Asus ROG Phone 5 benchmarks just leaked — and it's bad news for the Galaxy S21

Asus ROG Telephone five benchmarks only leaked — and it'southward bad news for the Galaxy S21

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New benchmarks for the Asus ROG Telephone v show that it could become the about powerful Android phone yet.

While the Samsung Galaxy S21 is already a high-performance phone, the figures that were just spotted on the Geekbench 5 benchmark tool leaderboards show that Asus stands to beat it. And all thanks to an insane corporeality of RAM.

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This unknown Asus device scored ane,131 on the single cadre portion of the test, and 3,729 on the multi-cadre portion. Those numbers beat the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, but lose to the iPhone 12 Pro Max. While Asus does brand other phones, having a device score this loftier points to information technology being the new ROG Telephone.

Geekbench 5 is also able to record some device specs. It'due south why we know this device has a monstrous 16GBs of RAM. That'southward an impressive amount of retentiveness, and rivals the amount you tin can optionally spec on the S21 Ultra.

We've previously seen an 8GB version of the ROG Phone 5 (via GSMArena) in Geekbench, that naturally has less impressive scores of 1,081 and 3,584. It's therefore probable that Asus is offer two versions of this telephone, likely in a bid to attract users with a more modest budget.

Other fundamental details for the ROG Telephone 5 are its new programmable rear lighting organization, a 64MP main rear photographic camera and a 6,000mAh battery. Expect the phone to exist unveiled around summertime of this year. A U.S. retail release is likely to follow in the autumn, with a price around $i,000.

The listing confirms that the phone uses a Snapdragon 888 chipset and Android 11. These are the latest and greatest when it comes to hardware and software respectively, and what nosotros expected Asus to use for its new phone.

The existing Asus ROG Phone 3 is already our top pick for best gaming phones. By building on this success, Asus is sure to accept another winner on its hands with the Asus ROG Phone 5.

Of also, if you were wondering where the Asus ROG Phone 4 is, it's likely the company will skip that name. This is considering the number four has negative connotations in Asian cultures.

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