If the first Geekbench 7 figures for the iPhone Duo are legitimate, the A20 Pro processor has not been slowed down by the foldable's design choices. It is not a huge surprise that two iPhones with the same A20 Pro processor would show at least similar benchmark results. However, the processor is just part of the whole system, and the iPhone 18 Pro has room for a larger vapor chamber cooling system.
As first spotted by NotebookCheck, the first Geekbench 7 results show that the performance of the iPhone Duo has not been materially affected by its thin and folding design. The iPhone Duo even fractionally beats the iPhone 18 Pro in Geekbench 7's single-core tests, scoring 3,986 compared to the iPhone 18 Pro's 3,980. That gap is well within testing error margins, so the phone should feel as fast as the iPhone 18 Pro in general use, including opening apps and browsing.
With multi-core performance, the iPhone Duo scores 11,067, while the iPhone 18 Pro gets 11,540. There is a more pronounced difference here, though the iPhone Duo still trails the iPhone 18 Pro. Its multi-core score remains considerably higher than the iPhone 17 Pro, which scored 9,909 in this test.
The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are available now. Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo begin on October 16, with shipping from October 23.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing