Samsung has gained yet another tick in the win column with its Galaxy S25 Ultra as the company’s latest and greatest flagship has obtained a solid performance lead against the iPhone 16 Pro Max in 3DMark’s Steel Nomad Light. For those who do not know, this particular benchmark stresses the GPU in non-raytraced workloads, and looking at the latest results, the Snapdragon 8 Elite’s Adreno graphics processor makes short work of the 6-core solution belonging to the A18 Pro.
Snapdragon 8 Elite powering the Galaxy S25 Ultra was not troubled by the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s A18 Pro in a previous multi-core score comparison
Before we talk about the 3DMark Steel Nomad Light benchmark, we have to mention that the Galaxy S25 Ultra has already beaten the iPhone 16 Pro Max in Geekbench 6’s multi-core score comparison by just a fraction below 20 percent. Of course, we are not ignoring Apple’s single-core domination because the A18 Pro continues to be the fastest chipset in this category, but it is impressive to see that the Snapdragon 8 Elite can hold its own. According to an image shared by @TECHINFOSOCIALS, Qualcomm’s flagship SoC repeats history by beating the A18 Pro in Steel Nomad Light.
The only difference is that, on this occasion, the performance lead is significantly larger, with the Galaxy S25 Ultra posting a 36 percent higher score than the iPhone 16 Pro Max, and finished the benchmark with 2,617 points, with its rival finishing the same test with a score of 1,922. Coming to the framerate, the Galaxy S25 Ultra achieved an average of 19.39FPS, with the iPhone 16 Pro Max maintaining 14.2FPS. To remind you, 3DMark’s Steel Nomad Light pushes the GPUs in pure rasterization workloads, meaning the Snapdragon 8 Elite holds a distinct advantage over the A18 Pro in non-raytraced tests.
One reason why the Galaxy S25 Ultra maintains a bigger lead against the iPhone 16 Pro Max is that it is outfitted with a faster version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite, as its performance cores operate at higher frequencies. However, Steel Nomad Light does not stress the CPU one bit, so it is possible that the Adreno GPU paired with the chipset was running at higher clock speeds, though this is something that warrants an in-depth investigation from our side. In any case, Samsung has done a remarkable job with the Galaxy S25 Ultra, and we expect that the flagship’s larger vapor chamber will come in handy when performing a series of other tests, so stay tuned for more updates.
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News Source: @TECHINFOSOCIALS
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