Craig Federighi, Apple Inc. Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Speaks on Stage During an Apple Event in San Francisco
Craig Federighi, Apple Inc. Senior Vice President of Software Engineering speaks on stage during an Apple event in San Francisco, California. Reuters Reuters

Apple threatens to widen the gap between Android with its latest Metal API and 64-bit Application Processors. Despite Android able to compete hardware-wise with Apple devices, Google Play still remains unable to host some of iPhone's top rated games. The difference may possibly become more evident as Apple moves forward to better gaming features.

Android leads in the number of hardware shipments but competition intensifies as Apple strives to work more on differentiating its platform with a gaming lead. A number of Android handsets trump the iPhone 6 over RAM size, faster clocked chips and number of processor cores. However, Apple's latest iPhone 6 flagship series wows in CPU performance.

According to AppleInsider, Apple's newest A8 Application Processor is approximately 20 percent faster compared to the A7's CPU benchmark. The 64-bit A7 architecture has set the bar high that even the iPhone 5s remains competitive until today compared to the most premium Android phones.

The GPU performance is another point of comparison separating Apple from Android by a large margin. According to benchmark tests like GFXBench, Samsunng's Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S5 running on a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Application Processor and Adreno 330 graphics yielded low level graphics results that can compete and may be better compared to Apple. This is not the case for higher level tests of OpenGL APIs. Once Apple and Android are tested against video game graphics simulation, Samsung's numbers cannot compete. This also applies to Nexus 5 that runs on a more outdated Snapdragon 800 processor and Adreno 330 GPU. It scored low numbers under OpenGL tests.

Android's choice to go for basic Mali graphics to cut down the price has taken a toll on the gaming potential of its devices. Android's fragmented platform with a diversified range of components hinder developers from making sure their apps perform to their fullest potential.

The fragmented platform and lower gaming potential scores are just the tip of the iceberg as Samsung appears to slide down against Apple on its own. According to Venture Beat, the South Korean tech giant has been collapsing on its own accord with revenues projected to fall by as much as 20.5 percent. Samsung also stated in its press release that profits can go down by 59.8 percent. Analysts projected previously that Samsung would post around $5.2 billion but the company's projection came up short at $3.8 billion.