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iPhone 5 Benchmarks Appear in Geekbench Showing a Dual Core, 1GHz A6 CPU
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Aren't dogs quite fast? My iPod Touch 4th Gen is creeping along like an iguana.
Lots of silly stuff on this forum these days.
I guess I don't know, and probably don't want to know what a "True" Mac user is.
I've had Android phones for 3 years and develop Android apps.
I also have a two iPads and develop iOS apps.
It really doesnt. Over here its like £80 more to get an iPhone 16GB over an S3 which has been out a while now.
Wait! found something out. Apparently you get better scores when plugged in. I tested it 3 times now with two phones. Plugged in they scored around the 1790-1800 range, unplugged they scored between the 1560-1595 range.
Most of these posts are stupid in this thread comparing marks from ios v android. Look how low score the 4s gets and thats a pretty quick phone. The iphone 5 on ios 6 is a monster. Compare results with the same os cos they run completely differently. I dont care if the s3 or iphone 5 scores higher its about user experience. If the s3 is fast for their owners then great. Ill have the iphone 5 and its gonna kick the arse of my old iphone 3g on ios4 which is horrible.
Most Qualcomm if not all are asynchronous CPUs meaning the second core is offline most of the time. The question is does the A6 operate this way? The Tegra processor is synchronous meaning both cores are online all the time. That said synchronous generally would produce higher benchmarks. On android we would run a script to force the second core online at all times. You would loose some battery but would produce better benchmarks.
Again is the A6 synchronous or asynchronous?
Again is the A6 synchronous or asynchronous?
I am glad to be of service, then; because I am tired of reading loads and loads of posts from people who do nothing more here than bashing Apple just for the sake of it.
In other words, they are trolls. And they must be weeded out of a dedicated Apple forum such as this. I truly miss the days when MR used to comprise knowledgeable, bona fide Mac and iOS users; not kids brandishing their copycat Androids and pretending they all came out of legitimate R&D.
Again, better performance with half the cores and 400mhz lower clockspeed. GTFO Android fanboy.
Apple's Micro-architecture superior
Here you have validation of Apple's processor engineering capability. A dual core lower clocked processor is benchmarked faster than the average SIII processor benchmark. That's a major win for Apple's A6 micro-architecture. It means that it has long legs. Performance/Watt is what Apple is after.
The other aspects that should be discussed and looked into, is Apple's custom circuitry designed to accelerate many of the core routines in iOS. It's going to be very hard for competitors to catch up. So now Apple is not only enhancing their own OS, they are also in control and enhancing their own processors.
They are incorporating specialized hardware to accelerate key functions and maximizing GPU resources.
Now imagine a higher clocked with quad core GPU version in the next iPad. Which in my opinion will be here much sooner than next spring. Apple needs to incorporate the 28nm LTE chip and the A6 sooner than later. That should allow them to follow the iPhone 5's lead and result in a thinner lighter faster iPad...
Here you have validation of Apple's processor engineering capability. A dual core lower clocked processor is benchmarked faster than the average SIII processor benchmark. That's a major win for Apple's A6 micro-architecture. It means that it has long legs. Performance/Watt is what Apple is after.
The other aspects that should be discussed and looked into, is Apple's custom circuitry designed to accelerate many of the core routines in iOS. It's going to be very hard for competitors to catch up. So now Apple is not only enhancing their own OS, they are also in control and enhancing their own processors.
They are incorporating specialized hardware to accelerate key functions and maximizing GPU resources.
Now imagine a higher clocked with quad core GPU version in the next iPad. Which in my opinion will be here much sooner than next spring. Apple needs to incorporate the 28nm LTE chip and the A6 sooner than later. That should allow them to follow the iPhone 5's lead and result in a thinner lighter faster iPad...
Questionably better performance as numerous people in this very thread have achieved better results than 1601.
And you have no right to call me a fanboy or tell me to GTFO simple because I'm being rational.
I had iphone for 5 years and I left because I was sick of apples rules with MY phone. I still own other apple stuff but the iphone is finished for me. They don't innovate any more. They just milk
Optimizing
What you need to remember is that the geekbench score of the iPhone 5 is probably from a SINGLE device so far. Whereas the S3 is an average from a great number of devices.
So these scores might change when more and more devices are put to test. But im guessing the scores for the iPhones might be more consistent due to Apples control of their OS and their devices and optimization.
But with Jelly Bean optimization has been improved a lot and so scores might change when S3 is updated to the latest OS. There are however current devices with really high scores like this one with over 2000:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1032880
And by the looks of it, many of the geekbench scores for the S3 are not from 4 cores but ranging down even to score from just 1 core. How that is possible I dont know but is sure must affect the average.
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/search?utf8=✓&q=galaxy+s+iii
That all said. Optimization is the key to performance along with better hardware. And im all for more optimization rather than adding processing power
What you need to remember is that the geekbench score of the iPhone 5 is probably from a SINGLE device so far. Whereas the S3 is an average from a great number of devices.
So these scores might change when more and more devices are put to test. But im guessing the scores for the iPhones might be more consistent due to Apples control of their OS and their devices and optimization.
But with Jelly Bean optimization has been improved a lot and so scores might change when S3 is updated to the latest OS. There are however current devices with really high scores like this one with over 2000:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1032880
And by the looks of it, many of the geekbench scores for the S3 are not from 4 cores but ranging down even to score from just 1 core. How that is possible I dont know but is sure must affect the average.
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/search?utf8=✓&q=galaxy+s+iii
That all said. Optimization is the key to performance along with better hardware. And im all for more optimization rather than adding processing power
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It does exist. The korean model is quad with 2gb and the new gt i9305 lte model is quad with 2gb. Its available for pre order in aus, it will also be available in germany and the uk aswell, prob other countries but thats all that i know about. But yes most readers are talking about the gti9300 and that has only 1gb ram.
I do agree with the rest of your statement tho
Thats interesting because two S3's over here say otherwise. Their both stock with no overclocking or anything of the sort, and they are running 4.0.4.
My S3 is smooth and I do a lot more than I did on my iphone. Iphone loads all its animations ready to make them seem fast. But open an app and it's slow as hell
LMAO!
What a ridiculous comment. Its exactly THIS kind of mentality that is so rightfully ridiculed everywhere outside of Macrumors and other apple based forums. The apple cult is very much real.
To add to your comment, I guess I'm not a true mac user, despite being on the OS X platform since it debuted, huh? My choice in Android and realization that customization is a benefit makes me less of a 'true mac user'.... whatever the hell that means anyway, I wouldnt dare to tie myself to a brand only to add meaning to my character, but hey, whatever makes your life more meaningful, good for you.
Thats most likely it, jelly bean improved performance. So there you have it folks. Not trying to bash apple in any way because I am actually going to be a proud owner of a new iPhone 5 soon. Just trying to get the facts straight.
I can see folks getting understandably emotional. Lots of information and misinformation going around. Samsung really has given Android a very bad name.
I develop on both platforms. I've owned Android phones for the last 3 years, I have an iPhone 5 on order.
In general I now prefer iOS because the Android ecosystem is getting a little out of hand. Malware, poor app behavior is common, manufacturers who don't support their phones after launch (HTC in particular).
However, like many things, its not all one sided. Android has lots of good ideas and innovations. Several seem improvements over iOS. The notifications UI is the best example that was essentially copied from Android. I still think its done better on Android.
Android has a fundamental concept of intents which acts like dynamic links between applications. Applications can register that they know how to handle certains types of data. If a user tries to view that data, they have a choice of which app to process it. Its a very elegant and generalized solution which is powerful in Android. iOS has recently added something similar but it feels like a special purpose bolted on patch. Maybe it will evolve ok.
In general I think Apple and iOS have more of a focus on their customer and improving the user experience.
Android is too fragmented between Google, carriers and manufacturers. No one really owns the customer. No one really cares if the customer stays happy.
I've gone back and forth but with the current state of affairs I think iOS is a better bet at this point in time.
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If this is true then it makes me laugh how bad Android is written. Look at all the power in their phones and they are still slower.
If this is true then it makes me laugh how bad Android is written. Look at all the power in their phones and they are still slower.