iPhone 3GS
Scores
Single-core
about 45
about +107.4% over iPhone 3G
- Converted from Geekbench 2 score 280 through Geekbench 4
- Sample size not stated
- Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder
Multi-core
about 45
about +107.4% over iPhone 3G
- Converted from Geekbench 2 score 280 through Geekbench 4
- Sample size not stated
- Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder
GPU (Metal)
No data
Keynote claim, measured
Not measurable with Geekbench
“iPhone 3GS offers incredible speed and performance, on average up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G, so you can render web pages quicker and launch applications faster.”
Overall responsiveness (web page rendering, app launch), not a CPU or GPU figure.
iPhone 3GS announcement, June 2009, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 3GS announcement, June 2009
iPhone flagship single-core, by generation
| Device | Single-core | Change over the previous generation |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone, 2007 | about 22 | First in this line |
| iPhone 3G, 2008 | about 22 | about +0.0% |
| iPhone 3GS, 2009, this device | about 45 | about +107.4% |
| iPhone 4, 2010 | about 61 | about +35.0% |
| iPhone 4S, 2011 | about 68 | about +11% |
| iPhone 5, 2012 | about 181 | about +165.5% |
| iPhone 5s, 2013 | about 304 | about +67.9% |
| iPhone 6, 2014 | about 350 | about +15.2% |
| iPhone 6s Plus, 2015 | 601 | about +71.7% |
| iPhone 7 Plus, 2016 | 812 | +35.1% |
| iPhone 8 Plus, 2017 | 1,056 | +30.0% |
| iPhone XS, 2018 | 1,285 | +21.7% |
| iPhone 11 Pro, 2019 | 1,711 | +33.2% |
| iPhone 12 Pro, 2020 | 2,084 | +21.8% |
| iPhone 13 Pro, 2021 | 2,341 | +12.3% |
| iPhone 14 Pro, 2022 | 2,624 | +12.1% |
| iPhone 15 Pro, 2023 | 2,878 | +9.7% |
| iPhone 16 Pro, 2024 | 3,307 | +14.9% |
| iPhone 17 Pro, 2025 | 3,765 | +13.8% |
| iPhone 18 Pro, 2026 | about 4,695 | about +24.7% |
Against other devices
- iPhone 6s Plus
about 13 timesfaster
Single-core 601 vs about 45. Multi-core about 19 times faster, 858 vs about 45.
about 100 timesfaster
Single-core about 4,695 vs about 45. Multi-core about 280 times faster, about 12,521 vs about 45.
about 2 timesslower
Single-core about 22 vs about 45. Multi-core about 2 times slower, about 22 vs about 45.
about 91 timesfaster
Single-core 4,116 vs about 45. Multi-core about 340 times faster, 15,280 vs about 45.
about 93 timesfaster
Single-core 4,168 vs about 45. Multi-core about 380 times faster, 16,934 vs about 45.