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

[TechZeke]

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

Doubt it with that QHD display. Even if it does beat the 5S, it wont be by much. Notice how iPhone's A-Series processors are dominating every other flag ship. The 5S came out a year ago, I might add.

Snapdragon can tout "Quad-core" and "Octo-core" but clearly can't dish it out.

 

[ratigator]

Now all Apple has to do with the 6S and 6S+ (this is getting out of hand by the way) is enhance the graphics chip so it can push more polygons/pixels to the screen.

This, and not knowing if the 6+ will fit in my hipstery chino pockets is why I played it safe this time around, and got smaller one.

 

[2457282]

The 5s I just sold rates better on the graphics benchmark than the 6 I just bought. Hmm.....

 

[barondebxl]

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+.

Actually the LG G3 lags quite a bit because the SoC isn't powerful enough to make things silky smooth and also because LG has done a poor job at optimizing performance. The phone heats up quite a bit and there is brightness throttling.

 

[BruceEBonus]

If you want to cheer yourselves up and forget about these discrepancies. Ask someone like me what his iPhone 4S runs like after installing IOS8. No. Don't. It's too depressing. It's slower than a 3GS now. It's a worldwide known problem which Apple will have to address.
What I'm getting at is. Ha gonna see what the 6 models run like after the next software fix. It could simply be Apple not optimising properly and rushing stuff out as they are doing regularly nowadays. Thanks.

 

[Brien]

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 am getting about 1.5 days per charge with heavy usage (LTE browsing, music, Youtube, some messaging/voice calls).

 

[greytmom]

I'm curious if iphone 6+ owners believe that the 5.5" device can replace their ipad? You have a 9.7" air, so maybe not... But I can't help but wonder if it'll make the iPad mini feel unnecessary.

I have both the 6+ and the mini iPad. I think I will still use the iPad quite a lot - the reason I bought it was to use at the gym during my cardio (I have back problems, so I stick to elliptical, treadmill and recumbent bike). I watch tv shows and movies on it, then switch to my iPod Touch for music or audiobooks during weight training. The size of the mini iPad is perfect for what I use it for - any smaller and I would be straining to see the screen, due to distance from my eyes. Hauling my iPad Air around in the gym would be a pain - the mini is the perfect size.

I'm using the mini and the phone at home, interchangeably. Since I'm also over 40 and can't see as well up close as I used to, the larger screen on the Plus is awesome for reading, but I still prefer to view videos on the iPad.

About battery life - I've been amazed. I used the phone all day yesterday and by 11:30pm last night, was still at 48%.

 

[Shuri]

iPhone have always been very energy efficient. The point is: They had smaller batteries than competition, because of the smaller devices. People kind of never took this into regard. Makes Samsung Wall Huggers Ad little stupid..
It doesn't surprise me at all, that Apple, now that they have similar sized phones, can last longer with smaller battery.

 

[thatisme]

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

But in reality, how many people actually walk around with an extra battery fully charged in their pockets?

 

[Jsameds]

Welcome to 2016, Android manufacturers haha

 

[barondebxl]

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.

If battery life is your thing then you have to go with the 6 plus. I have the 6 and it has reasonable battery life but it isn't as good as the HTC One M8. With the M8, I was using it heavy and i mean SO HEAVY and I would never worry about making it through a whole day with at least 25% left by like midnight.I can't do that with the iPhone 6. So go with the 6 plus, I'm returning my 6 for a 6 plus.

 

[OneMike]

Can anyone with a 6 Plus comment on the graphics? How well is it running things like games?

Asphalt 8 is good, beach buggy racing, modern combat 3, etc.. I heard and saw in a video there were issues with modern combat 5 and the sky looking weird. Haven't purchased so can't confirm.

 

[Gooberton]

Needs more ram, Safari pages turning white

 

[blackcrayon]

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.

Battery life seems pretty good so far, but most of us have only had it for a couple of days Give it some time, but it looks like it will still be better than any iPhone before it and probably one of the best on the market taking its speed and size into account.

