iPhone 18 Pro benchmarks: Apple just built the most powerful phones we've ever seen

Tom's Guide tested the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max on the A20 Pro chip (2 nm). In Geekbench 6 they scored 4,735/12,800 and 4,741/12,789 versus 3,834/9,988 for the iPhone 17 Pro, and in 3DMark Solar Bay 16,288 and 17,850 points versus 12,984 for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. In the Geekbench AI test, Samsung is still ahead: 83,047 versus 69,245.

• Geekbench 6: iPhone 18 Pro — 4,735/12,800, iPhone 17 Pro — 3,834/9,988
• 3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited: 16,288 for 18 Pro and 17,850 for 18 Pro Max
• Galaxy S26 Ultra scored 12,984 in 3DMark at 49.37 fps
• Geekbench AI: 69,245 for 18 Pro versus 83,047 for Galaxy S26 Ultra