The Xperia XZ3 borrows its internals pretty much entirely from the XZ2. Frankly, this should come as no surprise, since Qualcomm's next flagship chipset is still not in circulation. Plus, the two devices were released only a few short months apart. Sony will be selling the XZ3 alongside the XZ2 lineup, at least for the time being. But, we digress.
So, for raw computational power, we are looking at a Snapdragon 845, along with 4GB of RAM - a very familiar setup. Hence, it should be entirely predictable as well? Well, for the most part.
Starting with GeekBench, which gauges CPU power, the XZ3 tends to lead the pack of Snapdragon 845 devices when it comes to single-core numbers. The Exynos Galaxies and the iPhones (which were just superseded) are out of reach, by design.
GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone X 4256
Apple iPhone 8 Plus 4232
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 3771
Samsung Galaxy Note9 3642
Sony Xperia XZ3 2486
HTC U12+ 2456
Sony Xperia XZ2 2454
OnePlus 6 2450
Xiaomi Mi 8 2431
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 2419
LG G7 ThinQ 2395
Oppo Find X 2322
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 2199
Nokia 8 Sirocco 1934
Motorola Moto Z3 1924
Google Pixel 2 XL 1915
Huawei P20 Pro 1907
Huawei Mate 10 Pro 1902
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 1807
When it comes to multi-core performance, a few of the current S845 flagships pull ahead of the XZ3, but not by all that much. The iPhones remain in a different league, and that's even before the A12 chip, which was announced yesterday.
GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone X 10215
Apple iPhone 8 Plus 10037
Samsung Galaxy Note9 9026
OnePlus 6 9011
HTC U12+ 9001
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 8883
LG G7 ThinQ 8865
Sony Xperia XZ3 8607
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 8509
Xiaomi Mi 8 8494
Sony Xperia XZ2 8466
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 8349
Oppo Find X 8018
Huawei Mate 10 Pro 6783
Nokia 8 Sirocco 6725
Huawei P20 Pro 6679
Motorola Moto Z3 6614
Google Pixel 2 XL 6428
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 6055
In graphics-focused GFXBench's 3.1 Car scene, one of the benchmark's more demanding tests, the XZ3 posts the same score as virtually all S845 devices in the offscreen part, rendered at 1080p. The 1080p competition gets an edge in fps numbers in the on-screen tests, but the Xperia is on par with the 1440p rival, give or take a frame a second. There's a bit more variation in the lighter 3.1 Manhattan test, with the XZ3 within 10% of the chart-topping Galaxy S9+ in both the offscreen and onscreen tests.
GFX 3.1 Car scene (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia XZ2 35
Sony Xperia XZ3 35
Oppo Find X 35
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 35
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 35
HTC U12+ 35
LG G7 ThinQ 35
OnePlus 6 35
Xiaomi Mi 8 33
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 28
Samsung Galaxy Note9 28
Google Pixel 2 XL 25
Motorola Moto Z3 25
Nokia 8 Sirocco 25
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 24
Huawei P20 Pro 23
Huawei Mate 10 Pro 22
GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 37
Sony Xperia XZ2 33
OnePlus 6 33
Xiaomi Mi 8 33
Oppo Find X 28
Motorola Moto Z3 23
Huawei Mate 10 Pro 21
Huawei P20 Pro 21
HTC U12+ 20
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 20
Sony Xperia XZ3 19
LG G7 ThinQ 18
Samsung Galaxy Note9 15
Nokia 8 Sirocco 15
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 14
Google Pixel 2 XL 13
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 13
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 61
Oppo Find X 60
HTC U12+ 60
OnePlus 6 58
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 58
LG G7 ThinQ 57
Sony Xperia XZ3 56
Sony Xperia XZ2 55
Xiaomi Mi 8 53
Apple iPhone X 51
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 47
Samsung Galaxy Note9 45
Motorola Moto Z3 42
Google Pixel 2 XL 42
Huawei P20 Pro 40
Huawei Mate 10 Pro 38
Nokia 8 Sirocco 34
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 30
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 57
OnePlus 6 55
Sony Xperia XZ2 51
Oppo Find X 50
Xiaomi Mi 8 50
Apple iPhone X 44
Motorola Moto Z3 37
Huawei P20 Pro 37
Huawei Mate 10 Pro 35
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 34
HTC U12+ 33
Sony Xperia XZ3 31
LG G7 ThinQ 30
Samsung Galaxy Note9 25
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 24
Google Pixel 2 XL 21
Nokia 8 Sirocco 18
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 15
In Antutu, the Xperia XZ3 posts top scores, just short of the Oppo Find X, and comfortably ahead of the XZ2 and XZ2 Premium.
AnTuTu 7
Higher is better
Oppo Find X 291218
Sony Xperia XZ3 284555
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium 264734
OnePlus 6 264200
Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon) 264044
HTC U12+ 263696
LG G7 ThinQ 259393
Sony Xperia XZ2 259244
Samsung Galaxy Note9 248823
Samsung Galaxy S9+ 246660
Xiaomi Mi 8 217298
Huawei P20 Pro 209884
Nokia 8 Sirocco 209577
Motorola Moto Z3 207903
Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 9) 206711
Google Pixel 2 XL 203119
It is, however, important to point out that the numbers in these charts represent the Xperia XZ3's performance in initial runs of the benchmarks. Repeated runs resulted in progressively lower scores, particularly in Antutu where it dipped to about 255K, and to a degree in GFXBench, but not so much in GeekBench. That's not uncommon, and we rarely see sustained benchmark performance on any phone. In any case, the Xperia XZ3 does perform to a flagship standard.
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