The best smartphone processors - leaderboard 2024
Find the best processor
It's not always easy to find the best processor for your needs. While many visitors only pay attention to the theoretical speed of a processor, others want to read detailed test reports that also deal with the processor's speed in practice. Therefore, we have collected a large number of benchmarks in order to meet as many requirements as possible.We have not only listed our results for you in map form at the top of this page, but also in a clear table at the bottom of this page. So everyone can quickly find their way around and find the best processor for themselves.
What makes the best smartphone processor?
Virtually all modern smartphone processors are based on a hybrid core design. This means that powerful CPU cores (performance cores) are paired with smaller CPU cores that take care of all the tasks that occur in the background and are very economical. Some manufacturers go even further and install a so-called "Prime Core", which is clocked a little higher and is intended to increase performance, especially in single-core scenarios.The more modern smartphone processors are all manufactured in very small manufacturing processes, which are usually one step finer than current desktop and mobile processors. The reason for this is that the energy efficiency of a processor in a smartphone is of course even more important, since good efficiency significantly increases battery life.
The system load is further reduced by the integration of processing units for machine learning and the calculation of video codes directly in the graphics unit of the processor. This also has a positive effect on the battery life of the smartphone.
The currently best smartphone processors
In this list view, we have presented the currently best desktop processors in tabular form for you. We sorted the processors by popularity and the Geekbench 6 multi-core result achieved.| Processor | Socket | TDP | Memory | ||
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Apple A16 Bionic 6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
N/A | 7.25 W | LPDDR5-6400 | |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 8C 8T @ 3.36 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5X-8400 | ||
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) 6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
N/A | 7.25 W | LPDDR4X-4266 | |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) 6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
N/A | 7.25 W | LPDDR4X-4266 | |
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MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5-7500 | ||
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MediaTek Dimensity 9000 8C 8T @ 3.05 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5X-7500 | ||
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Apple A14 Bionic 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
N/A | 7.25 W | LPDDR4X-4266 | |
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MediaTek Dimensity 9200 8C 8T @ 3.05 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5X-8533 | ||
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400 | ||
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400 | ||
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Samsung Exynos 2200 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400 | ||
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ 8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400 | ||
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Apple A13 Bionic 6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz |
N/A | 6 W | LPDDR4X-4266 | |
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Samsung Exynos 2100 8C 8T @ 2.90 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400 | ||
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz |
N/A | 10 W | LPDDR5-5500, LPDDR4X-4266 | |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz |
N/A | LPDDR5-6400 |
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