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Apple's new A20 Pro chip has shattered the single-core record in the Geekbench 7 benchmark, delivering an impressive 4,006 points - a 32% increase over the previous record. This tiny chip, found in the latest iPhones, outperforms desktop CPUs from AMD and Intel by up to 32% in single-thread performance. While high-end PC CPUs excel at multi-threaded tasks, the A20 Pro still edges out mainstream laptop CPUs even with multiple threads in operation.

Compared to its predecessor, the A20 Pro delivers a substantial 23.3% boost in single-thread performance and a 27.1% improvement in multi-thread performance. This marks the biggest generational leap in Apple's smartphone processors in years. The A20 Pro also outperforms leading mobile processors like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen5 and Xiaomi's XRing O3.

In direct comparison with desktop CPUs, the A20 Pro is 26% faster than AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 32% quicker than Intel's Core i9-14900KS. Although Apple's A20 Pro has only six cores, the chip has been enhanced with advanced CPU cores running at nearly 5 GHz, superior memory bandwidth, and improved efficiency cores. This combination has resulted in the highest single-thread and multi-thread performance among current smartphone processors.