2025 has already welcomed three flagship chips, including Apple A19 Pro, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Samsung has also confirmed Exynos 2600, which would be launched early next year.
The three chips compete with each other in terms of performance and efficiency. Appleβs chip exclusively powers the iPhone, while Qualcomm and MediaTek provide AP solutions to Android smartphone makers.
Recently, X user Kurnal shared an image that shows a size comparison of Apple A19 Pro, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and Dimensity 9500. Appleβs silicon beats both of its rivals in terms of die efficiency, being the smallest.
Chip size β Apple vs Qualcomm vs MediaTek
Apple A19 Pro β 98.69 square millimeter
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 β 126.2 square millimeter
Notably, these chips are fabricated on TSMCβs 3nm process technology. Samsungβs upcoming Exynos 2600 is manufactured using its cutting-edge 2nm node. It would surely be smaller than Qualcomm and MediaTek chips.
The image also sheds light on the chipβs components, including CPU, GPU, and NPU. Overall, itβs a pretty nice showdown of Appleβs incredible engineering. Despite being the smallest, it doesnβt compromise performance and efficiency.
Source β Kurnal / X
Appleβs latest iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are equipped with the A19 Pro chip. Qualcommβs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 powers Android flagships such as the OnePlus 15 and is confirmed to be featured in the Galaxy S26 Ultra in early 2026.
Chinese vendors also utilize MediaTekβs Dimensity 9500 in their flagship devices. Samsungβs upcoming Exynos 2600 is slated to power Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus either in South Korea or in a handful of countries.
The Toyota bZ4X is inside the Japanese Top 30 for the first time.
New vehicle sales in Japan endure a 5th straight month of year-on-year declines in November at -5.1% to 369,721 units. Thanks to a start of the year boosted by low year-ago volumes, the YTD tally remains in positive at +3.4% to 4,230,318. 7 of the Top 8 carmakers are in negative this month. Toyota (-1.2%) leads the way above Suzuki (-3.6%) and Honda (-9.5%). Daihatsu (+9.3%) is the sole gainer near the top but drops one spot on last month to #4. Below, Nissan (-26.5%), Mazda (-17.5%), Mitsubishi (-17.2%) and Subaru (-15.4%) are all hit hard. Audi (+81.4%), Lexus (+19.3%), Mitsubishi Fuso (+17.1%) and Volkswagen (+8%) stand out further down.
Over in the regular cars ranking, both the Toyota Yaris/Cross (-22.6%) and Corolla/Cross (-32.1%) freefall but keep the lead. Obviously when separating the Cross variants these models are much weaker, which makes the Toyota Raize (+88.2%) the βtrueβ best-seller. The Toyota Sienta (+9.4%) and Roomy (+91.3%) complete the Top 5 above the Toyota Alphard (-18.4%). The Honda Freed (-9.7%) is the best-selling non Toyota like last month with the Toyota Voxy (+17.8%), Noah (+13.1%) and Honda Vezel (+19.3%) rounding out the Top 10. Below, notice the Toyota RAV4 (+284.7%), Suzuki Xbee (+100.8%) and bZ4X (+2938.5%) the latter breaking into the Top 30 for the first time for its 2nd month inside the Top 50.
Looking at kei cars, the Honda N-BOX (-10.2%) reclaims the top spot after a paltry October result when it dropped to #4. The Suzuki Spacia (-10.8%) stays at #2 ahead of last monthβs leader the Daihatsu Move (+40.2%) still surging year-on-year. The Daihatsu Tanto (-17.7%) on the other hand is in difficulty at #4. The Honda N-One (+44%), Nissan Roox (+41%), Suzuki Jimny (+38.8%) and Mitsubishi Delica Mini/eK (+32%) deliver stunning results below.
The new 4 Runner plays a part in significantly lifting Toyota sales in November.Β
DesRosiers Automotive has the Canadian new light vehicle market down a painful -8.6% year-on-year in November to an estimated 142,000 units. However, November 2024 was a particularly high comparison base as it was the first November since 2017 to pass the 150,000-unit milestone due to rushed sales in Quebeck before the end of green car subsidies. The SAAR is 1.87 million vs. 2.04 million last year. Also of note is we are very close to the pre-pandemic levels of 145,000 units in November 2019.
Among OEMs still reporting monthly sales, Toyota Motor stands out with a market-defying 8.8% year-on-year gain to over 20,000 units. Reversely, Honda Canada (-23.7%) freefalls while Hyundai-Kia (-2.1%) contains its loss. As for brands, Toyota (+10.1%) is the best performer just as Hyundai (-0.3%) manages to stay stable. Honda (-26.1%) in in a rut and Genesis (+6%), Mazda (+5%), Acura (+2.4%) and Volvo (+0.4%) are all in positive. Lexus (-0.1%) is stable.
Among models with available monthly data, the Toyota RAV4 (-6.2%) is weak yet beats the market, while the Hyundai Tucson (+39.1%) surges ahead. The Mazda CX-5 (+49.7%), Subaru Crosstrek (+30.5%), Hyundai Kona (+14.1%) and Toyota Corolla Cross (+11.1%) also post fantastic scores. Further down, notice the Toyota Grand Highlander (+143.5%), Tacoma (+60.6%), Kia Seltos (+60.1%) and Kia Sportage (+40.8%) as well as the Toyota 4Runner (+3415.4%) benefitting from a new generation.