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Geekbench Scores of New iPhone SE Show On-Par Performance With iPhone 13
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So what's the excuse for the SE3 to not have night mode on the camera?
It uses the XR lens, which does not have focus pixels.
As others have said, there are a few different versions of the A15. The iPhone 13 Pro and iPad mini 6 have an extra GPU core over the base iPhone 13, though the mini's is also under-clocked by about 10 percent. Apple could have gone for a different variation of the A15 with the new SE, but so far it appears to match that of the iPhone 13.
It probably has the same camera as the SE2 (and 8?). Night mode probably uses features not present on the older camera module (e.g., faster readout). At this point Night Mode is old enough that I would have expected it on the SE3 if there weren't any hardware limitations, but I could be wrong.
But most likely a underclocked processor
Edit: the processor speed is the same which is shocking, though why underclocked the iPad Minis one but not this one
10% difference on multi-core is not insignificant. Probably due to thermals?
Looks like I'm wrong. The SE3 has the same sensor as the SE2.
Still single camera and no camera hardware upgrades over SE 2.
When Apple states that SE 3 has “1.2x better graphics” than SE 2, do they mean that graphics performance is increased by 20% or 120%?
By “120%” I mean twice as fast as SE 2 but plus an additional 20% of SE 2’s performance.
Like if SE 2’d performance was a number “100”, SE 3’s performance would be “220”.. right?
Or is “1.2x” just a fancy way of saying “20% better”?
By “120%” I mean twice as fast as SE 2 but plus an additional 20% of SE 2’s performance.
Like if SE 2’d performance was a number “100”, SE 3’s performance would be “220”.. right?
Or is “1.2x” just a fancy way of saying “20% better”?
I noticed that. That probably was the one thing that I was curious to see if Apple would implement with the SE3, but I understand why they didn’t either.
20% better
Yes. I checked gpu benchmark scores for iPhone 13 vs SE 2 and there’s a 20% difference.
My summation of SE 3’s upgrades are(in no particular order):
1. A15 chip aka around 1.3x better single core score, 1.4x better multi-core, and 1.2x better graphics over SE 2020.
2. 5G cellular (sub 6Ghz). But can’t make use of the extra fast mmWave 5G.
3. 4GB RAM (SE 2020 has 3GB RAM). In other words, 1.33x RAM.
4. No upgrades to camera hardware. But addition of Deep Fusion, Smart HDR 4, and Photographic Styles, which are software-based photography improvements, offering better handling of high-contrast scenes and noise reduction, etc. However, still no Night Mode.
5. (Seemingly) around *20% better battery life overall compared to SE 2020. This might be just because of A15, but could also be because of a few more mAhs.
*Unconfirmed until reviews are out.
6. *More durable front and back glass panels.
*Not marketed as “Ceramic Shield”. So it’s unclear how big the improvements are.
7. Comes in new, slightly different color options: Starlight(white) and Midnight(black) and Product RED. Product RED option appears identical to SE 2020 Product RED color.
8. Starting price for 64GB base model is now $429 which is $30 more than the SE 2020.
.. and that’s it, I think? No other changes or upgrades?
I still play games and any chance that they’ll work more smoothly is always good. The iPhone 8 was the first time I felt that iPhone was 100% ready for games, with smooth performance.
Like the black & white ? from the previous model. ?♂️
The hues aren’t 1/1 identical on the black and white models, only for product RED.
“Starlight” definitely isn’t the same as the silver/white on the SE 2020.
This is what I’m worried about, hopefully starlight doesn’t have a pink hue to it. ?♂️
looking at their comparison page, it appears all of the colors are now subtly different: