Leak shows next-gen Galaxy S21 isn’t even as fast as last year’s iPhone 11

[Chris Smith]

• Leaked benchmark scores for the Galaxy S21 indicate the smartphone will feature the new Snapdragon 888 processor that Qualcomm just unveiled.
• The benchmark leak says the Galaxy S21 will not outperform the 2019 iPhone 11 phones, let alone the iPhone 12.
• Samsung is widely expected to launch the Galaxy S21 series in early 2021, about a month earlier than expected.

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 888 platform earlier this week, which will power many Android flagships next year that will compete directly with the iPhone 12 series. The US chipmaker said the CPU will be 25% faster and 25% more efficient than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, while the GPU will deliver 35% performance gains and a 20% drop in energy consumption. Qualcomm also mentioned several smartphone vendors that will use the Snapdragon 888 in the future, including LG, Motorola, and OnePlus. Notably absent from the list were Samsung, prompting speculation that Samsung might not use the 888 platform for some of its upcoming Galaxy S21 versions. Every Galaxy S version comes in Qualcomm and Exynos options.

A new benchmark leak indicates that the Galaxy S21 will run on the 888 next year. But the early scores also tell us that performance won’t match the iPhone 11, let alone the iPhone 12.

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