Danny Weber
10:25 17-09-2025
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in Xiaomi 17 scores 3,705/11,228 in Geekbench 6.4, closing on Apple A19 Pro and beating A18 Pro, promising faster Android phones.
Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has resurfaced in the Geekbench 6.4 database, and its numbers put it toe to toe with Apple’s latest silicon. The test ran on a Xiaomi 17 equipped with 16 GB of RAM and Android 16.
The chip posted 3,705 points in single-core and 11,228 in multi-core mode. For context, Apple’s A19 Pro shows 4,019 and 11,054, while the previous A18 Pro reaches 3,461 and 8,546. In other words, Qualcomm’s newcomer closes in on the A19 Pro in multi-core performance and moves past the A18 Pro.
Among Android rivals, the field largely trails: Samsung’s Exynos 2600 comes in at 3,308 and 11,256, and MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 records 3,177 and 9,701. The notable leap for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is attributed to software optimizations and to its performance cores holding steady at up to 4.6 GHz.
Apple still holds the single-core crown, yet the gap is narrowing. As phones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 arrive, Android users look set for a tangible boost in speed—an uptick that should sharpen the rivalry between Qualcomm and Apple. On balance, the blend of improving single-core results and strong multi-core scores could prove more meaningful in daily use than the raw leaderboard positions suggest.