For a few days it has been available on most markets around the world iPhone 17 Pro (and older brother iPhone 17 Pro Max), the new top of the range smartphone model of the Cupertino company that mounts the owner chip inside A19 pro. With the now imminent arrival of the new chip of Qualcomm mounted on the next Xiaomi 17 Pro Max (foreseen indicatively for the month of October, at least in China), Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5the challenge between the two processors in terms of performance becomes more and more real and tangible. In particular, some recent tests would show the alleged supremacy of Qualcomm’s latest effort on Apple’s chip: let’s find out all the details together.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the challenge with Apple A19 Pro
The tests dedicated to gaming, carried out by, would show the alleged superiority of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 at the expense of A19 pro di Apple. Entering the technical merit of the detail, in the case of the video game Wuthering WavesXiaomi 17 Pro Max would have maintained an average of about 59.1 Frame per secondagainst the 57.8 Frame per second of the competitor iPhone 17 Pro Max.
It should then be taken into account that, in the case of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, the game went to a slightly higher resolution than what was seen on iPhone 17 Pro Max. Consistent advantage of the new Qualcomm chip even in the case of consumption: during the tests, in fact, Xiaomi 17 Pro would have shown an average consumption of 4.83 Wattagainst the 5.89 Watt of iPhone 17 Pro Max.
The same situation also occurred with Honkai Impact 3rdwhere for the same resolution Xiaomi 17 Pro Max he managed to maintain an average of 59.6 frames per second, against the 58.8 frames per second of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. To make the difference it would also be the temperatures managed by their respective models: in the first tests carried out, in fact, Xiaomi 17 Pro Max presented a maximum temperature of 39 degrees centigradeunlike the iPhone 17 Pro Max who arrived up to 43.3 degrees centigrade.
On the basis of these results, we just have to wait for new tests and benchmarks of comparison between the two chips, which will certainly come over the next few weeks, in conjunction with the release of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 on the market.
