A move to Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM) custom packaging technology for the A20 Pro has done wonders for Apple’s 2nm iPhone SoC. Sure, the larger vapor chamber also contributes to a fair degree, but we’ve already seen that the new silicon has broken several records in Geekbench 6. Now, one YouTuber has tested various smartphones with liquid nitrogen and ran the same benchmark to see how much performance is being left on the table, and surprisingly, the A20 Pro shows less than a 3 percent improvement with the ludicrous cooling.

MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 benefitted the most from liquid nitrogen cooling with a 12.66 percent uplift in Geekbench 6 scores; A19 Pro also witnessed a decent bump

With the DRAM moved to the side instead of being on top of the A20 Pro, the latter now has sufficient thermal headroom, allowing it to reach new levels of sustained performance, as shown by the tests run by YouTuber Geekerwan, liquid nitrogen introduces a major increase in both single-core and multi-core results, but the A20 Pro witnesses the smallest difference because of the optimizations that Apple has incorporated to its 2nm SoC

The scores are shown in the image below, and we’ve highlighted the differences with the use of liquid nitrogen. With the additional cooling, the A20 Pro is 0.76 percent faster in single-core workloads and 2.49 percent faster in multi-threaded results. As for the A19 Pro, it becomes 5.77 percent faster in single-core results and 10.06 percent in the multi-core benchmark. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 receives the second-highest uplift in multi-threaded performance, thanks to achieving a 12.62 percent higher score.

As for the Dimensity 9500, liquid nitrogen was certainly the latter’s best friend because it became 9.14 percent faster in Geekbench 6’s single-core result and 12.66 percent in the multi-core category. Even though this benchmark isn’t an accurate metric for determining sustained performance, even a slight bit of cooling will result in increased scores. For the A20 Pro, the packaging improvements and vapor chamber upgrade mean that Apple has brought its silicon closer to liquid nitrogen-level cooling, at least for short-burst tests.

A closer look at the A20 Pro’s sustained performance will be when it’s pushed to the limit, when running demanding games or benchmarked through multiple loops.

News Source: Geekerwan

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