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

[pedromcm.pm]

Hmmm, given how well the iPhone 5(s) scored on previous battery tests with Anandtech and reading through the threads here with so many people complaining about the battery life of their phones, I am not sure, if I would trust their results.

Phone Arena for instance, came to a rather different conclusion.

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There is a reason for that. While Anand makes sure everything else is equal and doesn't penalize faster processors (if both are at 100% it isn't fair. if 100 % of phone X has the same performance as 50 % of phone Z, it should be a benchmark with 100 % phone X and 50 % phone Z.) Phone arena are there just to please fandroids.

The Note 4 will drop and destroy this results, and yes I'm using a iPhone 5s I'm a fan.

Unfortunately for you, the best version of the note 4 will have a Snapdragon 805. You know, the same as that LTE-Advanced S5 that was being trounced on benchmarks.

 

[Switchback666]

Doubtful. Also do tell me again why you need a QHD screens on tiny phones besides draining unnecessary battery.

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?

 

[Demon Hunter]

Id assume thats memory bandwidth. For all the extra pixel power they put in the new phones, memory bandwidth for the GPU didn't increase proportionally. In this case, even the 6 is at a disadvantage, as its higher resolution (albeit not a huge difference) uses more bandwidth. In a Bandwidth limited test, the 5S will always perform better.

Thanks, that does make sense, I hadn't considered the bandwidth. I hope there's some more news on the GPU soon, since Anand says "we're still working on figuring out the exact GPU in A8."

 

[rantor49]

I'm glad I went with the 6 and not the 6+.

And I'm so glad I went with the 6 plus and not the 6.

 

[Demon Hunter]

It is still an apples to apples comparison though. (No pun intended)

Touche, sir, touche.

 

[blackcrayon]

Wow that Huawei has amazing battery life.

It's not a particularly powerful phone, and it has a HUGE battery 4000 mah.

 

[Switchback666]

There is a reason for that. While Anand makes sure everything else is equal and doesn't penalize faster processors (if both are at 100% it isn't fair. if 100 % of phone X has the same performance as 50 % of phone Z, it should be a benchmark with 100 % phone X and 50 % phone Z.) Phone arena are there just to please fandroids.







Unfortunately for you, the best version of the note 4 will have a Snapdragon 805. You know, the same as that LTE-Advanced S5 that was being trounced on benchmarks.

Not unfortunaly cause I don't have plans to buy a Note 4; apple finally gave me that big screen and I'm waiting for my 6 plus finally.

 

[neuropsychguy]

So basically you get a Ferrari (insert your favorite upper-echelon sports car) with the MPG of a Prius/Tesla.

Samsung and many other manufacturers just put in bigger gas tanks rather increasing efficiency. With Apple you get performance and efficiency.

 

[Lictor]

It sure was an interesting decision. I can't see what advantage it gives them. My guess is they were planning on a 1242 x 2208 physical screen but the technology didn't come together and this was the fallback plan.

No, it's exactly what they do on the MacBook Retina.

Now, the benchmarks are not that good on the 6+ because of scaling and the enormous "native" resolution. They were not that good on my MacBook Retina either.
Yet, I can still play fine. The trick is that you don't have to play at the native resolution on a Retina MB. Usually, using anything but native on a LCD is ugly. But with Retina, you barely notice the difference - I can play fine in 1280x800 or 1920x200 or whatever.
I wonder if the same applies to the 6+. If so, games just have to render in a lesser resolution. Sure, you won't game the full retina, but on fast moving games (the ones that need that extra boost), it won't be noticed anyway...

 

[macduke]

No doubt the A8 is a good chip with a strong GPU. But the iPhone 6 screen is much lower resolution that other flagship phones (including the 6+). That's why in this 'on screen' benchmark it scores so high. If android flagships still ran 720p screens with their current chips then you would be able to compare.

Here are the "off screen" results:

 

[6836838]

And I'm so glad I went with the 6 plus and not the 6.

