and other aspects of the device.

Just edges ahead the MediaTek

However, the Vivo X200, powered by MediaTek's upcoming 3nm Dimensity 9400 chipset, achieved a score of 3,007,853 on the same benchmark. So, Realme's upcoming flagship isn't the first phone to surpass the 3 million mark on AnTuTu which puts Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite just slightly ahead of its competitors.

• Also, read:
  • Realme GT 7 Pro coming soon with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4!
  • MediaTek Dimensity 9400 is now official with a 35% increase in single-core performance
  • iPhone 16 Pro Max with A18 Pro SoC is now available for pre-order!

Additional rumor

Additionally, the Snapdragon 8 Elite might come in two variants: a standard version with two cores clocked at 4.09 GHz and six cores at 2.78 GHz, and an overclocked model with two cores running at 4.32 GHz. In addition to AnTuTu, early leaks indicate impressive Geekbench performance for the Snapdragon 8 Elite, with the recently spotted OnePlus 13, featuring the same chipset, scoring 3,216 in single-core and 10,051 in multi-core tests on Geekbench 6. That's more than the latest iPhone and the Dimensity counterpart! Impressive!!

Snapdragon 8 Elite Specifications (Rumored)

• CPU:
  • 2x 4.09 GHz (Cores not disclosed)
  • 6x 2.78 GHz (Cores not disclosed)
• Fabrication Process: TSMC 3nm
• Graphics: Adreno 830, 1000 MHz
• Camera Support:
  • Max camera resolution: 1x320MP
  • Video capture: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
• Connectivity:
  • 3GPP Release-17 5G modem (up to 7Gbps)
  • 4nm Wi-Fi/Bluetooth combo chip (7.3Gbps)
  • Wi-Fi 7 tri-band MLO
  • MediaTek Xtra Range™ 3.0 (up to 30m coverage)
  • Supports 5G/4G Dual SIM Dual Active
  • Ready for trifold smartphones (3X MIPI-DSI)

• Meanwhile, watch our Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs A17 Pro vs Dimensity 9300 video: