iPhone 5 Benchmarks Appear in Geekbench Showing a Dual Core, 1GHz A6 CPU

MacRumors · Sep 16, 2012, 03:00 PM

John Poole of PrimateLabs let us know that the first iPhone 5 benchmark has hit Geekbench.

The results show an iPhone5,2 device running iOS 6 with a Dual-Core 1.02GHz ARMv7 processor and 1GB of RAM.

The total Geekbench 2 score comes in at 1601. Poole notes that the average score for the iPhone 4S is 629 and the average score for the iPad 3 is 766. A comparison chart of previous iOS devices can be viewed at Geekbench. The numbers seem to validate Apple's claim that the A6 processor is twice as fast as the A5 and any previous iOS device. This one score also places the iPhone 5 ahead of the average scores of all Android phones on Geekbench. The full Geekbench results further breakdown processor, memory and bandwidth performance.

The A6 also appears to be clocked higher than the A5 at 1GHz (the iPhone 4S A5 ran at 800Mhz). The 1GB of RAM was previously confirmed by part number markings on the A6 processor itself.

Poole acknowledges that any pre-release results on Geekbench have a chance of being faked, but he seems to believe that these results are legitimate. The iPhone 5 will be available to the general public on September 21st.

Article Link: iPhone 5 Benchmarks Appear in Geekbench Showing a Dual Core, 1GHz A6 CPU

dethmaShine · Sep 16, 2012, 03:02 PM

WoW.

Good lord.

linkgx1 · Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM

Is it me or is this pic REALLY BIG?

leathers123 · Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM

Hows does this compare to the almighty S3?

daneoni · Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM

In before Galaxy SIII users with their 1.4/1.5GHz blah blah blah...zzzzz

EDIT: D'oh!

iHorta · Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM

Faster than quad core s3 !!! lol

gmanist1000 · Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM

Wow. Impressive performance, can't wait to get mine!

My mother is upgrading from a 3G. I don't think she will know what to do with all that power.

kbt1020 · Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM

iOrgy

Penfold2711 · 03:07 PM

looks pretty good can't wait to get me mitts on it to see how quick it really is

dethmaShine · Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daneoni

In before Galaxy SIII users with their 1.5GHz blah blah blah...zzzzz

EDIT: DOh!

Haha!!

Captainobvvious · Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM

Looking up the list of the competition that would mean that - if these numbers are true - the iPhone 5 would be the fastest phone on the market.

Nothing infuriates me more than Fandroids looking at spec sheets to determine what is better. OBVIOUSLY Android phones need more under the hood to compete with an iPhone with lower raw specs. That is clear.

The link to the Android list:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks

EDIT: Its even beating their tablets. The only thing that comes close is the Nexus 7 and the SIII but the iPhone beats them both.

arn · Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leathers123

Hows does this compare to the almighty S3?

Android benchmarks for reference:

http://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks

arn

Hakone · Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM

All that performance from a thinner/lighter package; a testament to superb engineering and design.

MMOTotal · Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM

Some impressive performance gains here.

WannaGoMac · Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM

Wow, so the new hardware is faster than the older hardware! Amazing!

ChazUK · Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM

A banchmarkers wet dream. Quite the improvement!

nightmars · Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leathers123

Hows does this compare to the almighty S3?

Samsung S3 scores about 1500 :-)

dethmaShine · Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arn

Android benchmarks for reference:

http://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks

arn

Wow.

Two cores running @1.02 GHz each outperforming S3. Engineering people, engineering.

This is all less about specs and more about engineering.

Creep89 · Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM

If it's real.. Holy *****, dude.

mofish · Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM

So this pumps the s3 on performance?

lellis2k · Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM

My 4 is running like a dog, cannot wait to be running like lightning again

Swift Sketcher · Sep 16, 2012, 03:07 PM

I just want to get this straight so I'm not misinformed here.

So it's more powerful than the ipad3, which was already more powerful than current-gen gaming consoles, with nearly double the benchmark to boot.

Do I have this correct.

dethmaShine · Sep 16, 2012, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WannaGoMac

Wow, so the new hardware is faster than the older hardware! Amazing!

If there was a category of useless and redundant posts on this forum, these kind of comments would make it to the top 10.

johncarync · Sep 16, 2012, 03:08 PM

thasan · Sep 16, 2012, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightmars

Samsung S3 scores about 1500 :-)

