Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Geekbench Scores Suggest iPhone 7 Outperforms Current 12.9-Inch iPad Pro

MacRumors

MacRumors

macrumors bot
Original poster
Apr 12, 2001
64,999
33,189



Another set of Geekbench results claiming to be from an iPhone 7 have appeared online, just a day before the device is set to be announced.

We've seen alleged Geekbench reports before - screenshots that turned out to be fake - but emerging so close to the phone's unveiling and appearing on the PrimateLabs site, this one may have more legitimacy to it.

Screen-Shot-2016-09-06-at-12.37.15.jpg

The device is identified as an "iPhone9,3", which may refer to a third model of iPhone 7, given that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus carry the hardware strings "iPhone8,1" and "iPhone8,2", respectively. And yet the RAM for the device is stated as 2GB, whereas previous rumors imply that the iPhone 7 Plus will get 3GB RAM, suggesting this is a 4.7-inch device.

The scores indicate significant performance gains owing to the A10 chip expected to feature in the iPhone 7. If the results are legitimate, a single-core score of 3379 and multi-core score of 5495 show that a 400MHz A10 processor easily beats the performance of the A9 in the iPhone 6s Plus, which scores 2490 and 4341, respectively.

On these results, the A10 also outperforms the 2.2GHz A9X chip powering the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, which returns Geekbench scores of 3224 and 5466, respectively.

Interestingly, the report says the handset is running a future version of iOS 10 (10.1) that has yet to be seeded to developers, implying that the test was conducted internally, apparently with full knowledge that the results would become public.

As noted, suspension of belief is advised without any official confirmation, but we shouldn't have to wait long before more concrete results begin appearing in the wild.

Apple is expected to reveal its new iPhones tomorrow, along with a second-generation Apple Watch, and refreshed Beats products. Apple should also provide final release dates for iOS 10, macOS Sierra, tvOS 10, and watchOS 3, and it may have other product and service updates to announce. Check back with MacRumors.com for live coverage and through the @MacRumorsLive account on Twitter.

Article Link: Geekbench Scores Suggest iPhone 7 Outperforms Current 12.9-Inch iPad Pro
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/06/geekbench-iphone-7-outperforms-ipad-pro/
  • Like
Reactions: appledefenceforce and Sunny1990
M

melscar

macrumors newbie
Jan 10, 2014
2
8
Even if real, the device is obviously not really running at 400MHz. Processor speeds are often incorrectly reported on GeekBench. It seems pretty likely (besides possibly just being fake) that it could be a legitimate benchmark result but with an incorrect clock speed.
 
  • Like
Reactions: nagromme, iClone, Keane16 and 5 others
G

gebbl

macrumors newbie
Dec 28, 2010
15
30
No matter how much hate Apple receives, I still think it's damn impressive to continually add features and improvements in a device that has stayed relatively the same size while never compromising on existing features (ehm except headphone jack).
 
  • Like
Reactions: Codeseven and mstnorris
M

mdellepi

macrumors regular
Jun 15, 2015
151
168
Germany
May iPhone 9,3 refer to the glossy piano-black version? Maybe it will come with a premium over standard models...
 
Weaselboy

Weaselboy

Moderator
Staff member
Jan 23, 2005
34,347
15,997
California
  • Like
Reactions: justperry, sundragon, Happy-Mac and 4 others
djcerla

djcerla

macrumors 68020
Apr 23, 2015
2,312
12,025
Italy
Milese3 said:
I've already spoken about this in other threads, but there's so much wrong with this benchmark. These can be easily faked. Also the specs seem completely illogical: 400MHz processor? Not to mention the never seen before iPhoneX,3 naming. It's clear this isn't the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus.
Click to expand...

Guy from Geekbench says clock speed is not reported by the device, just guessed by the software, and can be wrong. If anything, if it was a fake, it would likely report a plausible clock rate.

EDIT: ninja'd
 
  • Like
Reactions: sundragon, Keane16, strategicthinke and 3 others
soupcan

soupcan

macrumors 6502a
Nov 21, 2014
725
2,926
Netherlands
Not bad for a dual-core.

Milese3 said:
I've already spoken about this in other threads, but there's so much wrong with this benchmark. These can be easily faked. Also the specs seem completely illogical: 400MHz processor? Not to mention the never seen before iPhoneX,3 naming. It's clear this isn't the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus.
Click to expand...
Maybe instead of continuously being on full speed Apple did an Intel and got some form of turbo clock on it? Lower the base clockspeed for reduced power consumption, then turbo it up when the power is needed.
 
M

Milese3

macrumors 6502
Aug 11, 2014
301
34
Southampton - United Kingdom
Also, a new iPhone has never shipped running X.1 of the operating system...
[doublepost=1473165049][/doublepost]
Henriok said:
There's never been three models released before either.. iPhone, iPhone Plus and iPhone Pro.
And by the way.. there's been the iPhone3,3 and iPhone5,3.
Click to expand...
It's interesting- I'm intrigued to see what Apple announces tomorrow. Despite the rumours this year, there definitely does seem to be an increased level of secrecy- to an extent.
 
  • Like
Reactions: djcerla
W

Waxhead138

macrumors 6502
May 18, 2012
473
546
Given Apples track record about being slow to react at times, more specifically how long it took them to go to 2gb ram in an IPhone....does anyone realistically expect to see 3gb this year? Not being sarcastic either it just seems too early, based on track record.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom