Nokia 9 benchmarked: Snapdragon 835 goes for the top

2022-02-06

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)