iPhone SE (2016) 2020 iPhone SE underclocked?

[ghanwani]

Just came across this.

iPhone SE (2020) Benchmark Results Suggest Underclocked A13 Bionic Chip

iPhone SE (2020) has received an overall benchmark score of 4,92,166 on AnTuTu.

gadgets.ndtv.com

"As per the details available on the AnTuTu site, the iPhone SE (2020) has received an overall benchmark score of 4,92,166. This isn't close to the 5,17,400 score received by the iPhone 11 or the 5,21,010 score associated with the iPhone 11 Pro. The ultra-premium, iPhone 11 Pro Max also has got 5,37,154 score on the AnTuTu benchmark.

The results clearly suggest that there would be some major performance-level differences between the iPhone SE (2020) and the iPhone 11 models — despite the fact that they all have the identical chip."

 

[BugeyeSTI]

It's possible. I don't give much weight to benchmarks because if you run it 5 times you'll get 5 different results.. I'd say an A13 slightly under clocked is plenty powerful for that price point if it's true. I still want to see more reviews after people have been using it awhile and really tear into it. Still too much speculation about certain aspects of this phone.

 

[bodonnell202]

Most of that difference is probably due to the RAM. It may also throttle a bit earlier in the smaller chassis.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The phone is a beast and does everything I need it to and fast. It doesn’t really matter what the test shows, unless someone is looking for an excuse to brag or complain about electronic minutia that wouldn’t be noticeable to begin with in regular usage.

 

[JSRinUK]

"As per the details available on the AnTuTu site, the iPhone SE (2020) has received an overall benchmark score of 4,92,166. This isn't close to the 5,17,400 score received by the iPhone 11 or the 5,21,010 score associated with the iPhone 11 Pro. The ultra-premium, iPhone 11 Pro Max also has got 5,37,154 score on the AnTuTu benchmark."

Forgive me for not knowing much about benchmark numbers and how they equate to real world use, but it seems to me that 492,166 is more than 95% of 517,400 - how is within 5% considered “not close”? I don’t understand.

Also, 517,400 is 96% of 537,154. So is the iPhone 11 also considered to be “not close” to the iPhone 11 Pro Max?

To my untrained eye, all of these numbers read as “around and about 500,000 with little to distinguish them”.

If one had registered 100,000, and the next one 250,000, and the next 500,000, well, then, I guess I’d get what’s being said. But the numbers all seem roughly the same to me.

Are they really that big a deal? Once again, I apologise for my ignorance of benchmark figures.

 

[mattopotamus]

I don’t know a ton about benchmarks, but I ran geekbench 4 on my SE, and it’s essentially identical to the 11 Pro Max.

 

[benji888]

Just came across this.

iPhone SE (2020) Benchmark Results Suggest Underclocked A13 Bionic Chip

iPhone SE (2020) has received an overall benchmark score of 4,92,166 on AnTuTu.

gadgets.ndtv.com

"As per the details available on the AnTuTu site, the iPhone SE (2020) has received an overall benchmark score of 4,92,166. This isn't close to the 5,17,400 score received by the iPhone 11 or the 5,21,010 score associated with the iPhone 11 Pro. The ultra-premium, iPhone 11 Pro Max also has got 5,37,154 score on the AnTuTu benchmark.

The results clearly suggest that there would be some major performance-level differences between the iPhone SE (2020) and the iPhone 11 models — despite the fact that they all have the identical chip."

And what about the iPhone XR? Is the SE closer to the XR or 11?

 

[oVerboost]

RAM is the only thing making the scores different. Unless put under extreme stress, it’s going to make zero difference, buy it and enjoy it.

 

[benji888]

So, no response from the OP...what a surprise <s> since it is reported that the SE is just as fast as any other A13 iPhone, not under clocked.

SE has 3GB ram, and, yes this also helps, (as opposed to only 2GB in previous 4.7” iPhones).

 

[JPack]

It's already been shown the performance difference is due to thermal characteristics of the SE2. It can't sustain performance as well as the 11 Pro.

The iPhone SE (2020) Review: A Reinvigorated Classic

www.anandtech.com

 

[ghanwani]

So, no response from the OP...what a surprise <s> since it is reported that the SE is just as fast as any other A13 iPhone, not under clocked.

SE has 3GB ram, and, yes this also helps, (as opposed to only 2GB in previous 4.7” iPhones).

No response to what? I was asking a question to see if anyone had heard about this.

 

[snipr125]

No surprises here due to thermodynamics. The smaller chassis of the SE will require Apple engineers to tune the A13 to throttle earlier under load, than the larger framed Iphone 11 and Pro Max as they can dissipate more heat. RAM and the smaller battery may also play a part too.