Samsung GALAXY S10 will be weaker than iPhone XS when it comes to processing power, the same is also true for the Huawei MATE 20 Pro, the first performance tests for phone processors appearing today. Below are the first performance tests made for the A12 chips in the iPhone XS, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 in the Samsung GALAXY S10 and the Kirin 980 in the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and the differences are as clear as possible.
The Samsung GALAXY S10 will have performances about 10% lower than those of the iPhone XS when it is launched, the same being also true for the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, the Apple company managing to remain above the competition in 2018 as well. Unlike the iPhone X, which had a greater advance in processing power compared to the competition, in the case of the iPhone XS the difference will be smaller compared to the Samsung GALAXY S10, and this will matter more in the second part of 2019.
Samsung GALAXY S10: EXCLUSIVE, it will be WEAKER than the iPhone XS
The Samsung GALAXY S10 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro will have processors produced using a 7nm manufacturing process, just like the iPhone XS, but this does not ensure equal, or higher, but lower performance. This inferiority of the Samsung GALAXY S10 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro processors will be best seen in applications that require a lot of processing power, but also in games, where the iPhone XS will continue to be superior to Android phones, as it is now.
The Samsung GALAXY S10 will also have an integrated Exynos 9820 chip in certain models, but its performance will be extremely close to that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, as has happened every year so far. Android manufacturers know they can't compete with the iPhone XS in terms of processing power, and the Samsung GALAXY S10 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro won't either, but the OnePlus 7 could be a completely different story in mid-2019.
