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Best Processor for Mobile

A processor is undoubtedly the most important component in a smartphone. The performance of a processor directly impacts the device speed, user experience, gaming execution, and battery durable efficiency. Before buying any smartphone, buyers primarily focus on device processor types and their performances.

If you are going to buy a new smartphone or want to know the best ranking and capability of processors, you are in the right place. Here, we will discuss some of the best processors based on their ranking.

A mobile phone containing a fast processor opens your apps in a very short time and does your task quickly with a better user experience. On the other hand, a phone containing a slower (or weaker) processor takes more time to execute even a single task resulting in overheating the device, draining the battery faster (even if it has high battery capacity), and bad user experience.

A mobile processor also plays a crucial role in the gaming experience; even the GPU is also integrated into the chipset itself.

A term Centurion Mark we used which is an industrial-leading technique to determine the performance of a processor. Centurion Mark determines the performance of CPU, Gaming, and device battery capability based on real-world usage. This mark makes it easy for customers to understand the performance of a smartphone without going deep into technical details.

Higher the Centurion Mark betters the processor performance. One of the best smartphone processors is Apple A14 Bionic which is available in iPhone 12 series. After the A14 Bionic processor the name comes Snapdragon 888 and then Samsung Exynos 2100, Apple A13 Bionic, and Kirin 9000.

List of top best processor for mobile based on Centurion mark

Below we mentioned a table with ranking of processors along with Centurion Mark.

Rank	Processor Name	Smarthone	Centurion Mark
1	Apple A14 Bionic	Apple iPhone 12	165
2	Snapdragon 888	OnePlus 9	158
3	Exynos 2100	Samsung Galaxy S21	156
4	Apple A13 Bionic	Apple iPhone 11	154
5	Kirin 9000	Huawei Mate 40 Pro	152
6	Kirin 9000E	Huawei Mate 40	151
7	Exynos 1080	Vivo X60 Pro	151
8	Snapdragon 870	Xiaomi Poco F3	151
9	Snapdragon 865+	Asus ROG Phone 3	150
10	Dimensity 1200		150*
11	Snapdragon 865	OnePlus 8	149
12	Dimensity 1100	Vivo S9	149
13	Snapdragon 780G	Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G	147
14	Dimensity 1000+	Xiaomi Redmi K30 Ultra	146
15	Apple A12 Bionic	iPhone XS Max	146
16	Dimensity 1000		146*
17	Snapdragon 855+	Asus ROG Phone II	145
18	Snapdragon 860	POCO X3 Pro	145
19	Exynos 990	Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra	144
20	Snapdragon 855	OnePlus 7 Pro	144
21	Kirin 990 5G	Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G	144
22	Kirin 990 4G	Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G	143
23	Kirin 990E 5G	Huawei Mate 30E Pro 5G	143
24	Exynos 9825	Galaxy Note 10+	142
25	Exynos 9820	Samsung Galaxy S10	140
26	Dimensity 1000L	Oppo Reno3 5G	140
27	Kirin 985 5G	Huawei Honor 30	139
28	Kirin 980	Huawei Mate 20 Pro	137
29	Dimensity 1000C	T-Mobile LG Velvet 5G	137
30	Snapdragon 768G	Redmi K30 5G Racing	136
31	Dimensity 820	Redmi 10X Pro 5G	136
32	Exynos 980	Samsung Galaxy A71 5G	135
33	Snapdragon 765G	Oppo Reno 3 Vitality	134
34	Dimensity 800U	Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T	134
35	Exynos 880	Vivo Y70s	134
36	Snapdragon 765	Motorola One 5G	133
37	Dimensity 800	Honor Play 4	133
38	Snapdragon 750G	Motorola Moto G 5G	132
39	Snapdragon 690	OnePlus Nord N10 5G	131
40	Dimensity 720	Realme v3	131
41	Dimensity 700	Realme 8 5G	131
42	Apple A11 Bionic	iPhone X	130
43	Snapdragon 845	OnePlus 6T	127
44	Exynos 9810	Samsung Galaxy Note 9	125
45	Snapdragon 732G	Poco X3	125
46	Snapdragon 730G	Oppo Reno 2	124
47	Kirin 810	Honor 9X	124
48	Snapdragon 730	Redmi K20	123
49	Snapdragon 720G	Realme 6 Pro	123
50	Snapdragon 480	Vivo Y31s	122

The performance of * (star) marked processors are determined by their specification, leaked benchmarks, and data gained at testing previous-gen processors.

How to use the above data to evaluate Processor ranking and performance?

