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The thing that I dont fully understand is why performance has seemed to stagnate on the Android side, said John Poole, founder of Primate Labs.

The A11 Bionic processor in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X is the fastest in a phone yet.

On the multicore portion of the Geekbench 4 test, the iPhone 8s A11 Bionic processor scored 10,170.

The fastest Android phone weve tested, the Note 8, hit 6,564.

The iPhone 8 also blew away the Android competition on the 3DMark graphics test and on our own 4K video-editing test.

MORE: iPhone 8 Is Worlds Fastest Phone (Its Not Even Close) Todays top-tier Android phones use Qualcomms Snapdragon 835 processor.

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We reached out to Qualcomm to comment about the performance gap between its chip and Apples A11 Bionic, and we will update this story when we hear back.

So is the A11s performance advantage overkill Not when you consider how were now starting to use phones and whats coming next.

At this point, youve got desktop-class performance in a handset.

I wouldnt have thought to use my first-generation iPhone to edit video.

But how will phones leverage this additional horsepower Poole points to virtual reality, augmented reality and machine learning.

Older iPhones running an A9 chip can handle AR apps created with Apples ARKit, but the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X have been optimized for AR via the A11 Bionic processor, as well as the cameras, gyroscope and accelerometer.

Augmented reality is one area where the A11 chip can really flex its muscles.

If you look at the Geekbench 4 numbers, the iPhone 8 is technically faster than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a 7th-gen Intel Core i5 processor, but is that really the case Yes and no.

Are these even comparable said Poole.

Well, yes, theyre comparable, but at the same time, youre not going to use your phone to render a huge video because, simply, the form factor doesnt lend itself to it.

Poole is referring to the difference between burst performance and sustained performance.

With an iPhone or other smartphone, the processor will eventually generate more heat than the case can dissipate.

But that doesnt diminish what Apple has accomplished with the A11 Bionic chip.

Whether its for 5 minutes or 10 minutes, the performance gap between iOS and Android has suddenly widened.

And when youre paying 700 to 1,000 for a new phone, you want something that feels future proof.

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