I'm glad I'm going for the 6S

 

[mrbyu]

So the iPhone 5S is on top for GPU. I guess I'll hold out for the 6S. A smart Apple fan will always wait for the 'S'.

I'm also waiting for the 6S Plus, though I'm on the iPhone 5 so I really have an urge to jump into something new, but I guess I'll hold off till next year. I'm counting on a full sapphire glass display, killer hardware, fine-tuned design (getting rid of the protruding part of the camera lens; maybe making the antenna lines thinner / more subtle), and some other cool stuff.

 

[6836838]

If Apple hardware engineers are reading this, they're all laughing at you!

 

[neuropsychguy]

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

Its more why not mate?

That's why LG is giving away a free extra battery when you purchase the G3?

I'm not dissing the G3, it was high on my list of phones to buy (I think it's quite a bit better than what Samsung offers); it just wasn't worth it in the end for me when compared with an iPhone 6/6+.

 

[Sevanw]

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.

 

[barondebxl]

The 5S was outspeced by the note 3 and it still beat it in most benchmarks (and they weren't close). So I'd say its doubtful that the note 4 will "destroy" these results.

Benchmarks don't tell the whole story. Even though the 6+ doesn't score as high on the Gpu test you will never notice it in regular usage. Forget the note 4, wait till the Galaxy S6 and HTC M9 come out, they will obliterate benchmarks with the newest 64 bit snapdragon 810 and android L.

 

[Switchback666]

That's why LG is giving away a free extra battery when you purchase the G3?



I'm not dissing the G3, it was high on my list of phones to buy (I think it's quite a bit better than what Samsung offers); it just wasn't worth it compared with an iPhone 6/6+.

I don't know if they give extra battery's but the people I know that have one get pretty good battery life (full day).

And I'm with you, i waited so long for this so there is no way i will pass on the 6 plus.

 

[WannaGoMac]

I'm pretty sure the 6+ needs moar RAM.

Every time I see these ram comments i think "Gotta have more cowbell"

 

[TheBuffather]

My main complaint on the iPhones over the years vs. the iPad is that the browsing experience was poor on the phone since I consistently had to zoom pages in order for me to read the text (yes, I have bad eyes). However, on the 6+, I find that normal text for webpages is legible even with my eyesight, without having to manually zoom the pages. Some pages, such as MacRumors, are very easy to read using the default settings.

This has more to do with web designers making sure websites are responsive (legible on mobile) or not (when you have to zoom), rather than the phone.

 

[AZREOSpecialist]

The Note 4 will drop and destroy this results, and yes I'm using a iPhone 5s I'm a fan.

What's a Note 4?

 

[akbarali.ch]

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.

You may have a point. Maybe metal will boost the framerate a bit.

 

[drewc1138]

So basically you get a Ferrari (insert your favorite upper-echelon sports car) with the MPG of a Prius/Tesla.

Samsung and many other manufacturers just put in bigger gas tanks rather increasing efficiency. With Apple you get performance and efficiency.

Also, they give you the ability to switch out gas tanks when yours runs out.

 

[pedromcm.pm]

Here are the "off screen" results:

That k1 really became useless. You can't fit it on a phone or thin tablets. Even if you could use it on tablets, you can't use the same economies of scale as you would if it would be used on phones.

At least the shield looks nice.

 

[Discerptor]

Can anyone comment on the iPhone 6 (not Plus)'s battery life in their usage? I've been contemplating making the switch to iPhone, but my usage pattern makes the thought of going to a device with significantly less battery life than my Droid Maxx (even this device, whose main selling point in 2013 was battery life, barely lasts me a day) less than positive. And after trying the 6 and 6 Plus in an Apple Store, I concluded that the 6 Plus is unreasonably big and awkward for one-handed use, so I'm hoping I don't have to go with it.

 

[fardeenah]

look at the moto g! a 179 dollar phone compares to an iphone, thats saying something