AnTuTus month-to-month report on probably the most highly effective Android telephones globally is out and (identical to a month in the past) the highest is dominated by the telephones based mostly new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. The benchmark group warns that this wont final for an excessive amount of longer now that the 8 Gen 2 is across the nook.
The group additionally factors out that the marketplace for gaming telephones stays small. Nonetheless, their superior cooling {hardware} permits them to edge out generalist flagships in uncooked efficiency.
The Asus ROG Cellphone 6 stays on high, particularly the 16/512GB configuration. Observe that that is the non-Professional mannequin. It’s adopted by the iQOO 9T in second and third place is attention-grabbing the Crimson Magic 7 (non-S, non-Professional) with the unique Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, which stays forward of the Xiaomi 12S Extremely (which does have the 8+ chip).
The most effective-performing Dimensity 9000 based mostly mannequin (and solely non-Snapdragon cellphone on the record) stays the bottom vivo X80. Observe that AnTuTu averages a number of outcomes and considers issues like RAM and storage pace, so its not at all times a case of newer chipset = quicker.
Additionally, this record tracks solely telephones obtainable internationally, so some rivals who havent left China but will not be on it (there’s a separate record for the Chinese language market). This explains why the Crimson Magic 7S hasnt supplanted its predecessor. The Crimson Magic 7 is likely one of the few telephones that handle to rein in Snapdragon 8 Gen 1s thermal throttling because of its energetic cooling fan (additionally current on the 7S, after all).
Whereas MediaTek doesnt have a lot illustration on the flagship Prime 10, the sub-flagship record (i.e. the market between flagships and mid-rangers) is led by the Dimensity 8100, which is featured within the Prime 3: Realme GT Neo 3, Poco X4 GT and Redmi K50i.
That stated, the great outdated Snapdragon 870 fills most spots under #4, no surprise it has remained well-liked with premium fashions. Additionally price noting is that the Dimensity 8100-Max variant (contained in the OnePlus 10R), which was on high final month, has slid right down to 4th.
Lastly, the Prime 10 quickest mid-rangers that is awash with Snapdragon 778G gadgets because the chip powers eight fashions. The highest handset, the Nothing Cellphone (1), makes use of the 778G+ as a substitute, so the domination is sort of complete.
There may be however one exception, the Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G in fifth with the Snapdragon 780G. The 780G is similar to the 778G, however they’re constructed on the Samsung 5LPE node and TSMCs N6, respectively.
The brand new Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 is but to make an impression on this class, the Dimensity 8000 is absent as properly.
