New benchmark leaks for the Asus ROG 9 Phone suggest better performance than the Galaxy S25

by Junna Base November 11, 2024

A leaked benchmark has surfaced for the ROG Phone 9
The score suggests a leap in AI processing power
Asus will unveil the gaming phone on November 19th

The Asus ROG Phone 9 is likely to be one of the best gaming phones of the year, and we know that it will officially launch on November 19th. Now a new benchmark leak gives us an idea of how powerful this phone could be.

As spotted by MySmartPrice, the Asus ROG Phone 9 has appeared in the Geekbench ML database. The ML (Machine Learning) benchmark tests how well a phone can handle various artificial intelligence tests, and the Asus device scored 1812 points.

For comparison, the Samsung Galaxy S24 scored 1243 points in the same test, so we’re expecting a pretty big leap forward when it comes to AI – even if the Asus ROG Phone 9 doesn’t have all the tricks of Samsung’s Galaxy AI software.

We’ll have to wait and see if the phone has Gemini Nano – which is the local AI model developed by Google that helps perform AI tasks (like image and voice recognition) on the device without sending anything to the cloud.

Attractive specifications

The Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro was launched in 2024 (Image credit: Future)

The benchmark listing also confirms that the Asus ROG Phone 9 will feature Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite processor – which we already knew – and will have a massive 24GB of RAM to further improve performance.

These spec differences explain the high AI processing value: If you read our review of the Asus ROG Phone 8, you will notice that it comes with 12GB of RAM and packs the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor that was launched earlier this year 2024.

However, the current Pro model hits the same 24GB RAM mark – see our Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro review for details – so it’s likely we’re looking at the Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro here and not the standard version have to do.

We’re particularly impressed with what the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro has to offer, so we’re excited to see what its successor will bring – and once Asus officially announces all the details, you’ll be able to read about it on TechRadar.