Nokia 9 benchmarked: Snapdragon 835 goes for the top

The Nokia 9 could be pricey, but it could be worth it too. It took its Snapdragon 835 chipset to run on the Geekbench 3 track (yes, an old version of the benchmark), where it caught up to certain other flagships.

The benchmark didn’t find anything unexpected - S835 chipset with 4GB of RAM running Android 7.1. The device is listed as “HMD Global TA-1004”, a name to look out for in future leaks.

Anyway, here’s how the Nokia 9 stacks up against current flagships - powered by Snapdragon 835 or other chipsets. The near-pure Android install is probably what helped it score those few extra points over its competitors.

GeekBench 3 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Nokia 9 (Snapdragon 835)
  7770
• Xiaomi Mi 6 (Snapdragon 835)
  7598
• Xperia XZ Premium (Snapdragon 835)
  7479
• Huawei Mate 9 (Kirin 960)
  7290
• Galaxy S8 (Exynos 8895)
  7252
• Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon 835)
  7202
• iPhone 7 Plus (Apple A10)
  6123

GeekBench 3 (single-core)

Higher is better

• iPhone 7 Plus (Apple A10)
  3526
• Nokia 9 (Snapdragon 835)
  2255
• Xiaomi Mi 6 (Snapdragon 835)
  2233
• Xperia XZ Premium (Snapdragon 835)
  2204
• Huawei Mate 9 (Kirin 960)
  2173
• Galaxy S8+ (Snapdragon 835)
  2161
• Galaxy S8 (Exynos 8895)
  2120

Source | Via (in Dutch)