LIST: Best-performing Android flagship phones as of Dec. 2022

AnTuTu Benchmark has released its top-performing Android flagship smartphones, as of December 2022. So if you’re looking for the most powerful phones, either for gaming or just daily driving, then this is the list for you.

Of the list, nine of the top ten flagship phones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon top-tier chips, with only one with a MediaTek chip. Moreover, this is also the first time that an Android flagship phone’s performance scores have come close to that of an iPhone’s. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s CPU performance is very close to that of the A16, while the GPU performance has surpassed the A16.

Meanwhile, the top six Android sub-flagship phones are powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 8100 chips. The next four, on the other hand, come with Snapdragon 870 SoCs.

Check out the lists below.

Top Ten Best Performing Android Flagship Phones

The top two smartphones are both under vivo. The top one is the vivo X90+ Pro, the current most powerful Android phone in the global market with an average score of 1.29 million.

While second is the iQOO 11 Pro, another powerhouse under the vivo sub-brand iQOO. Ever since Huawei suffered after it was blacklisted, vivo became much more popular and has improved much of their phone’s design and performance.

1. vivo X90 Pro+
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
   Average score: 1,290,933
2. iQOO 11 Pro
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
   Average score: 1,272,766
3. ROG Phone 6
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   Average score: 1,108,094
4. Legion Y70
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   Average score: 1,104,884
5. Asus ZenFone 9
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   Average score: 1,071,459
6. Mi 12T Pro
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   Average score: 1,060,570
7. Redmi K50 Ultra
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
   Average score: 1,059,149
8. iQOO Neo7
   Dimensity 9000+
   Average score: 1,034,071
9. Black Shark 5 Pro
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
   Average score: 1,028,316
10. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 5G
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
    Average score: 1,007,192

Top Ten Best Performing Android Sub-flagship Phones

The sub-flagship phones are devices that offer strong performance, comparable to true flagships, and hence can still be called flagship by some brands. However, these usually have lesser specs in one form or the other when compared to true flagships. It is also often times priced less.

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Under the sub-flagship brand, the top phone is the Mi 12T, powered by a Dimensity 8100-Ultra. In fact, there are several Xiaomi and Redmi phones on the list, including the Poco X4 GT, the Redmi K50i, the Redmi Note 11T Pro, and the Poco F3. Several realme phones also make the top ten, including the realme GT Neo3, the realme GT Neo2, and the realme GT Neo3T.

1. Mi 12T
   Dimensity 8100-Ultra
   Average score: 825,308
2. realme GT Neo3
   Dimensity 8100
   Average score: 811,533
3. Poco X4 GT
   Dimensity 8100
   Average score: 789,709
4. Redmi K50i
   Dimensity 8100
   Average score: 781,485
5. Redmi Note 11T Pro
   Dimensity 8100
   Average score: 780,365
6. OnePlus 10R 5G
   Dimensity 8100-Max
   Average score: 760,402
7. realme GT Neo2
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
   Average score: 730,749
8. iQOO Neo6
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
   Average score: 725,298
9. realme GT Neo3T
   Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
   Average score: 711,464
10. Poco F3
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
    Average score: 704,019

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