It takes about a 15% increase in speed for the average user to see a difference between devices. If these benchmarks aren't faked, it'll be obvious that the iPhone 18 Pro is much faster, even to above-average users. The first A20 Pro Geekbench results are in.

Geekbench was updated to version 7 in July 2026, but the new iPhone figures were tested on Geekbench 6.7.0 for comparability with the iPhone 17 Pro. For the iPhone 17 Pro, single-core scores ranged between 3523 and 3895. The first test of the iPhone 18 Pro reports a single-core score of 4719, indicating a performance improvement of between 21% and 33% over the iPhone 17 Pro.

Multi-core scores show the iPhone 17 Pro scored between 8810 and 9746, while the iPhone 18 Pro reached 12677, reflecting a 30% to 44% gain. The iPhone 18 Pro Max shows similar results, with a single-core score of 4725 and multi-core score of 12575, confirming strong generational gains.