iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Top Most Benchmarks and Battery Tests, While 6 Plus Lags in Graphics

[barondebxl]

But isn't the "real life usage" that is reviewed in that article a script to play out what is supposedly real life usage?

No, because in real life usage you dont sit around and do benchmarks. You know, you get up in the morning, turn on your phone/unplug it. Check your email, make some calls. Then commute to work/school, play with it a little. Work or study, play with it, play some games here and there, check email, watch some youtube videos, check your facebook,instagram, tweeter. Thats real life usage, not benchmarking.

 

[GeneralChang]

Boy, 5s. There, at least, is one advantage of the lower resolutions screen.

 

[wigby]

i bought it two months after release and had to get it replaced due to its standby button not working so its technically less than 12 months old. battery stats says health is 90% after 512 cycles. still have to charge it twice a day, granted i use it a lot but still

Sounds like one of the bad batches. My aunt just got her iPhone 5 battery replaced for free. She's been using for over a year but now has to charge it more than once a day like you. Did you check to see if you're eligible?

https://www.apple.com/support/iphone5-battery/

 

[Eweie]

Where is your God now, fandroids.

 

[GeneralChang]

With my brand spanking new iPhone 5, just out of the box and running iOS6, I managed 9 hours of WiFi web browsing. Immediately upon installing iOS7 my WiFi web browsing plummeted to 6 hours max. So I'm sorry, these battery life figures are pure BS. The i5 running iOS6 didn't even manage these figures in the real world.

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They're make believe so I doubt they'll worry. My partner's HTC One M8 positively slays her old 5S when it comes to battery life, and with the same usage patterns. Neither my i5 nor her 5S *ever* returned the battery life figures quoted by Apple, or these benchmark tests.

Well, that's just the problems inherent in any kind of battery testing. I use my phone very differently than you, so obviously we're going to see different returns on battery life. For my 5s, those battery numbers are pretty close to what I was seeing on iOS 7. But I spend pretty much all of my time on the phone indoors, and the screen brightness stays fairly low (since iOS 7 doesn't need any help blinding anybody). I also disable background refresh on pretty much everything, and bluetooth stays off much of the time. If I were to reverse just those three practices, I'm sure my battery life would drop off considerably. That's just a really hard thing to benchmark.

Those graphics numbers, however, sell me that much more on my decision to stick with my 5s for another year.

 

[sunking101]

Well, that's just the problems inherent in any kind of battery testing. I use my phone very differently than you, so obviously we're going to see different returns on battery life. For my 5s, those battery numbers are pretty close to what I was seeing on iOS 7. But I spend pretty much all of my time on the phone indoors, and the screen brightness stays fairly low (since iOS 7 doesn't need any help blinding anybody). I also disable background refresh on pretty much everything, and bluetooth stays off much of the time. If I were to reverse just those three practices, I'm sure my battery life would drop off considerably. That's just a really hard thing to benchmark.

Those graphics numbers, however, sell me that much more on my decision to stick with my 5s for another year.

I have everything switched off, trust me. Even 3G until I need it. I dread to think what my battery life would be if I didn't. There's the rub though, my partner has all systems go on her HTC and it still slays my battery life.

 

[rtdunham]

Can any 6 plus owners comments to on battery life. Can you get at least a full day usage on single charge...

I'm getting significantly longer battery life with my 6 Plus than I did with my 5S. Most days I've popped it to my computer to download (great) pix, or connected to play thru my car unit, so I haven't seen several unconnected 12 or 15-hour days. Today I've not had it connected for seven hours: Screen brightness turned to auto, BT on but I've been in wi-fi areas all day. I've made a couple long phone calls, browsed, viewed a bunch of pictures, set multiple alarms, read and received emails and messages, etc.--pretty typical use for me--and halfway thru my day it's at 79%. I'll have days with heavier demands on it, certainly, but I'm increasingly believing it's gonna always last all day.

I'm curious if iphone 6+ owners believe that the 5.5" device can replace their iPad...

Yes. (Disclaimer: I'm using an iPad Mini, so that's my basis for comparison) The 6+ will make a better dash-mounted GPS and it's fine for all the rest of the stuff I used to turn to my iPad for for a better experience than on my 5S.

Personally, I love my 6+. Just about getting used to the size now...

I think you've hit on something important: It'll take several weeks or more before the 6+ feels "natural" in the hand or pocket for most of us--we'll have forgotten what the smaller phones were like. The 6 will quickly seem so like the 5S I suspect some people might re-think that buying choice after a couple weeks or more. Not everyone, but I think there is going to be that sort of learning curve.

 

[MacLC]

Word of advice. Take that graphical benchmark for what it is. I can guarantee you that both devices will run the latest games with pretty much equal performance in the next years. The 6+ has to render a pretty high resolution which explains why it drops compared to the 6. It makes total sense and you won't see this difference in games or other types of applications. They are both incredibly fast devices with great graphical performance.

Indeed. These were "onscreen" benchmarks. "Offscreen" benchmarks showed the 6 and 6+ easily outpacing the 5S. Does that help most games? In a way The higher PPI and resolution means AA/AF can be dialed down without decrease in visual performance. The result is a net wash from the 5S.

 

[Sonmi451]

Anandtech was always questionable with their pro Apple slanted reviews. They always.posted benchmarks that contrasted what other review sites posted.

After Apple hired the the founder, things became crystal clear.

Sorry, I'll have to wait for a more credible source. This site has been more and more bias towards Apple. And it was all confirmed with his hiring by Apple. GSMarena are usually good.

These are jokes right? Anandtech is one of the most highly respected tech blogs on the whole internet. I guess the astroturfing is still alive and well.

 

[randian]

Do any of these battery test benchmarks normalize for battery capacity? Phones with big batteries last longer, no duh, but more interesting is efficiency, how well the phone does with what it's got.

