Snapdragon 8150 AI benchmark crushes the competition, Helio P80 a close second
Aside from CPU and GPU benchmarks, modern chipsets need to worry about AI performance too. The upcoming Snapdragon 8150 from Qualcomm may claim the top spot, at least in Android-land.
A test of the dev platform (i.e. a prototype board) shows close to double the performance of the current Snapdragon 845. Which, according to the benchmark, is an even match to Huaweis latest Kirin 980.
Speaking of the latest Kirin, Huawei was touting a 2x improvement in AI performance over the 970, but as far as this benchmark is concerned, its more like a 15% bump. The Kirin 980 score is just under that of the Snapdragon 845.
| Model | CPU | RAM | Year | Android | AI-Score |
| Qualcomm 8150 Dev Platform | Snapdragon 8150 | 6GB | 2018 | 9.0 | 22082 |
| Mediatek P80 Dev Platform | Mediatek Helio P80 | 6GB | 2018 | 9.0 | 19453 |
| OnePlus 6 | Snapdragon 845 | 8GB | 2018 | 9.0 | 12274 |
| Huawei Mate 20 Pro | HiSilicon Kirin 980 (NPU) | 6GB | 2018 | 9.0 | 12026 |
| Huawei P20 Pro | HiSilicon Kirin 970 (NPU) | 6GB | 2018 | 9.0 | 8921 |
| Google Pixel 3 XL | Snapdragon 845 | 4GB | 2018 | 9.0 | 6895 |
| Mediatek P60 Dev Platform | Mediatek Helio P60 | 6GB | 2018 | 8.1 | 5767 |
Note: See the full table at ai-benchmark.com.
Theres a catch the Snapdragon 845 score from the OnePlus 6 is spectacular, the one from the Pixel 3 is merely meh. Both have the same chipset, except the Google phone has a dedicated core that handles the image processing magic. So, these scores are somewhat questionable.
Still, we were surprised to see which chipset won second place MediaTeks Helio P80. It scores much higher than the S845, nearly as high as the Snapdragon 8150. This will be a massive jump from the current Helio P60/P70 (a +200% boost!).