With quad core and 2 gig ram... What a waste if space

Sep 16, 2012, 03:00 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	iPhone 5 Benchmarks Appear in Geekbench Showing a Dual Core, 1GHz A6 CPU John Poole of PrimateLabs let us know that the first iPhone 5 benchmark has hit Geekbench. The results show an iPhone5,2 device running iOS 6 with a Dual-Core 1.02GHz ARMv7 processor and 1GB of RAM. The total Geekbench 2 score comes in at 1601. Poole notes that the average score for the iPhone 4S is 629 and the average score for the iPad 3 is 766. A comparison chart of previous iOS devices can be viewed at Geekbench. The numbers seem to validate Apple's claim that the A6 processor is twice as fast as the A5 and any previous iOS device. This one score also places the iPhone 5 ahead of the average scores of all Android phones on Geekbench. The full Geekbench results further breakdown processor, memory and bandwidth performance. The A6 also appears to be clocked higher than the A5 at 1GHz (the iPhone 4S A5 ran at 800Mhz). The 1GB of RAM was previously confirmed by part number markings on the A6 processor itself. Poole acknowledges that any pre-release results on Geekbench have a chance of being faked, but he seems to believe that these results are legitimate. The iPhone 5 will be available to the general public on September 21st. Article Link: iPhone 5 Benchmarks Appear in Geekbench Showing a Dual Core, 1GHz A6 CPU
	13

Sep 16, 2012, 03:02 PM	#2
dethmaShine macrumors 68000 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Into the lungs of Hell	WoW. Good lord. __________________ Steve is smiling down from above. -darkfiber
	41

Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM	#3
linkgx1 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2011	Is it me or is this pic REALLY BIG? __________________ “’The reason we [won't] make a 7-inch tablet isn’t because we don’t want to hit [a lower] price point,’ --Steve Jobs
	0

Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM	#4
leathers123 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2011	Hows does this compare to the almighty S3?
	26

Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM	#5
daneoni macrumors G3 Join Date: Mar 2006	In before Galaxy SIII users with their 1.4/1.5GHz blah blah blah...zzzzz EDIT: D'oh! __________________ 15" MBP Core i7 \| 27" ACD \| AEBS \| 5G iPod \| iPhone 5 \| 3G Apple TV \| iPad mini
	53

Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM	#6
iHorta macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2011	Faster than quad core s3 !!! lol __________________ 20" Aluminum iMac 2007; 13" Mac Book Air 2010; iPad 16 GB; iPhone 4 16 GB; iPod Shuffle 2 GB
	65

Sep 16, 2012, 03:03 PM	#7
gmanist1000 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2009	Wow. Impressive performance, can't wait to get mine! My mother is upgrading from a 3G. I don't think she will know what to do with all that power. __________________ Tech Reviews on YouTube http://goo.gl/3zjZP Latest Video: Bose AE2w Bluetooth Headphones Review
	35

Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM	#8
kbt1020 macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2010	iOrgy __________________ One more thing...
	13

Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM	#9
Penfold2711 macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2011	looks pretty good can't wait to get me mitts on it to see how quick it really is Last edited by Penfold2711; Sep 16, 2012 at 03:07 PM. Reason: spelling mistake
	3

Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM	#11
Captainobvvious macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2010	Looking up the list of the competition that would mean that - if these numbers are true - the iPhone 5 would be the fastest phone on the market. Nothing infuriates me more than Fandroids looking at spec sheets to determine what is better. OBVIOUSLY Android phones need more under the hood to compete with an iPhone with lower raw specs. That is clear. The link to the Android list: http://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks EDIT: Its even beating their tablets. The only thing that comes close is the Nexus 7 and the SIII but the iPhone beats them both.
	34

Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 PM	#13
Hakone macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Southern California	All that performance from a thinner/lighter package; a testament to superb engineering and design.
	77

Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM	#14
MMOTotal macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Azeroth	Some impressive performance gains here. __________________ People always find something to complain about
	10

Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM	#15
WannaGoMac macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2007	Wow, so the new hardware is faster than the older hardware! Amazing! __________________ Is your AT&T carrier reliability improved with the 4s on AT&T? Please respond here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1258982
	20

Sep 16, 2012, 03:05 PM	#16
ChazUK macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Essex (UK)	A banchmarkers wet dream. Quite the improvement! __________________ Media Player: 5th Gen iPod Touch 32GB Phones: LG Nexus 4 16GB \| Apple iPhone 4 8GB \| Nokia Lumia 620 Tablets: Apple iPad2 3G 16GB \| Apple iPad Mini 16GB \| Archos 80 Titanium 8GB
	7

Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM	#19
Creep89 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2012	If it's real.. Holy *****, dude.
	18

Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM	#20
mofish macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Scotland	So this pumps the s3 on performance? __________________ iPhone 3G, iTouch, iPod Nano, iPad1, iPad2, AppleTV, Airport Extreme, Airport Express, iMac, iPhone5
	13

Sep 16, 2012, 03:06 PM	#21
lellis2k macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK	My 4 is running like a dog, cannot wait to be running like lightning again __________________ Using: iPhone 5, iPad mini, Apple TV xmbc, MacBook Air 13"Owned: iPhone, iPhone 3g, iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2
	28

Sep 16, 2012, 03:07 PM	#22
Swift Sketcher macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2007	I just want to get this straight so I'm not misinformed here. So it's more powerful than the ipad3, which was already more powerful than current-gen gaming consoles, with nearly double the benchmark to boot. Do I have this correct.
	8

Sep 16, 2012, 03:08 PM	#24
johncarync macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2005
	77

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode