Fans of high-performance smartphones can look forward to exciting developments in the coming year, as the competition in the mobile chip market heats up. Notable chipsets, including Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, are anticipated to surpass 4 million points on the AnTuTu benchmark.

This represents a significant leap in power and efficiency for premium devices, benefiting consumers with enhanced performance. AnTuTu is widely recognized in the mobile industry for its user-friendly benchmarking system, which provides scores across various categories and an overall total.

The platform regularly releases monthly rankings of the most powerful tested devices, fostering competition among manufacturers. With the forthcoming generation of mobile chips, it is expected that past records on AnTuTu will be shattered.

Reliable leaker Digital Chat Station (DCS) recently shared performance predictions for Qualcomm and MediaTek’s flagship chips on Weibo. According to DCS, both the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and Dimensity 9500 should achieve a minimum of 4 million points on the AnTuTu benchmark.

This figure might be exceeded due to optimizations specific to individual Android brands. Interestingly, a previous report had indicated that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 scored approximately 3.8 million points in AnTuTu, suggesting that Qualcomm has successfully enhanced its flagship chipset since then.

The performance upgrades are expected to stem from the introduction of big cores and larger caches in these SoCs, alongside support for faster memory and storage solutions. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 will utilize the second generation of its Oryon custom cores, which previously delivered substantial improvements.

Conversely, MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 will incorporate the powerful ARM Cortex-X930 “Travis” ultracore, clocked above 4 GHz. As both chipsets are still a few months from their official announcement, further optimizations may occur, leading to even greater benchmark results.

More details are likely to surface in the weeks ahead, keeping tech enthusiasts eagerly awaiting the advancements in smartphone technology.