The better node used seems to be giving it quite an edge, even above Xiaomi's O3 chip (on the single thread performance, not sure about the 3D part, let's see).
Apple's A20 Pro has surfaced on Geekbench inside the iPhone 18 Pro Max. It comfortably beats early Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Dimensity 9600 Pro results in single-core performance, although Xiaomi's Xring O3 takes the multi-core lead.