Isn't it too early to say that Apple's upcoming iPhone processor will be more powerful than even the best one for Android?

Media outlets are already reporting that Apple's upcoming iPhone processor is poised to be faster than the best one in android. But the reality is this processor has yet to hit the market, and all estimates about performance are based on Apple's claims.

And even if these claims are to be trusted, Apple's processors on the iPhone are known to perform well due even in cases that they'd be less computationally powerful than android counterparts, mostly due to specifically being optimized for iOS and its feature-set.

For good measure, it's not reasonable to speculate that Apple's performance claims will be that far off. But saying that a processor will be x% faster of its predecessors still isn't enough data to consider it better than processors that can already be released. The performance of a CPU isn't based solely on GHz or measured speed.

Rather, a more accurate comparable metric is benchmarks and stress tests that simulate real-use scenarios and applications. Something we just can't have from a processor that hasn't even been released. So maybe it's better to cool it with the hype at least until some credible testing has been done to be able to compare.

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