Higher the Centurion Mark of processor indicates higher in ranking and better in performance. A processor which has the same or near about Centurion Mark score can be treated as equivalent or similar in their performance. Using this data, you can evaluate which processor from the specific brand (Apple, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos, Huawei, MediaTek) is equivalent to another.

A processor having above 125 Centurion Mark:

The mobile processor, whose scores are above 125 Centurion Mark, gives excellent performance in all-around experience. They even execute heavy games smoothly as well as heavily used. Such a processor doesn’t heat your device while accessing and also doesn’t consume more battery. Buying a smartphone containing these categories of processor is always recommended for the best user experience without any performance issue.

A processor having range between 100-125 Centurion Mark

The processor having high performance is mostly used for the gaming experience. If you are looking to buy a mid-range smartphone, you should select a phone whose chipset falls under this range.

A processor having range between 70-100 Centurion Mark:

The processor’s Centurion Mark falls between 70 -100 has above-average performance. But you should also check any other lagging or issues before buying a phone. However, some other older chipset like the Snapdragon 810, which has a poor heat performance, may also come under this range. If you want to buy some low-budget phone that gives an above-average performance, pick from this category.

A processor having range between 55-70 Centurion Mark:

The general performance of processors having a Centurion Mark between 55 -70 is below average. But these processors are also accepted in lower-priced phones. These processors (or phones) can sometimes suffer from lag as well as performance issues.

A processor having below 55 Centurion Mark:

The performance of this processor is very low, and you should avoid buying them unless you have no choice and buying a very low-priced phone that costs less than $ 100.

Parameters that impact Centurion Mark

Note: Centurion Mark = Raw Performance + Real-World Performance.

We have tested more than 20 parameters to judge the performance of the processor, but the most common parameters are as follows:

• Real-World Performance (which includes gaming, browsing, battery efficiency, and general phone use)
• User Experience
• Raw CPU Performance
• Raw GPU Performance
• Features and Technologies

The difference among Apple A14 Bionic vs. Exynos 2100 vs. Snapdragon 888 vs. Dimensity 1200 vs. Kirin 9000

We think that a single aspect score can’t tell the complete story about the processor. Therefore, here we also discuss the detailed flagship System-on-chips (SOCs) in various aspects.

CPU Performance

Ranking of CPU performance of top 5 processors:

1. Apple A14 Bionic
2. Exynos 2100
3. Snapdragon 888
4. Dimensity 1200
5. Kirin 9000

While talking about both single-threaded and multi-threaded CPU performance, Apple’s A14 Bionic processor beats the rest of all other chipsets. After that, Exynos 2100 and Snapdragon 888 come in the list, which contains a powerful Cortex-X1 derived CPU core. Next to these processors, Dimensity 1200 contains a Cortex-A78 CPU, and Kirin 9000 is at last, which has a Cortex-A77 CPU.

GPU Performance

Ranking of GPU performance of top 5 processors:

1. Apple A14 Bionic
2. Snapdragon 888
3. Kirin 9000
4. Exynos 2100
5. Dimensity 1200

A14 Bionic is still dominating the GPU performance; however, the Snapdragon 888 processor is also close to it. After these two processors in GPU performance, Kirin 9000 and then Exynos 2100 comes in the list with their Mali-G78 based GPUs. And at last Dimensity 1200 processor which has Mail-G77 featured GPU.

AI Performance

Ranking of AI performance of top 5 processors:

1. Kirin 9000
2. Apple A14 Bionic
3. Exynos 2100
4. Dimensity 1200
5. Snapdragon 888

In AI-related calculations, Kirin 9000 tops, and then Apple’s A14 Bionic and Exynos 2100 comes. The Dimensity 1200 and Snapdragon 888 processors are also not too far in this matter.

Fabrication Node

1. Apple A14 Bionic and Kirin 9000
2. Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100
3. Dimensity 1200

The Apple A14 Bionic and Kirin 9000 are designed using TSMC’s 5nm process (N5), which is better than the rest of the other processors of this list. Processors Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100 use Samsung’s 5nm LPE process, which comes next.

Modem

1. Snapdragon 888
2. Kirin 9000
3. Exynos 2100
4. Dimensity 1200
5. Apple A14 Bionic

The modem performance and their ranking of processors depends on network technologies, internet speeds, and features. All of the above processor chipsets support a 5G network.

User Experience

1. Apple A14 Bionic
2. Snapdragon 888
3. Exynos 2100, Kirin 9000, Dimensity 1200

The user experience is calculated based on day-to-day usage performance. All of these chipsets are close in this field.

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