 

[lincolntran]

The iPhone 6+ is pushing 2,742,336 pixels every frame. The iPhone 5S is pushing 727,040 pixels. Literally over 300% more pixels, AND its performing competitively. How can you possibly conclude its not much improved?

Because he doesn't know much about it and complains too soon

 

[groovyd]

I've experienced great battery life so far.

Yesterday through 10 hours with normal usage and on the go (varying cell signal strengths) I was at 56% battery life still. By the end of the day (around 15 total hours), I had somewhere around 30% battery remaining.

Today so far I have been using my phone fairly heavily (downloading new apps on LTE, browsing twitter and reading articles, listening to podcasts) at it currently stands at 85% at 4 hours at 15 minutes since I unplugged it.

I typically had to charge my iPhone 5 at least once during the day previously and would always keep a charger near by for small periods of charging to keep it at a reasonable level.

the most important thing to mobile device battery life is not really the battery size at all but more importantly the operating system's ability to drop the components progressively into the lowest power state possible for the task at hand. This is actually the hardest part of embedded system design and is clearly the part Apple focuses on. In many cases a smart decision by the os can switch off and on something that consumes the lion's share of power without any detriment to the user experience between operations earning orders of magnitude reductions in current demand.

 

[whitneydigital]

Tomsguide has its own benchmarks

Gfx Benchmarks at tomsguide show a better prognosis for the 6+

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-6-benchmark-results,news-19584.html

 

[magbarn]

Needs more RAM!

Imagine if they put 4gb of RAM IN it!

Need more RAM.

So, were all those that want MORE RAM????

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

Once again folks, these benchmarks wouldn't care if you had 1 gb or 20gb of ram. On a desktop/laptop computer, 3dmark doesn't care if you have 2gb or 20gb of ram so why would it make a difference on a iPhone?

 

[kanon14]

the iPhone 5 scored higher than the iPhone 5S in the battery test?



call me surprised, my iPhone 5 battery sucks and i am on the 2nd replacement device

This is after some heavy web browsing including playing a bunch of youtube videos for the whole day.

 

[Imory]

That drop off on the 6+ Graphics doesn't fill me with confidence. That was the one I ordered (I cancelled it today for a completely different reason to this graphics thing).

You've got absolutely nothing to worry about. That drop makes perfect sense given that it runs a higher resolution. It's simply a benchmark, not real life performance in a game. The 6 and 6+ will perform equally in games for a long time. They're both so similar that devs most likely will make sure the performance is equal on both devices.

 

[V_Man]

How on earth are you using your phone? I can barely get a full day from my iPhone 5 if I'm using it decently.

He doesn't.

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There's literally 0 samsung components on these iPhones.

Nope they are in them

 

[cube]

I don't care without removable battery, card slot, and at least 2GiB RAM.

 

[krevbot]

Apple Bias

Well this frustrating...I hoped you were going to show the other top phones in battery life, rather than choosing to omit them to make the six look better. Where is the Samsung Note II, S5, or the Motorola Droid Max, because on findthebest.com they crush the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus? There are other phones with better battery life as well, but those are the ones I'd actually consider using.

Please don't fulfill the Apple fanboy stereotypes. Enough people do that already.

 

[Imory]

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.

It's an onscreen benchmark which reflects the resolution with relation to its capacity. What's really interesting is the offscreen benchmark where they are all truly tested. As you can see, the 6 and the 6+ are pretty much identical.

 

[tdream]

When Apple win benchmarks it's all about the technical horsepower. When they lose, it's 'the technology is still developing' or we designed it like that.

Remember these cliches - no one wants a 7 inch tablet.... no one wants a large phone ....

That's what so annoying about Apple fanatics. When they win in a few benchmarks the name calling comes in thick and fast, and they get defensive when you point out how other platforms have had that technology for years or state that Apple are no longer innovating, they're following. You could almost say it's childish behaviour... almost.