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Speed Test G: OnePlus 9 vs Qualcomm’s Insider phone (Newer isn’t always better)
July 28, 2025
Recently, Qualcomm announced its own high-end, expensive smartphone made for the enthusiast market. TheSmartphone for Insiders handsetis supposed to be the optimal phone made with Qualcomm’sSnapdragon SoC, with a Snapdragon 888 processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of RAM, and lots of other high-end hardware and software features. But how does this costly phone compete in sheer performance with the olderOnePlus 9, which also has a Snapdragon 888 processor inside?
Using theSpeed Test Gbenchmark testing software,Android Authority‘s Gary Sims put the new Qualcomm Smartphone for Insiders phone up against the OnePlus 9. The final result? While it was close, the older OnePlus 9 won in the overall score, with a time of 1 minute and 58.4 seconds. The Qualcomm handset was just 0.4 seconds behind.
While the OnePlus 9 pulled away from the Qualcomm device in the CPU test by a full second, the mixed test saw the Qualcomm phone win by 0.4 seconds. The GPU test saw the Qualcomm phone beat the OnePlus 9 by just 0.1 seconds. However, it was not quite enough for the overall win.
It looks like the ASUS-made Qualcomm phone is a very fast handset, but the OnePlus 9 is just a tad faster. If you want to get the new Qualcomm Smartphone for Insiders, you can preorder it nowfor $1,499 from ASUS’ official storeahead of its official ship date on August 27. Meanwhile, the OnePlus 9 is available at a much lower price at the link below:
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