Geekbench Scores of New iPhone SE Show On-Par Performance With iPhone 13

[MacRumors]

Geekbench scores for the new third-generation iPhone SE shows that Apple's most affordable iPhone features performance on par with the company's flagship iPhone 13, as they both feature the same A15 Bionic chip.

Geekbench scores for an "iPhone 14,6," the model identifier for the new iPhone SE, show a single-core score of 1695 and a multi-core score of 4021. For reference, the iPhone 13 has a single-core score of 1672 and a multi-core score of 4481. The difference in scores are marginal and will not represent real-world difference for customers.

Corroborating MacRumors reporting from yesterday, the Geekbench scores confirm the new iPhone SE features 4GB of RAM.

Compared to the previous generation ‌iPhone SE‌, Apple promises up to 1.2x faster graphics on the new ‌iPhone SE. Apple also now claims up to 15 hours of video playback, which is two hours more than was advertised for the iPhone SE 2. The A15 Bionic chip also powers new features now available to iPhone SE customers, such as Photographic Styles, Smart HDR 4, and Live Text in iOS 15.

The new iPhone SE features the same 4.7-inch design with a Home button and Touch ID but now comes with 5G.

The third-generation iPhone SE starts at $429, $30 more than the previous model, and will be available for pre-order on March 11 and available on March 18.

Article Link: Geekbench Scores of New iPhone SE Show On-Par Performance With iPhone 13

 

[ian87w]

Err, what do people expect? It has the same chip.

 

[jake.au]

You mean A15 is actually A15? ?

 

[kyjaotkb]

it's fascinating how every current-gen, non-wearable Apple device offers basically the same single-core performance around 1,700, from the budget iPhone to the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra, and across all iPad and MacBook products. Only the iPhone 11/12, Apple TV and legacy Intel products... as well as the Studio display... score a bit lower.

 

[kyjaotkb]

it's fascinating how every current-gen, non-wearable Apple device offers basically the same single-core performance around 1,700, from the budget iPhone to the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra, and across all iPad and MacBook products. Only the iPhone 11/12, Apple TV and legacy Intel products... as well as the Studio display... score a bit lower.

forgot the iPod Touch, which is clearly lagging behind with the Apple TV 2K.

 

[DFZD]

A lot of people don't probably know this but A15 comes with multiple variants and clock rates.

iPad Mini 6 has a 2.9ghz clock rate for example. This also helps a lot with the battery life.
So Apple should have thought about that instead of rebadging a 6 year old fone at a budget that can compete with their flagship in performance.

 

[44267547]

A15 is actually A15?

….The difference being, with the 13 Pro, there’s 1 additional GPU core.

 

[robotica]

It’s possible that it could have been down clocked as well. So it’s good that it appears not to be the case.

 

[LV426]

it's fascinating how every current-gen, non-wearable Apple device offers basically the same single-core performance around 1,700, from the budget iPhone to the Mac Studio with M1 Ultra, and across all iPad and MacBook products. Only the iPhone 11/12, Apple TV and legacy Intel products... as well as the Studio display... score a bit lower.

I remember the "early days" of home computing, where CPUs typically operated in the low Megahertz range. When the Pentium P90 (90 MHz) came along, it seemed like a dramatic increase in capability. CPUs were typically single-core.

Over the years, the size of components in CPUs has shrunk to the low nanometre size, allowing them to run much faster in the Gigahertz arena. Ultimately it's the speed of light and distance between CPU components - as well as heat dissipation - that limits the compute power of a CPU.

For some time now, the most significant advances have been in the provisioning of multi-core chips, allowing multiple cores to run in the Gigahertz arena, in parallel. Individual cores will, of course, continue to get faster. But the laws of physics mean that the advances will not be nearly so dramatic as they were in preceding decades.

 

[Lexdexia]

I wouldn’t call a 10% difference in multi-core performance “marginal”. Common sense indicates Apple throttled the chip because iPhone SE has the smallest battery capacity out of all the models.

 

[snipr125]

The multicore score is about 400 units lower than the iphone 13 according to the article, so the A15 in the SE might be slightly down-clocked. Makes sense to conserve battery life.

 

[4087258]

Well, thank goodness Apple doesn’t put the chip at full speed only to show us good numbers on a benchmark; they show us that the chip has been adapted for the SE.

 

[CheesePuff]

In the past many times they just say uses the same AX chip and it comes to find out its down clocked and does indeed perform slower then one would expect

 

[acblue94]

Geekbench scores for the new third-generation iPhone SE shows that Apple's most affordable iPhone features performance on par with the company's flagship iPhone 13, as they both feature the same A15 Bionic chip.

Geekbench scores for an "iPhone 14,6," the model identifier for the new iPhone SE, show a single-core score of 1695 and a multi-core score of 4021. For reference, the iPhone 13 has a single-core score of 1672 and a multi-core score of 4481. The difference in scores are marginal and will not represent real-world difference for customers.

Corroborating MacRumors reporting from yesterday, the Geekbench scores confirm the new iPhone SE features 4GB of RAM.

Compared to the previous generation ‌iPhone SE‌, Apple promises up to 1.2x faster graphics on the new ‌iPhone SE. Apple also now claims up to 15 hours of video playback, which is two hours more than was advertised for the iPhone SE 2. The A15 Bionic chip also powers new features now available to iPhone SE customers, such as Photographic Styles, Smart HDR 4, and Live Text in iOS 15.

The new iPhone SE features the same 4.7-inch design with a Home button and Touch ID but now comes with 5G.

The third-generation iPhone SE starts at $429, $30 more than the previous model, and will be available for pre-order on March 11 and available on March 18.

Article Link: Geekbench Scores of New iPhone SE Show On-Par Performance With iPhone 13

::yawn:: ugly phone still from 2014.

 

[ian87w]

In the past many times they just say uses the same AX chip and it comes to find out its down clocked and does indeed perform slower then one would expect

True, but the performance delta usually is not huge, and definitely won't affect normal use in any way.

 

[Jim Lahey]

This device has great appeal to many, I’m sure, but the cynic in me just sees a refurbished iPhone 8 with performance only relevant if you spend all day running benchmarks on a cellphone 🤔

 

[Spike1999]

It’s possible that it could have been down clocked as well. So it’s good that it appears not to be the case.

Yeh I was assuming they’d down clock it for battery life.

 

[boak]

The RAM is more important than the chip IMO

 

[svish]

Should be same unless Apple decided to underclock to increase battery life. Anyway good to hear performance is same as the newest iPhones.

 

[applicious84]

Compared to the previous generation ‌iPhone SE‌, Apple promises up to 1.2x faster graphics on the new ‌iPhone SE

That really doesn't sound like that much of an improvement to me. Am I reading something wrong?

 

[AirunJae]

Their economy of scale when it comes to chips seems like it has real benefits when it comes to the longevity of the phone with regards to software updates in the future, which is great to see in their lowest-priced phone.

 

[kyjaotkb]

This device has great appeal to many, I’m sure, but the cynic in me just sees a refurbished iPhone 8 with performance only relevant if you spend all day running benchmarks on a cellphone ?

I was actually wondering if they could refurbish existing iPhone 8/SE "shells" and screens, replace the glass, battery and logic board and sell those as a low cost, low impact devices. I can imagine the emissions to be dramatically reduced (even if you are using recycled materials, melting them consumes a lot of energy) and these would be a fantastic opportunity for consumers to reduce their footprint.

 

[CrazyForCashews]

Should be quite snappy with the somewhat low res screen (although still good enough).

 

[0924487]

The RAM is more important than the chip IMO

Yeah, I feel iPhone 8 doesn't have enough RAM.

 

[headlessmike]

This device has great appeal to many, I’m sure, but the cynic in me just sees a refurbished iPhone 8 with performance only relevant if you spend all day running benchmarks on a cellphone ?

The real benefit will become apparent in a few years when the increased performance and amount of RAM will allow the phone to keep up with newer OS versions better than the previous models will. It also allows Apple to eventually wind down production on old chips (though I guess the A13 will stick around for a while in the new Studio Display).

I know so many people who love their iPhone 6/6S/7/8/SE2's and even consider the newer 12/13 mini models to be too large, despite the physical footprint being roughly equal. The reasoning being that it's harder to reach the entire screen on the minis. They will love this new phone.