Lenovo‘s Legion Go 2 has surfaced in yet another leak after its initial sighting. This time around, we get to see this handheld in action, taking on intensive titles and even outperforming some of its rivals. The benchmarks have revealed interesting performance metrics, so let’s check it out.

Lenovo’s Legion Go 2 Outpaces MSI Claw A8 in Benchmarks

In a video shared on YouTube (Via NotebookCheck), another Legion Go 2 prototype was seen running the Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The video showcases multiple handheld consoles running this game, which even includes the recently unveiled MSI Claw A8. Despite both handhelds running on the same Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU, the Legion Go 2 managed a higher average framerate of 49fps, over the Claw A8’s 44fps.

The built-in benchmark on the Shadow of the Tomb Raider was run at 1080p resolution. What’s more interesting is the fact that the Legion Go 2 outpacing the Claw A8 in the video was a prototype model. As of right now, the MSI Claw A8 is one of the more powerful gaming handhelds, so this paints a positive picture of what we can expect from Lenovo’s next gaming handheld generation.

The video further goes on to add that the Legion Go 2 might be offering better performance thanks to the additional 8GB of RAM and a better thermal dissipation system. While RAM might not have a big impact on performance after a certain capacity, heat management is can play quite a role in such a form factor. These devices are expected to run AAA titles in a portable body.

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The global smartphone market keeps growing, especially with Android manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Oppo, and Samsung releasing new models almost every day to try to stay ahead of their competitors. However, with countless options, consumers can feel overwhelmed. That’s where benchmark platforms help. Recently, a well-known benchmarking platform “Master Lu” has released its highly anticipated March 2023 performance and smoothness rankings for new Android smartphones. Here are the details…

Oppo Find X6 Pro leads in March 2023 Android smartphone performance rankings

With the release of second-generation Snapdragon 8 CPU’s, Oppo and Meizu have emerged as frontrunners in this month’s rankings. The Oppo Find X6 Pro scored an impressive 1,405,592 points, outperforming other Snapdragon 8-powered devices. Meizu’s 20 series took the second and third positions, demonstrating their competitive edge in the market.

The Redmi Note 12 Turbo, powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, dubbed “Little 8+”, managed to surpass several first-generation Snapdragon 8+ processor models. This performance reversal is a testament to the rapid advancements in processor technology and the potential for mid-range devices to compete with their high-end counterparts.

When it comes to smoothness, Meizu and OPPO are in a tight race, with the Meizu 20 Pro claiming the top spot and the OPPO Find X6 Pro trailing by a mere 0.02-point difference. Both brands have showcased their commitment to providing users with a seamless and smooth experience.

The OnePlus Ace 2V and Redmi Note12 Turbo also made their mark in the smoothness rankings, proving that a variety of manufacturers are dedicated to delivering high-quality devices that meet the ever-evolving demands of consumers. It remains to be seen how the competition will unfold in the coming months, but one thing is certain: Android users can look forward to exciting developments and cutting-edge technology in their smartphones.

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Vivo is all set to launch its flagship smartphones under the new Vivo X90 series. The company has scheduled a launch event on 22nd November, i.e. tomorrow, in its home country China to announce the new phones.

Ahead of the official launch tomorrow, the top-end model in the lineup — Vivo X90 Pro+, has been leaked through the Geekbench benchmarking platform, revealing some key details about the phone.

The Geekbench listing reveals that the Vivo X90 Pro+ smartphone with model number Vivo V2227a is powered by 12GB of RAM and has managed to score 1,480 points in the single-core test while it scored 5,106 points in the multi-core test.

For those who are unaware, the smartphone will be powered by the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, which is manufactured using the 4nm process. The chipset will be paired with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. The smartphone will be featuring a 6.7-inch 1260p AMOLED panel that will offer a 120Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate.

In the camera department, there will be a quad-camera setup consisting of a 1-inch 50MP Sony IMX989V primary sensor accompanied by a 64MP OmniVision OV64A telephoto lens. There’s also a 48MP Sony IMX598 ultra-wide-angle lens and a 50MP Sony IMX578 portrait lens. On the front side, there’s a 32 MP shooter on the front.

We expect the smartphone to come running the Android 13 operating system with the company’s own custom user interface on top. The device will most likely come packed with a 4,700mAh battery and offer 80W wired charging and 50W wireless charging support.

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An early benchmark of the Apple M1 Ultra chipset has just surfaced online. Looking at the results, the company’s latest desktop grade processor showcased an impressive performance, which even rivaled one of the most powerful chips from AMD as well.

Apple M1 Ultrahttps://t.co/JQZBk7lDa1

— Benchleaks (@BenchLeaks) March 8, 2022

The benchmark was shared by @Benchleaks on Twitter and showed off some really great performance. In the multi core result on GeekBench 5, the Cupertino based giant’s top end flagship processor scored a whopping 24,055 points. For reference, the M1 Ultra almost caught up to the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X processor. The Apple chipset was just a few percentages behind the Team Red beast.

Keep in mind, that the Threadripper is a 64 core processor. So, its quite surprising to see that the M1 Ultra that was just announced is already rivaling some of the most powerful processors in the market. For those unaware, the M1 Ultra is basically two M1 Max SoCs linked together, in what Apple calls UltraFusion. This essentially doubles the core count of the M1 Max, bringing it to a total of 20 cores. Out of these, 16 cores are high performance while 4 focus on power efficiency.

It doesn’t end there as the M1 Ultra’s GPU cores also hit 64 cores, along with a staggering 128GB of unified memory that runs at an impressive 800GBps. This shows that Apple is no slouch when it comes to desktop processors, and isn’t making chipsets just for thin and light notebooks. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X was only 4.5 percent faster than the M1 Ultra chipset, which only had 20 cores in total. Keep in mind that these are still just synthetic benchmarks, and we will have to wait and see what real live performance and tests show.

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HMD Global, the company which is launching Nokia-branded phones in the market, is gearing up to unveil a new device. An upcoming Nokia smartphone with the model name Suzume has been spotted on benchmarking platform.

The upcoming Nokia Suzume smartphone has been spotted on Geekbench and the listing has revealed some key details about this new device.

The smartphone is revealed to come powered by an octa-core processor which is expected to be the Samsung Exynos 7884 chipset, the same processor that is powering the South Korean company’s Samsung A10.

It comes packed with 3GB of RAM and runs the Android 12 operating system out-of-the-box. The device has managed to score 306 points in the single-core test while in the multi-core test, it scored 1,000 points.

The Samsung Exynos 7884 chipset is manufactured using the 14nm processor which makes it a bit old given that most modern chips are now being manufactured using 4nm node. It comes packed with two Cortex-A73 cores and six A53 cores, along with a Mali-G71 MP2 GPU and an LTE modem.

The Nokia Suzume (which means Sparrow in Japanese) may be one of the four devices that were recently leaked. Given the specs, the phone seems like a budget to the mid-range offering and could come with an LCD display and a triple-camera setup on the back.

We expect more details about this Nokia Suzume smartphone to surface online in the coming days or weeks. Given that the device has already appeared on the benchmarking platform, the launch of the device could happen soon.

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A recent benchmark performance has revealed that the Apple A15 chipset on the upcoming iPhone 13 will still be capable of beating the next gen flagship Android processors in terms of performance.

Apple A15 GPU peak benchmark test
Manhattan 3.1: 198 FPS (July unit sample)
However, after second round of test, throttling kicks in and drops to 140~150FPS.
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Source: https://t.co/Sl1xfN5ktB

— Tron ❂ (@FrontTron) September 6, 2021

The news arrives from known tipster FrontTron, who shared the benchmark on Twitter. According to him, the benchmark tests were performed on a sample of the A15 chip. These results were discussed in a Korean forum called Clien. Looking at the benchmarking results, the new A15 chip managed to achieve a peak score of 198 fps on the Manhattan 3.1 test. However, throttling caused the score to noticeably drop to around 140 to 150 fps in the second round of tests.

On the other hand, the iPhone 12 averages around 170.7 fps peak performance in this same benchmark test. As per FrontTron, the throttling did not seem like an issue since the overall peak is “way exceeding” the peak of the previous gen A14 chip. Although, the sharp drop in the second round test can’t be simply ruled out. But, this was a sample A15 that was from the July 2021 batch.

Notably, this also reveals that the iPhone 13’s A15 is around 13.7 percent faster than the A14 from last year. Furthermore, despite the drop in performance due to throttling, it is still capable of outperforming its Android counterparts by a considerable margin. As of right now, there is no way of confirming this news so take it with a pinch of salt and stay tuned, as the Cupertino based giant is expected to launch this chip with the iPhone 13 later this month.

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Samsung has been known to be working on its next generation Exynos chipset that features a GPU from AMD. Now, an initial benchmark has revealed that the new Exynos 2200 processor with mRDNA graphics has beaten even the Apple A14 Bionic chipset as well.

Exynos 2200 AMD mRDNA architecture GPU
June sample
6CU based 1.31Ghz clock test
with AMD provided development beta version driver

Manhattan 3.1: 170.7 fps
Aztec normal: 121.4 fps
Aztec high: 51.5 fps

Similar to A14 (reference below)

Source:https://t.co/kO58OaB12b

— Tron ❂ (@FrontTron) August 24, 2021

The news arrives from a tweet from Tron (Via NoteBookCheck) that revealed some benchmark results between the two chipsets. Looking at these results, the Exynos 2200 achieved 170.7fps in the Manhattan 3.1 test while the A14 Bionic recorded 120fps. Similarly, in the Aztec Normal benchmark, the Exynos registered 121.4fps while the A14 only managed to reach 79.9fps. The noticeable difference in frames is also visible in the Aztec High test, with the Exynos 2200 achieving 51.5fps over the A14 Bionic’s 30fps.

These figures showcase the sizeable performance difference between the two mobile processors. Notably, the difference in performance is around the 45 percent mark, with the Exynos 2200 from the South Korean tech giant being in the clear lead. Tron further added that these results were registered back in June 2021 and the Exynos chip was running on the development beta drivers that were provided by AMD.

In other words, these can not be seen as a direct and final representation of the Exynos 2200’s performance when it ships with the upcoming Galaxy S22 series. But regardless, this still offers us a decent estimate as to what we can expect with the next generation of Samsung flagship smartphones, which would also excite its loyal customer base.

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If the reports are to be believed, then the South Korean giant Samsung is gearing up to launch its next-generation S-series flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S21 lineup, in January 2020, weeks earlier than the usual timeline.

Now, with a few days left for the smartphone to go official, the Samsung Galaxy S21 powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset has appeared on the benchmarking platform Geekbench.

As per the listing on the benchmarking platform, it managed to score 3,319 points in the multi-core test. Surprisingly, the score is quite low when compared to the same smartphone powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 2100 chipset, which managed to score almost 4,000 points on Geekbench.

Samsung has been launching two variants of its Galaxy S-series flagship smartphone based on the chipset used. The Qualcomm-powered models are made available in the United States, South Korea, and China while the rest of the world gets Exynos-powered variants.

Most users have been complaining about getting the Exynos variant in their region as the Qualcomm-powered model offers better power management. However, it seems that the tables have turned this time if the benchmark scores are to be believed.

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It’s interesting to see Samsung Exynos 2100 outperforming the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset. Both of them are said to have the same CPU architecture with X1 Core which will reach 2.91GHz in Exynos 2100 while in SD875, it will reach 2.84GHz.

Reports indicate that the three Cortex-A78 cores will be clocked at 2.81GHz on Samsung’s chipset while they will be running at 2.42GHz on the Qualcomm processor. Also, the four Cortex-A55 cores in SD875 will be at 1.8GHz while the Exynos 2100 will have them running at about 2.21GHz. Thus, Samsung’s chipset is performing better in the multi-core tests.

Do note that these are just the benchmark results leaked online and it remains to be seen how the device performs with real-world usage. The wait for the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series phones isn’t long as they are expected to go official in the second week of January 2021.

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A few days ago, Apple officially unveiled its new M1 chipset for Mac devices, which is a part of the company’s Apple Silicon ARM-powered processors. Now, with the new M1-powered Mac devices going on sale, details about its performance are surfacing online.

A Cinebench benchmarking result of the MacBook Pro powered by the M1 processor, 8GB RAM, and 512GB internal storage reveals that the laptop scored 7,508 points in the multi-core test and 1,498 in the single-core test.

cinebench
7508 multi core and 1498 single core#MacbookPro pic.twitter.com/dWaHaQOOqn

— Ali King Fans Intl (@mnloona48_) November 16, 2020

To put that into perspective, the scores are similar to Intel’s 11th-generation chipsets. The 2019 16-inch low-end MacBook Pro with a 2.6GHz processor scored 6912 points in the multi-core test and 1,113 points in the single-core test.

Recently, the M1-powered MacBook Pro was spotted on Geekbench 5 which revealed that the newly launched machine outperforms the Core i9-9880H powered 16-inch MacBook Pro in both single- and multi-core tests.

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Apple’s newly launched M1 chipset is made using the 5nm process and packs 16 billion transistors, which is significantly higher than the 11.8 billion used in the iPhone 12’s A14 Bionic. The CPU core has an eight-core arrangement, which includes four high-performance cores for heavy-duty work and four high-efficiency cores for low-priority tasks.

It also has dedicated circuitry for graphics and artificial intelligence processing. The memory chips are also housed within the same chip package alongside the processor, which should result in better speed.

Apple Silicon’s M1 chipset-powered Mac devices are claimed by the company to be three and a half times faster than the previous Intel-based models. The graphics speed also comes in five times faster, according to Apple.

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The AMD Ryzen 5000 series chipsets were recently announced to the world. The company’s new lineup had it showcase its improvement in a single core performance to trump its rival Intel, and now, the first real gaming benchmarks have showcased that Team Red may have managed to achieve this.

According to a TechnoSports report, a YouTube channel named Pichau has recently uploaded a video that benchmark the new Ryzen 5000 series processors. These are effectively the first real gaming benchmarks we have seen of the new chips and showcases some very interesting results. In the gaming benchmarks, the new AMD processors beat the currently gen Intel flagship processor in almost every game, which included AAA titles and competitive games as well.

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While the Ryzen 9 5900X was showed great results, the Ryzen 5600X is what showed the most impressive results. The mid range chip from AMD managed to beat the Intel flagship i9-10900K in a few titles and traded blows in other games as well. What’s more surprising is that games that were generally known to favor Intel chips like Counter Strike: Global Offensive, showed better results on the new Ryzen processors by a margin of up to 20 percent.

All of the benchmarks had Pichau use an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, which ran every game at 1080p. At this resolution, the CPU and its per core performance is what matters. So if the budget Ryzen 5600X can beat the consumer flagship Intel chip already, we can expect it to blow past other 10th Gen Intel chips already. Although, it would be better to reign in expectations despite the impressive performance and wait for additional benchmarks before celebrating too early.

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Last week, the HUAWEI Mate40 series made its global debut. These smartphones launched in China today. But ahead of it, Master Lu, a popular Chinese benchmarking platform had revealed the scores of HUAWEI Mate40 Pro+ on Weibo in the morning.

The scores of HUAWEI Mate40 Pro+ with HiSilcion Kirin 9000 are better than Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. But since the handset is yet to go on sale, the scores may come down as Master Lu Benchmark uses average score rather than the highest score. 

But still, it will beat the older Snapdragon 865. The bigger question is how well it will stand against the upcoming Snapdragon 875, which is also reported to be based on 5nm manufacturing process.

That said, here’s a table comparing the current scores of HUAWEI Mate40 Pro+ and Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra.

Anyway, benchmark scores don’t translate real-world performances. Hence, we do not recommend anyone buying a smartphone purely based on the points scored by it on multiple benchmarking platforms.

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Xiaomi-backed Redmi is all set to launch its new Redmi 10X series smartphones in China on 26th May and ahead of the launch, the company has confirmed that the devices will come powered by the newly announced MediaTek Dimensity 820 SoC.

Recently, the company has also shared AnTuTu benchmark score of the upcoming smartphone, which managed to score an impressive 406,664 points. With such score, it has easily surpassed the score from its rival Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G SoC.

A screenshot of comparing AnTuTu benchmark scores of Dimensity 820 SoC and Snapdragon 765G SoC has surfaced online which shows the former scoring 406,664 points while the later managed to score 325,155 points.

When compared, it seems that the Dimensity 820 is surpassing its Snapdragon counterpart in every segment, be it CPU, GPU, Memory or User Experience (UX).

Coming to the chipset’s specifications, the MediaTek Dimensity 820 offers four high-performance Arm Cortex-A76 cores at 2.6GHz and four Arm Cortex-A74 cores at 2.0GHz. It is claimed to deliver superb performance and responsiveness, among its incredible AI, gaming and photography experiences.

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It supports global sub-6GHz 5G networks in Asia, North America, and Europe. Thanks to Imagiq 5.0 ISP, it supports up to four cameras with sensors size as high as 80 megapixels and also comes with support for Multiframe 4K video HDR and is optimized for gaming.

On the other hand, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G is a 7nm chipset that includes one Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76) CPU working at 2.4GHz, one Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76) CPU clocking at 2.2GHz and six Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55) working at 1.8GHz.

It is integrated with X52 5G modem and supports sub-6GHz and mmWave. The chipset comes with Spectra 355 ISP to support single camera of up to 192-megapixel and single camera of 36-megapixel with zero shutter lag and multi-frame noise reduction. It also comes with 5th generation AI engine on SD765G offer 5.5TOPs of computing power.

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Google Pixel 4a smartphone launch is around the corner and ahead of the official announcement from the company, more and more information about the device keeps surfacing online.

In the latest development, we have got indication about the smartphone’s performance as the benchmark results have been leaked online. Going by the benchmark results, it seems that the device is quite promising in terms of performance.

YouTuber Julio Lusson from the TecnoLike Plus has put the Google Pixel 4a to the test to determine how powerful the device is in various benchmark analyses. In the AnTuTu benchmark, the phone seems to have scored 268,971 points.

In the GeekBench testing, the device seems to have scored 2,544 points in the single-core test and 6,370 points in the multi-core test. In the video, the YouTuber is also showcasing the real-life performance of the phone through gameplays, video playback, and more.

The Google Pixel 4a features a 5.81-inch OLED Full HD+ display with a punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner for housing the front-facing snapper. Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chipset along with 6GB of RAM.

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In terms of storage, the device will be offered in two options — 64GB and 128GB. The phone will also have Google Titan M security chip. It is running Android 10 operating system out-of-the-box and will be powered by a 3,080mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging technology.

The Google Pixel 4a is expected to be available in at least two color options — Just Black and Barely Blue and will reportedly start at $399. To know for sure about the smartphone, we’ll have to wait for the official launch event.

The Google Pixel 4a was expected to get launched on 22nd May but a recent report claimed that instead of getting the smartphone this month, we may have to wait till the first week of June to get our hands on the Pixel 4a. It reveals that the sale of the device could now start from 5th June.

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During the launch of MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ chipset, it was revealed that iQOO will be the first manufacturer to launch a smartphone powered by this processor. Recently, it was confirmed that the device is named iQOO Z1 5G and will launch on 19th May.

Now, just days ahead of the official unveiling, the company has shared an image on its Weibo account which reveals that the smartphone has managed to score more than 530,000 points on AnTuTu Benchmark.

Although the benchmark score of the MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ chipset is not as high as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, it is still among the most powerful smartphone chipsets, easily ranking in the top three.

The chipset is an enhanced version of the Dimensity 1000 SoC launched a few months ago and comes with MediaTek’s proprietary 5G UltraSave technology that helps save battery consumption. It can also automatically switch between the networks and dynamically adjusts working mode of the modem.

It is powered by four Cortex-A77 cores up to 2.6GHz and four Cortex A55 cores up to 2 GHz. The chipset also uses the latest HyperEngine 2.0 technologies to optimise the smartphone for a more fluid and immersive gaming experience.

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As for the iQOO Z1 5G, the smartphone is now confirmed to come with support for 144Hz refresh rate screen and users will be able to switch between refresh rate options like 60Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz and 144Hz.

Renders of the upcoming device have also been shared by the company which shows that the smartphone has a rectangular-shaped camera module in the top-left corner which has three camera sensors. It also reveals that the device will be available in at least two colors.

The phone is expected to come with support for 44W fast charging technology. As for the pricing, leaks indicate that the 6GB RAM + 128GB Storage variant of the device could be priced at 2,698 yuan (~$352). The iQOO Z1 5G is currently up for reservation in China.

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The repercussions of the MediaTek scandal are growing. Now, UL Benchmarks, a known benchmarking platform for PCs and smartphones, have delisted handsets from Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Sony and Realme that feature the MediaTek processor.

For those unaware, MediaTek was recently accused of cheating on benchmarks. According to AnandTech, the chipmaker pushes its chipsets to unsustainable ‘Sports Mode’ during benchmarks. This improves the scoring of the smartphone, which displays inaccurate scores. The tampering of the scores could potentially act as advertising if it is greater than the competition and could also be misleading.

Thus, UL Benchmarks (previously known as Futuremark) have delisted every smartphone in their platform that runs a MediaTek processor, especially the newer generations. This isn’t the first time the firm has resorted to delisting, as back in 2013, the company had also delisted HTC and Samsung smartphone for cheating. The names of chipsets blacklisted by UL Benchmarks include MediaTek’s Helio G90, G70, P96, P90, P65, P60, P20, and A22.

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The official reasoning given out was in two parts. First, the discrepancies in performance numbers found by AnandTech was confirmed by UL Benchmarks. Furthermore, the latter has its own benchmarking rules and called quoted MediaTek’s statement which practically confirmed in its misleading practices for benchmarks.

Oddly enough, MediaTek still stands by its benchmarking scores and practices, and is firmly convinced of no wrongdoings. Interestingly, the chipmaker also offers OEMs the option to enable the cheat, so its discretion is also subjective. Thus, the argument falls in a slightly gray area, since whitelisting applications for performance boosts is universally frowned upon, but also depends on the OEM that is using the processor.

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Last week, chipset maker MediaTek found itself at the centre of a controversy related to the benchmark cheating. A report alleged that MediaTek purportedly allowed OEMs to enable a “sports mode” in benchmark apps.

The so-called “sports mode” on the devices is believed to ramp up things like the memory controller and scheduler in order to facilitate faster performance.

In its defence, the company said that this was a common industry practice and that its “key competitor” was also guilty of this practice. While MediaTek didn’t directly name its arch rival Qualcomm, the “key competitor” part clearly hints at Qualcomm.

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The US-based Qualcomm has now issued a statement to Android Authority regarding this controversy. In the statement, the company denies whitelisting such benchmarking apps hack. It says: “Whitelisting refers to the technique of using the app name to determine whether to put the device into performance enhancement mode. The action of whitelisting a benchmark app is generally considered by the industry as cheating since it defeats the purpose of a benchmark, which is to reflect user experience for day to day use. Qualcomm does not whitelist.”

There’s a possibility that MediaTek could be referring to other chipset makers — Huawei and Samsung. However, both of them mostly make chipsets for their own smartphones and Samsung occasionally sells its chips to others. Thus, the only major direct competitor to MediaTek remains Qualcomm.

The controversy comes at a time when Taiwan-based MediaTek is making a comeback into the market with some great chipsets such as MediaTek Helio G-series and the new Dimensity 1000 flagship processor.

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Chuwi released its new 2in1 tablet, UBook Pro, on Indiegogo and according to the company it is a very powerful all-around machine. It is mainly designed for office work as well as students, it comes with a 12.3″ IPS display and 3:2 screen ratio as well as the Intel Core M3-8100Y CPU that allows a 50% performance boost over the previous UBook. But how powerful is it when benchmarked? Let’s see in the benchmark test we conducted recently.

CPU-Z

We used the CPU-Z application to see the specs of CPU and do a benchmark test. As you can see, it comes with the already mentioned Intel m3 8100Y. The processor is made using the 14nm manufacturing process and it’s a dual core/4-thread CPU. It’s frequency can go up to 3.4GHz and it achieved a single-core score of 283.5 and a multi-core score of 800.9.

GeekBench 4

To continue, we ran the GeekBench 4 test where the UBook Pro achieved a single-core score of 3731 and a multi-core score of 6115, consistent with the performance we already shaw in the CPU-Z test.

Cinebench R15

After the first two tests, it was time to test the GPU too. For that reason, Cinebench R15 was chosen as it is a comprehensive CPU and GPU performance testing software. It tests CPU and graphics card performance by rendering high-precision images and 3D graphics based on the Cinem4D engine. In this test, the UHD Graphics 615 that is the embedded GPU scored 96cb and 27.18fps. That’s not bad but there’s no comparison between an embedded GPU and a dedicated one.

AS SSD Benchmark

Then, we tested the SSD speed in order to define how it compares against other solutions in laptops. The UBook Pro achieved a continuous read and write speed of 480.61MB/s and 372.74MB/s respectively which might be more than five times the speed of the traditional HDD but it falls a bit short when compared to other commercial solutions. Definitely, you are not going to experience any slow-downs attributed to the SSD so you shouldn’t be worried about not getting the top speeds out there.

Chuwi UBook Pro Actual experience

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Besides the test through benchmarks, the overall user experience was excellent during the time we got our hands on it. It can easily deal with daily office, learning and entertainment need and if you are desperate to use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, etc, it will do the job but much slower than media editing professional laptops. What’s more, you can even enjoy some gaming like Tomb Raider and Metro with decent performance and graphics quality but gaming isn’t what this device was made for.

To conclude, combining the benchmark results with the actual user experience we can say that the Chuwi UBook Pro is definitely a good choice at its price range since it manages to balance between performance and pricing perfectly. Also, the fact that it is a 2in1 device is a huge advantage over traditional laptops. UBook Pro is currently in the process of crowdfunding on indiegogo. To find out more about it and the activities currently running, visit the dedicated product page.

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Huawei has launched its flagship smartphone Mate 30 Pro powered by the company’s own Kirin 990 chipset, which has now been benchmarked by AnTuTu. The benchmark result shows the highest score from a device powered by Kirin 990 SoC.

The chipset has managed to score 457,357 points in the benchmark test. While the score is highest for the Kirin 990-powered device, it is still lower than the highest score of a device powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset.

The device tested for this Kirin 990 benchmark is Huawei LIO-AL00, which is the Mate 30 Pro. It features a screen resolution of 2400 x 1176 pixels, Kirin 990 processor, Mali -G76 GPU, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and is running the latest Android 10 operating system.

While the overall score of the device is 457,357, the smartphone has scored 151,647 points for CPU, 159,418 points for GPU, MEM score of 87,367, and UX score of 58,925 points. In the AnTuTu ranking, the highest scoring device is Black Shark 2 Pro with 469,708 points, followed by ASUS ROG Phone 2 with a score of 469,590 points.

Earlier, in the AI Benchmark test, Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset was ranked ahead of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC, topping the rankings. The chipset has achieved a score of 52,403 in the test, far ahead compared to the scores of Unisoc Tiger T710 and Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.

Editor’s Pick: Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones launched; brings new design, impressive cameras, and faster charging

The Huawei Kirin 990 5G is a 7nm octa-core chipset that has 10.3 billion transistors. It uses two big, two middle and four little cores to optimise multitasking, with clock speeds of 2.86GHz, 2.36GHz and 1.95GHz respectively. It also packs a 16-core Mali G76 graphics processor which should offer plenty of power for mobile gaming, as well as smart cache built in to reduce bandwidth by up to 15 percent.

It is also touted to be the first full-frequency 5G SoC — with support both non-standalone and standalone architectures as well as TDD/FDD full frequency bands. The Kirin 990 is a true unified design, supporting Sub-6 GHz 5G networks on both SA and NSA architectures.

For photography, it has a new fifth-generation Dual ISP boasts DSLR-level hardware noise reduction and block-matching and 3D filtering. Aside from implementing the 5G modem, the biggest change in the Kirin 990 is going to be the NPU which is a co-processor optimised for the sort of vector math that’s the lifeblood of machine learning frameworks.

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One of the reason behind the growth of the premium smartphones even though mid-range smartphones are now coming with similar specs is the fluency and smoothness in terms of performance of the smartphones.

Master Lu, a China-based benchmarking platform has published the report of the leading smartphones in terms of performance in the month of April 2019 and the recently launched Huawei P30 Pro emerged as a leader.

The P30 Pro from Huawei has been named as the best performing smartphone for the month of April 2019 in China with an average of 157.58 points. The phone was followed by Huawei P30 with 156.97 points. The third position was attributed to the recently launched Nubia Red Magic 3 gaming smartphone.

The list for the top performing smartphone for the month of April only consisted of the smartphones that were launched in April 2019. Thus, other phones that were launched before April, such as Xiaomi Mi 9, are not included in the list.

On the other hand, the list of popular smartphones for the month of April 2019 was also led by the Huawei P30 series of smartphones. Following that was Samsung’s flagship smartphone — Samsung Galaxy S10. The third spot was grabbed by the all-new Oppo Reno, followed by Meizu 16s.

There are three variants of the Huawei P30 Pro in China — 8GB RAM+128GB ROM, 8GB RAM+256GB ROM, and 8GB RAM+512GB ROM. It has a 6.47-inch display and is powered by the Kirin 980 processor. The phone has four rear cameras – a 40MP standard sensor, a 20MP ultrawide angle sensor, an 8MP periscope zoom lens, and a ToF 3D camera.

Read More: Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 also has a pop-up selfie camera and triple rear camera sensors

The phone also has a 32MP selfie camera. There is a fingerprint scanner under the display, a 4200mAh battery with support for 40W fast charging and 15W wireless charging. The P30 Pro runs EMUI 9.1 based on Android Pie.

You can check out our review of the Huawei P30 Pro here.

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Samsung is upping its game with its premium mid-range Galaxy A-series smartphones. The company has adopted a strategy of offering Galaxy A-series smartphones equipped with high-end technology and features that aren’t even present on its flagship phones.

Now, another Galaxy A-series smartphone is ready to make its debut. Samsung Galaxy A30 has been spotted on benchmarking portal Geekbench, revealing some of the phone’s key specifications. Based on the listing, it seems that the Galaxy A30 is a budget phone with decent specifications.

The Geekbench listing shows that the smartphone will come with 4GB RAM and will be equipped with Samsung’s own Exynos 7885 chipset. It also reveals that the device will be running Android 9 Pie out-of-the-box with the company’s custom skin on top.

Earlier, it was reported that the Galaxy A30 will be available in two storage options — 32GB and 64GB. Apart from A30, the company is also planning to launch two other smartphones — Galaxy A40 and Galaxy A50, powered by Exynos 7885 and Exynos 9610 chipset respectively.

Meanwhile, Samsung is all set to launch its budget Galaxy M-series smartphones in the Indian market, including Galaxy M10, Galaxy M20 and, Galaxy M30 and the company has also scheduled a launch event on 28th January.

Read More: Samsung introduces the Exynos 7904 mobile processor with high-end features for mid-range phones

Next month, the company is all set to launch its flagship Galaxy S10-series smartphones on 20th February, a week ahead of the Mobile World Congress 2019. As per the reports, the company will be unveiling three smartphones in the S10 lineup — Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy S10, and Galaxy S10 Plus.

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Last month, Qualcomm unveiled its next-generation flagship chipset for the high-end smartphones — Snapdragon 855. It is the first commercial mobile platform to offer support for 5G connectivity.

Now, ahead of Snapdragon 855-powered smartphone launch, a Geekbench benchmark listing has surfaced online which claims to be of the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 chipset. It seems that the score comes directly from a manufacturer’s test unit.

The listing reveals that the chipset scored 3,545 points in single-core test and 11,150 points in multi-core test. The device used for testing packed 6GB of RAM and was running Android 9 Pie operating system.

Last month, AnTuTu comparison between SD855 chipset with other flagship chipsets from other manufacturers — Kirin 980 and Exynos 9820 revealed that Snapdragon 855 is leading and its test on the upcoming Galaxy S10+ scored 343,051 points. Prior to that, a leak showed SD855 SoC recording 362,292 points in AnTuTu — highest yet for an Android device.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 — successor of the current-generation Snapdragon 845 — comes with support for 5G connectivity and a few other features which are aimed at improving the user experience. It offers 5G connectivity using the company’s own Snapdragon X50 5G modem.

The octa-core processor features four power-saving cores clocked at 1.78GHz, three performance cores clocked at 2.42GHz and another special “gold” core for performance boost which is clocked at 2.84GHz. It is coupled with Adreno 640 graphics processor, which is expected to bring performance improvement.

Just like the Apple A12 Bionic chipset and Huawei’s Kirin 980 processor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is also manufactured using the 7nm process by TSMC. It also comes with the company’s fourth-generation, multi-core AI Engine that is claimed to offer up to 3 times the AI performance compared to the SD845.

It also features the world’s first Computer Vision Image Signal Processor (CV-ISP) to deliver new photo and video capture features. For the gaming, the company unveiled Snapdragon Elite Gaming, a set of features in the mobile platform to enhance mobile gaming experiences.

• Read More: Apple to stop selling iPhones in its stores in Germany after ruling in Qualcomm patent case

Most of the high-end smartphone coming in 2019 will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 octa-core chipset. We’ll be seeing devices from manufacturers such as Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, HTC, Motorola, Google, Sony, OnePlus, Oppo, and Vivo from early next year.

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Sony is gearing up to launch its upcoming flagship smartphone — Sony Xperia XZ4, which is said to be powered by Snapdragon 855 chipset. Recently, the phone’s AnTuTu score surfaced online and now Geekbench listing shows the phone’s benchmarks.

According to the Geekbench benchmark score of Xperia XZ4 posted by ‘Zackbuks’ on Weibo, the smartphone scored 3,497 points in single-core test and 12,801 points in multi-core test. The listing reaffirms that the device powered by SD855 SoC will pack 8GB RAM and will run Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, manufactured using 7nm process, is an octa-core processor that features four power-saving cores clocked at 1.78GHz, three performance cores clocked at 2.42GHz and another special “gold” core for performance boost which is clocked at 2.84GHz. It is coupled with Adreno 640 graphics processor, which is expected to bring performance improvement.

A previous reported related to the device indicated that the phone will come with an unusually tall display having a 21:9 aspect ratio. The phone also said to have a 3.5mm audio jack and support for 46.5W fast charging.

Recently, CAD renders of the Xperia XZ4 surfaced online, showing the smartphone with an extremely thin bezel, without a notch, and cut out for the earpiece, including proximity sensor. There’s a tiny hole in the left end of the screen, presumably for the LED notification light.

Read More: Sony to introduce 3D laser face recognition with better precision than Face ID for phones in late 2019

On the back side, the phone features a triple camera setup with sensors placed vertically in the top-center position. On the right side of the device, there’s a volume rocker key, a fingerprint scanner and the power button alongside the camera shutter. On the bottom side, there’s a speaker and a USB Type-C port.

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Xiaomi recently launched its latest smartphone dubbed Xiaomi Mi Play, making it the first smartphone in the company under its new Play lineup. The phone also became the world’s first smartphone to be powered by MediaTek Helio P35 chipset.

MediaTek’s latest chipset — Helio P35, was not separately launched by the company prior to the phone’s official announcement. However, we got to know more about the Helio P35 chipset when its details were shared on stage during the Mi Play launch.

Now, benchmark result of the MediaTek Helio P35 chipset has surfaced online, which got a score of 86,352 points, which is slightly better than Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 625. Even the company had claimed that the performance of Helio P35 is better than SD625. However, the benchmark score of the Helio P35 is still lower than Qualcomm’s latest mid-range chipset Snapdragon 636.

The MediaTek Helio P35 is an octa-core chipset built on TSMC’s advanced 12nm FinFET node. Its eight cores are all Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2.3GHz. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 630 also uses the same type and number of cores but are clocked at 2.2GHz. However, the Helio P35 will be able to offer better performance and longer battery life because it is a 12nm chipset as against the Snapdragon 630’s 14nm design.

It comes with Imagination’s PowerVR GE8320 graphics processor, which is the same GPU inside the Helio P22 but it is clocked higher at 680MHz. According to the company, the Helio P35 supports FHD+ displays and 20:9 aspect ratio.

The chipset supports LPDDR3 and LPDDR4x RAM (4GB and 6GB) and eMMC 5.1 storage. It also supports dual 13MP cameras or a single 25MP camera. There’s also a hardware depth engine for professional-level bokeh images, Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) and Rolling Shutter Compensation (RSC) that erases “jello effect” when recording fast-moving objects.

The Helio P35 also supports AI-based Face ID (Face Unlock), smart photo album, and multi-frame noise reduction. As for connectivity, it supports dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, VoLTE, and ViLTE.

Read More: MediaTek Helio P90 12nm chipset launched with an aim to bring flagship-like performance on mid-range devices

While it’s just Xiaomi Mi Play that is powered by Helio P35 SoC and the company has not yet revealed which manufacturers are set to launch devices powered by the same chipset. However, we expect devices from the likes of Oppo and Vivo to be powered by Helio P35 in the coming months.

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Yesterday, we reported that Oppo is currently working on a 10GB RAM variant of its flagship smartphone Find X. We even confirmed the development with the TENAA specifications listing showing the 10GB RAM model with 256GB of internal storage.

Now, AnTuTu benchmark score of the Oppo Find X 10GB RAM model has surfaced online. However, the device scores just 271,362, which isn’t as high as one would expect. But given that the benchmark score is from an engineering unit, we expect to see improved score in the final retail unit.

Currently, the smartphone comes with 8GB of RAM and two options for internal storage — 128GB and 256GB. We are not expecting to see a drastic difference in terms of performance in the 10GB RAM variant compared to the original 8GB RAM model.

Apart from the upgrade of 10GB RAM, rest of the specifications of the upcoming Oppo Find X model remains the same. It features a 6.42-inch AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels and 19.5:9 aspect ratio.

The highlight of the phone is that it comes with a motorised slider which houses the 25-megapixel front-facing camera as well as 3D face sensing sensors, which the company prefers to call ‘O-Face Recognition’. Oppo claims that the facial unlock is 20 times safer than fingerprint recognition for unlocking the phone.

Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm‘s flagship Snapdragon 845 processor, coupled with Adreno 630 graphics processor. As for the rear camera, it comes with a dual camera setup that consists of a 16-megapixel + 20-megapixel sensors on the back with OIS and AI features.

The phone runs on ColorOS 5.1 AI Smart custom UI based on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system, and us powered by a 3730mAh battery. We expect the 10GB RAM model to come with SuperVOOC fast charging support.

• Read More: OPPO A7 specifications leaked, packs 6.2 HD+ screen, Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor and more

Currently, the base model of the Oppo Find X, which packs 8GB RAM and 128GB model is priced at ¥4999 (~$727) while the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage model costs ¥5999 (~$873). We believe that the upcoming 10GB RAM version will be priced at about ¥7999 (~$1163). However, to know for sure, we’ll have to wait for Oppo to officially launched the phone.

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More often than not, companies have to play dirty in the race to the top. We have seen plenty of cases where a company was busted doing something really stupid just to get an edge over its competitor. Things like false advertisements, false specs by even established companies are not unheard of, but today let’s talk about something that Huawei was caught doing — benchmark cheating aka benchmark optimisation.

Huawei’s Benchmark Cheating Scandal

Huawei was recently caught by AnandTech optimising some of their smartphones like Huawei P20 to over perform in a specific benchmarking app, 3DMark. We have already talked about this here but the story in short is that Huawei P20 and a few other top flagships from the company were identifying benchmarking apps to extensively increase their performance with the primary goal of scoring way higher than in a traditional use case scenario.

In this age of AI, it’s not uncommon for smartphones to identify specific type of apps to boost performance. For example, new age phones can often detect gaming apps and switch to peak performance mode for the best user experience. However, what’s really the big issue here is that Huawei had tweaked its newer flagships to detect specific benchmarking apps (3DMark in this case) to run the phone at an unrealistic performance level. Apart from issues like overheating, such a level of performance decreases efficiency significantly, making the whole experience impractical for daily usage.

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Another issue with this type of performance optimisation is the motive. The big reason why companies like to optimise their smartphones for benchmark is to score higher than the competition. That’s not really a good enough reason to push your smartphones beyond its limits.

Our Obsession With Benchmark Scores

That being said, I can’t personally crucify Huawei for trying to score high on benchmarks. History has shown us that almost every manufacturer has been found tweaking their smartphones for better benchmark scores. This list includes the big names such as Samsung, LG, Asus, HTC, Meizu, and even OnePlus. So, the only reason why this was made such a big deal is because Huawei didn’t seem to get the memo that this was unacceptable, even in 2018.

Given the number of companies that have tried tweaking their scores for benchmark, the fundamental question is why they are doing this, even now.

The answer directly points to our needless obsession with benchmarks.

I get why benchmarks are so popular. It’s really hard to quantify the performance of a smartphone in any other way. Benchmarks give us a figure which we can compare to determine which one’s better than the other. It kind of makes sense. But then, it doesn’t. Because, getting this figure involves the app running a few resource intensive tasks to get a final score. The process isn’t fool proof and now you know that the results aren’t either.

We must start giving less importance to benchmarks and more importance to the phone’s actual user experience.

The Right Way To Evaluate A Phone’s Performance With A Benchmark App

Whilst a higher benchmark score in general doesn’t necessarily mean that the phone is better than others, users need to start understanding the scores in the right way.

Instead of obsessing over a particular score, we should start to evaluate a smartphone on the basis of levels of performance.

For example, take a very simple benchmarking app like AnTuTu. If a smartphone scores above a certain figure, for example 250K, its already established that the phone has a very powerful processor inside that can handle any task that you throw at it. Understanding that once a phone crosses a particular threshold, it doesn’t really matter whether the phone scores 290K or 261K on the app, is very important. What we need to realise is the simple fact that a score of 291K doesn’t necessarily mean that its better than a phone that scored 273K. In real life, the lower scoring phone could offer a much better experience than the other.

I know as enthusiasts, it’s really hard to ignore specific benchmark figures, but once we learn to stop this practice, we will start seeing the real picture. A SD835 smartphone with great optimisation is hundred times better than a SD845 phone with a bad optimisation. After all, would you be happy with a phone that scores 280K on AnTuTu but has a crappy UI or a phone which scores 240K on the same app, but handles everything with butter smoothness?

• RELATED: Top 10 UI with best performance released by Master Lu Benchmark: OnePlus wins

Let’s start giving less importance to individual benchmark figures and more importance to their real life performance and we would no longer have to worry companies optimising / cheating on these apps. After all, figures do lie!

I know, its easier said than done. It’s really tempting to see higher and better benchmark figures on flagship devices every year, but as consumers, if we start giving importance to the right things, in the long term the industry will benefit as a whole.

So the next time you see a company marketing a very high benchmark score for its flagship, just say — that’s pretty cool but how does it perform in real life?

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We are used to seeing benchmarking platforms testing the hardware side of smartphones in order to evaluate their performance. But the hardware side is not everything when it comes to the overall performance of a mobile device: among the other factors, there is also software optimization. When it comes to the software side of Android smartphones, manufacturers usually take two choices: make heavily customized versions of Android for their devices or release them with stock Android version with a low amount of customizations (or even with no UI customizations at all).

The first solution provides more features and useful applications, while the second one usually results in better performance. Master Lu Benchmark has released its personal top 10 of best Android user interfaces in terms of performance. According to the ranking, Hydrogen OS by OnePlus is the best one, and it is mostly a stock UI. At the second place, we find the EMUI by Huawei, which is instead a heavily customized Android version. The third spot is occupied by Smartisan OS by Smartisan, while the MIUI by Xiaomi takes the 4th place. Then we got Color OS by Oppo, the Samsung Experience found on Galaxy-series devices, Google Pixels’ UI, HTC’s Sense, Funtouch OS by Vivo and at last Nubia UI.

According to Master Lu Benchmark, the ranking has been created basing on desktop use, app usage, web content loading and sliding, photo viewing, file copying, boot-up speed and other operations. Obviously, it is impossible to evaluate every single scenario, so do not take this ranking as a comprehensive ranking. But we believe this ranking will be useful for many people to know that the SoC present inside a smartphone is not the only index of performance. Indeed, we often find several Android phones with midrange chipsets performing worse than low-end devices.

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Benchmark platform Geekbench and Android forum XDA have both accused two of China’s top OEMs in the smartphone niche of manipulating the test results of some of their handsets when running benchmark apps. The two companies in question are OnePlus and Meizu and the smartphones which are on the hot seat are the OnePlus 3T and the Exynos 8890-powered Meizu Pro 6 Plus.

According to the report, both the OnePlus 3T and Meizu Pro 6 have the capability to detect when they are under benchmark test and so will run at a seamless pace in order to achieve a better score. The modification is also reported to occur when the devices run through AnTuTu benchmark as well as other benchmarks.

Read Also: Meizu Pro 7 Features Leak: 4K Display, Titanium Body & More!

However, in defending its position, OnePlus did not categorically deny the allegation but did reveal that in order to attain some improvement in the user experience on some graphically intensive games, it “implemented certain mechanisms in the community and Nougat builds” allowing the CPU to run faster. In other words, the processor runs faster when certain apps that task the CPU like extreme games are being used, and the mechanism is included in the OS. In that case, the result posted by the OnePlus 3T when it hit AnTuTu might be inaccurate. The device might not run at the same speed when the smartphone isn’t running an extreme app. OnePlus has promised to remove the trigger which causes the CPU to run faster when certain apps are in operation, though. The changes would accompany future builds of OxygenOS for the OnePlus 3 and 3T. On its part, Meizu is yet to respond to the allegation that the Pro 6 manipulates its benchmark test.

This isn’t the first time such accusation is coming out among smartphone makers. A few years ago popular smartphone makers like Samsung and HTC were discovered to be targeting benchmark apps by boosting CPU frequency when those apps are detected. AnTuTu even got around to creating a separate app so users of the Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8 could accurately test the true benchmark data of their phones. Perhaps, we just can’t rely on benchmark tests anymore to determine the firepower inside a smartphone since the result can be modified. What do you think?

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Huawei P9 was announced a couple of days back and the phone came with impressive specs. Apart from the dual camera setup on the back, we were also interested to see the performance of the Kirin 955 chipset that powers the device. It is reportedly a slightly upgraded version of the Kirin 950 that powers the company’s other smartphones like the Mate 8. And now, we have the initial benchmark results of the chipset.

To recap, the Kirin 955 comes with 4 x Cortex A72 clocked at 2.5GHz and 4 x Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. As for GPU, there will be Mali-T880. In comparison, the Kirin 950 is clocked only at 2.3GHz. So, let’s see the Kirin  955 benchmark performance below.

For now, we only have the Geekbench results, courtesy of IT168. In the single-core Geekbench test, the Kirin 955 managed to score 1809 which is quite good. However, it’s not at par with Snapdragon 820 or even Exynos 8890 that scores 2353 and 2139 respectively. However, this score does manage to beat the deca-core Helio X20 in the same test which scores 1790. The difference is just marginal of only about 20 points.

Coming to the multi-core test, Huawei’s Kirin 955 really shines with a score of 6415 points. Only the Exynos 8890 scores above Kirin 955 with a score of 7497. Snapdragon 820 is behind with 5466 followed by the Helio X20 which scores only 4483 even with its deca-core setup.

Moving on to the GPU performance, as expected, they are not really at par with chips from Samsung and Qualcomm. Huawei’s Kirin 955 only managed 23.2 Fps on the Unified Cross-Platform 3D Graphics benchmark (T-Rex Offscreen), whereas Helio X20 got a marginally better 24.8 Fps. Snapdragon 810 gets around 46.8 Fps which is pretty good, but what’s really amazing is that both Exynos 8890 and SD820 get above 80 Fps. So, GPU is one area where both Kirin 955 and Helio X20 have to work on.

So, that was the first Kirin 955 benchmark results we have seen. What do you think? Good enough for a flagship?

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ZTE seems to be working on a new flagship smartphone, most likely the ZTE Axon 2. Recently, a new model from the company, namely the ZTE A2017 was spotted on the benchmarking website GFXBench revealing the specs of the device. However, at that time, we couldn’t see the performance of the phone. Now, the same phone has been spotted on the AnTuTu benchmarking revealing specs as well as the performance of the device.

According to the AnTuTu benchmark of the A2017, the phone comes with the powerful quad-core Snapdragon 820 chip inside with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The display sports a resolution of 2K, and it will most likely be a 5.5-inch panel. At the back, there will be a 20MP (most likely 21MP) sensor while on the front, there will be an 8MP camera sensor. As for software, it will run on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

These are some pretty great specs and are in line with what we saw on the GFXBench a few days back. With SD820 and 4GB RAM on board, the phone managed to score an amazing 140,086 points on the AnTuTu benchmark. This is even better than the scores posted by Xiaomi Mi 5 and Galaxy S7.

Overall, this looks like a powerful flagship in the making. While all we have is the model number, i.e. A2017, it’s possible that this is the Axon 2. The first generation ZTE Axon was a great flagship (check out our review from here | Axon Mini Review) and with these specs, the upcoming phone seems like a powerful device as well. One of the plus points of the Axon series is its pricing and we hope that ZTE can price its upcoming products competitively.

Anyways, stay tuned for more details. If ZTE plans to release this device anytime soon, we are surely going to hear more about it in the coming days.

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We know that LeTV is working on a new model thanks to the numerous leaks, just six months after the launch of the trio LeTV One series smartphones. In fact, a few weeks back, LeTV Hong Kong officially posted a new teaser on their website which hinted that the company was working on a Snapdragon 820 powered device. It looks like we might have just spotted this particular model, which is reportedly called as the LeTV X Pro on AnTuTu.

The image shows that the new LeTV X Pro model manages to score more than 75K on AnTuTu. This is quite impressive given that existing models even with Exynos 7420 on board struggles to get past the 70K mark. So, it could mean that this particular model is powered by a new chipset. We already know that both, the Snapdragon 820 and the Helio X20 MT6797 are going to be powerful, so its likely that the phone features one of these.

According to the source, the phone will be priced much higher than 3000 Yuan ($470), which is not a new territory for the company. We have already seen their limited edition premium Gold & Pink LeTV One Max models retail for more than 5888 Yuan that translates into a price tag of above $970. So, the new model may not replace the old ones, but rather carve out a new segment for itself. Given that the company is using Sapphire screens on these limited edition models, its possible that the LeTV X Pro may have such an edition as well.

Anyways, we have not yet seen a Snapdragon 820 powered smartphone in the market yet. And according to the company, the first phones will only release by Q1 2016. So, we may have to wait for a bit more time to get more details about this upcoming LeTV X Pro handset.

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On the day the iPhone 6S was announced, Futuremark – the Finland based benchmarking company – generated a comparative report from two years of 3,000,000 bench mark results from 3DMark, the company’s benchmarking tool for multiple platforms. The report illustrated a chart of data gathered from September 2013 until August 2015.

Back in late 2013, the best apple phone was the iPhone 5S and the best Android phone was the SONY Xperia Z Ultra. The chart showed that Android phones were beating Apple phones by roughly 2000 points or around 20%. As the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge + takes the lead in August 2015, Apple was competing by only presenting the iPhone 6 Plus. However, the Android technology has advanced three times from the Nexus to the S6 and the difference in performance score has got wider. Similarly, the Apple iPads are falling behind Android tablets like the NVIDIA Shield tablet. It looks Android technology will continue to beat Apple devices despite the 3DMark popularity pick up in recent times.

In the Android manufacturer comparison, Samsung has shown an almost one third share of 3DMark results. However, Samsung has shown a decline in 2015 as smaller brands account for almost a quarter of the results this year.

You can check out rest of the detailed infographic down below.

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