You may never have heard of the world's most powerful smartphone

The iQOO 7 is now the most powerful smartphone in the world, according to the famous AnTutu performance index. With a record score of 820,936, it beats the Realme GT and ROG Phone 5 in terms of pure performance.

iQOO is a subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Vivo, mainly present in India and China. The iQOO 7 is also distinguished by its fast 66-W charging system.

For summer 2021, the top ten ranking of the most powerful smartphones is composed exclusively of terminals running on Android, the iPhone 12 Pro Max collecting for its part a "modest" score of 615,842.

The top five have similar technical specifications, as they are all equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 system-on-chip (SoC) and 12GB of RAM.

Top 10 most powerful smartphones on the market:

1. iQOO 7 - 820,936

2. Realme GT - 816,887

3. ROG Phone 5 - 807,388

4. OnePlus 9 Pro - 798,549

5. Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra - 792,702

6. Xiaomi Mi 11 - 786,183

7. Sony Xperia 1 III 5G - 785,047

8. Xiaomi Mi 11i - 779,068

9. Redmi K40 Pro - 777,314

10. Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G - 772,170

AnTuTu is a Chinese benchmark tool that compiles a multitude of data in order to establish an index valuing the performance of all smartphones on the market.

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