With Apple 's A12 chip set to be released next week, there could be no better time to get a preview of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855, the company's upcoming flagship SoC, and the features it offers Android users.
According to a report by GSMarena, a Qualcomm SoC codenamed “msmnile” has been spotted on the Geekbench portal. With the possibility that it is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, the single core score obtained by the SoC is 3,697. Interestingly, the score of the current single core flagship Snapdragon 845 ranges from 2,300 to 2,400. The multi-core score of the alleged 855 SoC turned out to be 10,649 points.
These scores show a huge improvement over the Snapdragon 845, especially in single-core performance. The Geekbench listing also revealed that the new chipset will feature an octa-core processor clocked at 1.78 GHz.
If these scores are true, it's obvious that even the Snapdragon 855 won't be able to compete with Apple's A11 chip which has a score of around 4,300.
Some experts also state that the Qualcomm SoC codenamed “msmnile” is not the upcoming 855 but a processor intended for Windows devices. It has long been rumored that Microsoft and Qualcomm are collaborating on Windows on ARM.
The case surrounding these Geekbench scores will be cleared up once Qualcomm officially launches the Snapdragon 855.
