If you are looking for the most powerful phone to run even the most punishing mobile game in 2022, the Philippines is blessed with a number of flagship and mid-range phones that pack a punch. Based on the scores we got from Geekbench Single-core, Geekbench Multi-Core, Geekbench Compute, and PCMark Work, the majority of these phones in our list rock the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Without any surprise, the newly-announced ROG Phone 6 Pro is the most powerful phone in the Philippines, which rocks the latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor. The most powerful phone using a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 goes to the Motorola Edge 30 Pro, while the POCO X4 GT is a unique mid-range phone that has a Dimensity 8100 processor that’s so good that it can compete against flagship-level processors like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 9000 is just as powerful, as the one we tested on the X80 does give phones using a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 a run for their money in some benchmark tests.
Most Powerful Phones in the Philippines 2022
- ASUS ROG Phone 6 Pro (Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1)
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Motorola Edge 30 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
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Xiaomi 12 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
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POCO F4 GT (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
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vivo X80 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
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OnePlus 10 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
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Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
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vivo X80 (Dimensity 9000)
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ASUS ROG Phone 5s Pro (Snapdragon 888+)
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POCO X4 GT (Dimensity 8100)
ASUS ROG Phone 6 Pro (Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1)
Geekbench Single Core: 1303
Geekbench Multi-Core: 4168
Geekbench Compute: 6437
PCMark Work: 12198
Without a doubt, the ROG Phone 6 Pro is the true king in terms of power, as it has the latest and best processor from Qualcomm, along with all the necessary cooling needed to keep it performing to the nines. Not to mention, the ROG Phone 6 Pro is the only phone officially available in the Philippines to have as much as 18GB RAM.
Motorola Edge 30 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) – 3638
Geekbench Single Core: 1195
Geekbench Multi-Core:Â 3638
Geekbench Compute: 6282
PCMark Work: 15085
The Edge 30 Pro is an underrated flagship, as Motorola was able to properly optimize the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 to have the best performance possible. After all, there are advantages to being the first brand to use Qualcomm’s 2022 flagship processor.
Xiaomi 12 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
Geekbench Single Core: 1226
Geekbench Multi-Core:Â 3439
Geekbench Compute: 6037
PCMark Work: 12770
As the second phone to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the Xiaomi 12 Pro does not throttle the processor in handling graphics-intensive tasks. Do mind, however, that the Xiaomi 12 Pro tends to heat up in some intense gaming scenarios.
POCO F4 GT (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) – 3458
Geekbench Single Core: 1238
Geekbench Multi-Core:Â 3458
Geekbench Compute: 5941
PCMark Work: 11012
POCO’s gaming-focused F4 GT is also a good phone–and an affordable alternative to mainstream gaming phones like the ROG Phone 5s Pro. The F4 GT does stay true to being a gaming phone with its side-mounted gaming triggers and its aesthetics on the back panel.
vivo X80 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
Geekbench Single Core: 1238
Geekbench Multi-Core: 3687
Geekbench Compute: 5897
PCMark Work: 9719
While the X80 Pro is geared more toward photography, its use of a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 makes it a powerful device–though vivo’s FunTouch OS does have a rather peculiar way in handling games.
OnePlus 10 Pro (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
Geekbench Single Core: 817
Geekbench Multi-Core:Â 3379
Geekbench Compute: 5896
PCMark Work: 11257
The OnePlus 10 Pro is one of the few flagship phones that does underclock its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Despite that, it still ranks among our top 10 list of most powerful phones for the first half of 2022.
Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1)
Geekbench Single Core: 1242
Geekbench Multi-Core:Â 3500
Geekbench Compute: 5850
PCMark Work: 13445
It’s been a while since Samsung sold its Galaxy S-series phones with Qualcomm chipsets, and this makes all Galaxy S22 series phones in the Philippines truly powerful and at par with the current flagship competition.
vivo X80 (Dimensity 9000)
Geekbench Single Core: 1172
Geekbench Multi-Core: 3828
Geekbench Compute: 5806
PCMark Work: 11117
As one of the very few phones in the Philippines to use the Dimensity 9000, the vanilla X80 proves to be a powerful device, being one of the rare MediaTek-powered phones that can go head-to-head with Qualcomm’s flagship silicon.
ASUS ROG Phone 5s Pro (Snapdragon 888+)
Geekbench Single Core: 1163
Geekbench Multi-Core: 3694
Geekbench Compute: 4813
PCMark Work: 16381
Another ROG Phone joins our list with the ROG Phone 5s Pro, as the Snapdragon 888+ is still pretty powerful for most users. It may be two generations old, but the Snapdragon 888+ is good enough to handle the most demanding mobile games out there.
POCO X4 GT (Dimensity 8100)
Geekbench Single Core: 923
Geekbench Multi-Core:Â 3681
Geekbench Compute: 4188
PCMark Work: 12939
Rounding up our list is not a flagship phone–but a mid-range device with the POCO X4 GT. What makes it crazy is its Dimensity 8100 processor, which performs more like a flagship processor despite MediaTek marketing it as a mid-range processor.
Overall, our list for the most powerful phones in the Philippines shows that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 will be the top dog for the rest of the year and that MediaTek’s next-gen Dimensity processors like the 8100 pack so much power for a mid-range chipset, that it can rival flagship processors like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
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