8 years old isn't exactly new. Consider the performance difference though. Geekbench Geekbench Geekbench A15 A15

8 years old isn't exactly new. Consider the performance difference though. Geekbench Geekbench Geekbench A15 A15 1-Thread N-Thread Metal ST %faster Metal %faster iphone 5s 260 447 21 552% 67619% iphone 6 306 567 450 454% 3060% iphone 6s/SE 528 967 2411 221% 489% iphone 7 723 1283 3094 134% 359% iphone 8 910 1873 3732 86% 281% iphone XR 1104 2190 5310 54% 167% iphone 11/SE2 1311 3271 7330 29% 94% iphone 12 1574 3878 9177 8% 55% iphone 13/SE3 1695 4648 14221 ---- ---- If you were to look at that list, iphone 6 is an easy cutoff based on single-thread and GPU performance.