Apple’s New Budget iPhone SE 3 Beats iPhone 13, Galaxy S22 Ultra on Geekbench

Mar. 12, 2022



Apple finallyreleased its much-awaited iPhone SE 3with its current flagship-grade A15 Bionic chipset alongside anew M1-powered iPad Air, anew Mac Studio, and a new Studio Displayrecently. The new iPhone SE 3 comes as a budget-focused device, packing flagship-grade internals. Nonetheless, despite being the cheapest iPhone in the company’s portfolio, the iPhone SE 3 beats last year’s iPhone 13 and even Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra on Geekbench 5. Let’s take a look at the details.

iPhone SE 3 Beats iPhone 13, Galaxy S22 Ultra on Geekbench

iPhone SE 3 Beats iPhone 13, Galaxy S22 Ultra on Geekbench

Considering its starting price of Rs 43,900 in India, the Geekbench scores of the iPhone SE 3 are pretty impressive. Comparing them with the scores of Apple’s current flagship iPhone 13, which also packs the A15 Bionic chip, they are pretty close. Whilethe single-core score of the iPhone SE is a tad bit higher than the 1672 single-core score of the iPhone 13, the 4481 multi-core score of the iPhone 13 is much higher than that of the iPhone SE 3’s multi-core score.

Now, what is really surprising is the fact thatApple’siPhone SE 3 was able to beat the top-tier model of Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series, that is the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The official single-core and multi-core Geekbench scores of the Galaxy S22 Ultra are 1232 and 3433, respectively. As you can see, these scores are significantly lower than iPhone SE 3’s single-core and multi-core scores.

A geek at heart, you’ll find me fidgeting with an iOS device or sitting in front of the laptop, scouring the internet to find interesting technological innovations. In my free time, you’d find me playing Valorant or listening to Pink Floyd.