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25% slower than apple is more than enough for a mobile chip. The new apple chips are faster than desktop chips from a few years ago

People do not seem to understand that these chips are in different price brackets, even between Qualcomm and Mediatek. That is why there is a discrepancy in performance.

Would not be fair to compare a $20 toaster to a $50 toaster and say that the $20 toaster is slower.

You got even that wrong. Single-core GB score is highest, multicore is not. Snapdragon's score is higher.