Check out the Realme GT8 Pro benchmark scores | Infinium-tech

Last month, we used a Realme GT8 Pro prototype to run early benchmarks of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The phone was officially unveiled last week and is set to launch globally next month, so we’re ready to do some proper benchmarking.

Even better, in the meantime we’ve reviewed several competing flagships, so we can take a better look at the key chipsets for the next twelve months. There are also those that run on the same Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, like the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. Others chose the Dimensity 9500, for example the Vivo X300 Pro. And inside the iPhone 17 Pro Max is the Apple A19 Pro – Apple’s chipsets are no longer at the front, but they’re still the common benchmark against which all others are measured.

We’re also including the previous generation chips as a baseline to measure performance improvements.

Let’s start with the generalist test, AnTuTu. We are in the process of moving to AnTuTu v11, but we are also including v10 tests for continuity. In V11, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 inside the Realme GT8 Pro is the clear leader – it has a 17% lead over the Xiaomi 9 Pro Max. Keep in mind that AnTuTu measures things like memory performance, not just raw compute power, so the same chipset may score differently depending on the surrounding hardware.

The new version of the benchmark gives the Snapdragon chip a similar lead over the Dimensity 9500 inside the Oppo Find X9 Pro, while the older V10 benchmark has the MediaTek chip slightly ahead. For comparison with the previous generation Elite, we have to turn to v10 – here the GT8 Pro beats the GT7 Pro by about 8%.

Focusing only on the CPU, Geekbench 6 shows that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 loses 19% to the Apple A6 Pro in the single-core test. This is a narrow margin and even in multi-core testing it disappears, well within the margin of error.

Arm’s new C1-Ultra core inside the Dimensity 9500 lags behind the Snapdragon in single-core performance, being 9% slower. The same difference of 9% was seen in multi-core test also. The Dimensity 9500 is closer to the original Snapdragon 8 Elite CPUs than the new 8 Elite Gen 5.

Next is the GPU. When it can run at full tilt, the new Adreno 840 tops the charts on the Arm G1-Ultra by a small margin – well, the Realme GT 8 Pro beats the Vivo X300 Pro, while the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max lags behind.

Why does Xiaomi keep losing to Realme despite using the same chipset? We believe this has to do with how each company adjusted the performance curve for their respective phones.

Before you declare Realme the winner, click over to the second tab – the benchmark actually runs multiple times and reports both the highest and lowest scores. The highest scores usually come when the phone is fresh and cool, the lowest come after thermal throttling starts.

This is where the Realme GT8 Pro disappoints the most – throttling reduces performance by up to 67%. The speed of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max has also decreased slightly, but it is only 40%, leaving Xiaomi far ahead of Realme. The Apple A19 Pro and Dimensity 9500 show better sustained performance than their 8 Elite Gen 5 competitors. The big surprise is the Oppo Find

We’ll finish things off with ray tracing – by far the most expensive way to render graphics. Arm has put a lot of work into its second generation hardware accelerators and it shows – there’s a massive uplift from the Dimensity 9400 (+). The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 also seems to have an edge, although it’s more moderate.

We’re working on an in-depth review of the Realme GT8 Pro and we have a lot more to say about its performance and thermal management, and of course a lot more about the phone itself.