Set to debut alongside the iPhone 17 range in September, the A19 and A19 Pro are tipped to use TSMC’s third-generation 3nm process. Job’s Mob plans to move to a 2nm node next year, but for now, it’s all about squeezing more out of the existing silicon. The internet, however, is once again falling for nonsense scores that claim this new silicon leaves the A18 Pro in the dust by up to 80 per cent in performance.

The most ridiculous claim is that this unannounced phone beats the M4 in multi-threaded tasks. These are the same M4 designed for desktops.

What gives it all away is that the screenshot shows the iPhone 17 Pro Max running iOS 27. It should be iOS 26. Someone clearly didn’t even bother to check which version of the operating system should be on the phone.

X user @lafaiel did the tech world a solid by sharing the dodgy screenshot and pointing out that legitimate Geekbench results don’t appear before the devices are officially revealed. “The official scores do not come out before Apple’s new smartphone series is announced,” they said, stopping this tall tale dead in its tracks.

Despite this, the 'leaked' Geekbench 6 numbers are 4,783 for single-core and 15,324 for multi-core. If true, these would represent a 41.6 per cent bump in single-core and 82 per cent in multi-core compared to the A18 Pro. That sort of leap from one generation to the next has never happened in Job’s Mob’s history.

Even more laughable is the idea that the A19 Pro trounces the M4 in both single and multi-threaded tests. Either the laws of physics have changed or someone has had too much coffee while fiddling with Photoshop.

Until someone outside Cupertino manages to grab one of these phones early these sorts of leaks will remain pure fantasy.