The iPhone 8: faster than a MacBook Pro (Core i5) and much more than a Galaxy Note 8

Obviously, many media and users have been interested in the performance of the Apple A11 Bionic that equips the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X. Let's take a closer look.

So much for theory, let's move on to practice.

It is a SoC ARMv8-A more precisely with a CPU (engraved in 10nm) with 6 cores (hexa-core): two powerful hearts named Monsoon and four other hearts named Mistral. Apple also indicates that the GPU has been reviewed, it offers graphics performance of 30% higher than the Apple A10. Finally, the M11 motion co-processor manages all of the sensor data with a new ISP (discussed this morning).

Comparative Place
The comparisons between the iPhone 8 and other tech products are not obvious, they exist benchmark tests with different tools, but also practical tests (like video rendering, for example). Here is what we were able to glean on the web.

Tom's Guide US has run GeekBench on several machines, including a Galaxy Note 8, a OnePlus 5 and a MacBook Pro (Core i5).


First observation: the score of the iPhone 8 is superior to the MacBook Pro (but also a Dell XPS 13, a reference under Windows 10). Even if the comparisons between smartphones and laptops make little sense (admit that the uses are different), they remain interesting to study for the gross power. Nevertheless, we have a reserve: laptops are designed to provide sustained performance for a very long time, smartphones simply do not have a system of heat dissipation necessary to replace your laptop.

Note that even the iPhone 7, last year, beat the scores of any MacBook Air, and earlier this year the iPad Pro surpassed the MacBook Pro in some tasks performed by the CPU and the GPU . Besides, what happens in front of Android? Admit that this remains interesting to study.

The best test to pass to these smartphones are similar tasks: editing and rendering video in 4K. Tom's Guide made a rather interesting test: 2 minutes of shooting (by a drone) in 4K published on the iPhone 8, Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, then the same transitions and effects are added before exporting and to save the video. The iPhone 8 completed this task in just 42 seconds, while Note 8 took over 3 minutes. The Galaxy S8 Plus took over 4 minutes. Note that this is an American version of the S8 Plus and Note 8, with a Snapdragon 835.

Even the sound of 3D rendering: the iPhone 8 rides on 3DMark IceStorm Unlimited, one of the benchmark tests to evaluate graphics performance.




It is normal that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is upgraded by the Apple A11 Bionic, the first date of the beginning of the year while the A11 has just been announced and produced, nevertheless it is a slap for the stroke. Qualcomm and others have been overtaken, the latest iPhone are the most powerful smartphones of the moment.


It is important to note that impressive performance will not necessarily make a big difference in everyday use when it comes to simple tasks such as opening applications. It's just a story of pride.