One of the problems Android phones have is the high frequency of their CPUs. If I recall correctly 2x frequency = 4x power, all other things being equal. The iPhone CPU's low clock frequency is a big boon to battery life.

 

[jetlitheone]

Thats another lie. Because you think the M8 is android. Not only does the M8 have better battery life than the i6 but it has better standby. So does the G3. Phonearena has already published their battery test and the iphone 6 lags behind the M8 and most android devices, even the moto x 2014 that has bad battery life according to android standards. Wait till gsmarena publishes the iphone 6 battery test, youll see that it is clearly not as good as the M8.

Anandtech posted some battery stats. The 6 went ahead of the m8.

People get different results.

My results are that the 6 gets better battery for me.

They're both great phones though.

The G3 I didn't get good battery life really...

 

[nigerson]

Indeed, a strange benchmark; how is it that the iPhone 5s could actually beat the 6 by .6 points?

It seems more likely that this benchmarking suite has not been optimized for A-series chips, much less Metal, and serves as more of raw horsepower-type benchmark. In other words, completely useless for measuring iOS devices which rely on heavy optimization.

because the iphone 6 has a higher resolution and thus more pixels to power.

 

[a0me]

Ouch. Even though Macrumors is for us Apple fans, it wouldn't hurt to show some of the tests where the new iPhones didn't fare so well. Guess I have to go to AnandTech to get the full picture.

Physics is the only category in which the iPhone falls behind, but it would have been nice of MacRumors to mention it.

 

[Coreless apples]

Can any 6 plus owners comments to on battery life. Can you get at least a full day usage on single charge. For reference I'm one of the few users who has to charge his 5s at least once during the day
Thank you guys #

I get close to two days on one full charge. Internet. Music. Social media. Apps. All use

 

[a0me]

Yes, the one test that actually shows a significant advantage of lots of slower cores. Samsung should make a commercial about it...

I would guess that they're mostly used in high-end games which tend to be on iOS first.

 

[Icaras]

I'm very pleased that I made the right choice for going with the iPhone 6. I'm a big gamer on iOS and happy to see that the assumptions on this site by various Mac Rumors users that the 6 would indeed run graphics better due to it's identical internals and smaller screen.

The 6 Plus screen does look georgeous though, as noted by a later article ranking it the best smart phone LCD ever made. However, if my iPhone were my primary HD video viewing device, then the choice would have been much more difficult for me. But being that I have an iPad Air with 1080+ capability, it seems I've got the best of both worlds here: iPhone 6 for top performing mobile gaming, and iPad Air for 1080p video viewing.

 

[Ramchi]

I think this report may be misleading!

Looks like Huawei and Nvidia seems to be far ahead of others!

 

[nviz22]

Seems like Apple rushed their phones out and their supply shortage doesn't help the issue.

 

[BvizioN]

The Note 4 will drop and destroy this results.

True. Samsung will cheat once again the Benchmarks.

 

[Icaras]

True. Samsung will cheat once again the Benchmarks.

Haha no doubt

 

[BvizioN]

Why? First people asked why about the big screens, Apple finally did it and now it's about any random stuff like QHD, I guess you will feel the same way when the iPhone sports a QHD display?

The LG G3 handles very well with a QHD in the battery department.

Its more why not mate?

Big screens is a totally different matter. And let's not ignore the fact that it has always been a controversy regarding iPhone screen sizes. You had people who wanted larger screens and you had these who though 3.5" or 4" was a perfect size. That hasn't changed too much, you still have people who disagree when it comes to screen sizes, which is stupid because size should be related to a personal needs and there can't be one size to suit everyone.

Higher screen resolution beyond a certain point becomes totally unnecessary on a small screen. This subject is like the one where people relate higher mega pixel cameras with image quality! iPhone 6+ have higher PPI in comparison to 6 but still quite low compare to some high end Android devices. And yet, it has the most beautiful screen I have seen on all these smart phones IMO. That's why I like Apple products, Apple doesn't go for high specs, it aims for quality and user experience instead.

 

[Tech198]

is this right ?

iPhone 5s is BETTER than iPhone 6 in graphics performance ?

Makes me happy to know that Not that i would have upgraded anyway.

Seems Apple is not always on the ball after all ...... I may as well poke fun at Apple now,, because i'll never get a better chance..

 

[Reason077]

is this right ?

iPhone 5s is BETTER than iPhone 6 in graphics performance ?

Not really. The iPhone 6's graphics chip is probably a bit faster than the one in the 5s. But it also has a lot more pixels to push around, which results in slower scores in some benchmark tests.

It's like how when you set a 3D game to a higher resolution, the fps will drop.

 

[essexman]

I don't understand the need to bash android much less it's users over some stupid benchmarks. I never bothered to do, read or fight over them. They all seem to be done for one purpose for the user to gloat over others how his phone is better than others. I have seen plenty other benchmarks in which android phones have come tops. I use both android and iOS. I love my one plus one and my iPad. Stop this bitching and grow up. If you love your phone use it, don't try to put others down that only means you are you are insecure.

 

[got2go]

I don't understand the need to bash android much less it's users over some stupid benchmarks. I never bothered to do, read or fight over them. They all seem to be done for one purpose for the user to gloat over others how his phone is better than others. I have seen plenty other benchmarks in which android phones have come tops. I use both android and iOS. I love my one plus one and my iPad. Stop this bitching and grow up. If you love your phone use it, don't try to put others down that only means you are you are insecure.

maybe because they intentionally cheat in benchmarks and get caught red handed.

android manufacturers fill the phone with features and chips with more cores and play the PC game with clock speed and core count as marketing points. Apple goes after the total experience and integrates the hardware and software together to get better results.