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iPhone 6 vs. 6 Plus Performance
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This is the only post that makes sense to me when it comes down to benchmark scores. I do a little PC benchmarking myself (rig link in sig), and I can inflate my benchmark scores at lower resolution. Benchmark scores may look impressive at lower resolution on my rig, but I still prefer running my apps and games at higher resolution on my PC. My apps and gaming looks better at higher resolution, and I don't see any difference at the minimal loss in performance.
Thinking of benchmarking phones the way I understand it from benchmarking PC's, seems a little silly to me when comparing scores of 2 phones with similar hardware at different resolutions.
I do agree that the iPhone 6 has an advantage over the plus because of the reason posted by MH01, but both benchmarks are to close to make a big deal over it. Can't go wrong with either when it comes to performance. Other than that, it comes down to preference.
In the case of the CPU tests, the margins are so close that the differences are probably due to random variation.
My guess is that the A8 maxes out at ~1.4 Ghz in each of them.
The GPU side gets more complicated but it looks like the 6 Plus was no more than 5% faster in off screen benchmarks, which suggests that perhaps its TDP is marginally higher than the 6. Of course, the 6 still performs much better on screen thanks to pushing so many fewer pixels.
We'll need to see some extensive testing done on this subject, but I'd imagine the 4.7" 6 will age more gracefully if GPU performance or texture size/RAM bottlenecks these phones in the future.
Those polls mean nothing. The 6+ was significantly under-produced compared to the 6. So, by definition, there's going to be more people who have bought the 6. That's like saying since the 6+ sold-out within 1-2 hours compared to the 6, which was still readily available well into the next day, the 6+ must be more popular.
And if a game REALLY needs more power it easily could run in 720 instead of 1080. Nothing is forcing full screen apps on ip6+ to use the whole resolution.
I've said at least a dozen times and will again.
The 6+ is the return of the iPad 3. It will be obsolete well within a year I'm betting as Apple decides to discontinue it as a blemish on their technical brand image. The replacement 6+S will address almost all issues and the early adopters are simply beta testers.
just throwing out benchmarks for a sec is there a side by side vid showing both phones doing the same exact thing.
Are you saying Apple has no practical experience designing and appropriating hardware to devices larger than 4.7 inches? That's laughable.
I dont think (and hope) that they discontinue it. But these larger sizes are new for Apple. They can't have the tallest phone in the market and not look foolish. They either need to tweak the dimensions / bezels and most certainly dont allow it to bend in normal use. Presumably software glitches can be fixed with software and more RAM.
Not at all. I'm saying they seldom get it right when jumping to an entirely new product. They didn't with the jump to retina on the iPads (the iPad 3) and they haven't on the phablet side with the 6+ either.
If you own a 6+, enjoy your quaint piece of Apple history.
Though I agree with you that the iPad 3 was not a perfect device, the 6+ isn't nearly as bad. The iPad had issues with large dispay variation, excessive heat and overall mediocre performance. The 6+ may not be as fast as the iPhone 6 for 3D graphics, which is to be expected. But when compared to other high resolution phones it's actually very good.
I was just interested in how others perceived their devices. Personally, I believe iOS 8/8.0.1 will bring some optimizations and make it a better experience.
It's not an entirely new product, its an iPhone. Call it a big iPhone or a small iPad, it doesn't matter, there's nothing new about it. Lol, that's like saying the iPhone 5 or the iPhone 6 are "entirely new products" because they have a larger screen than their predecessors.
IOS 8.xxx will optimise overall performance better.
When i build gaming computers, i can have a really good benchmark to brag about. But running different games or software will give the computer a different overall feel of performance provided all settings and resolutions is kept constant.
Ultimately, just because a particular game/software ran very very well in a system does not mean that all games and software will run just as well.
It all boils down to how the software/application was coded.
A few years ago i played some games and it played very well on an ATI equipped graphics card. But faired poorly in a Nvidia rig. Both systems had similar specced CPU graphics RAM and so on...
When i build gaming computers, i can have a really good benchmark to brag about. But running different games or software will give the computer a different overall feel of performance provided all settings and resolutions is kept constant.
Ultimately, just because a particular game/software ran very very well in a system does not mean that all games and software will run just as well.
It all boils down to how the software/application was coded.
A few years ago i played some games and it played very well on an ATI equipped graphics card. But faired poorly in a Nvidia rig. Both systems had similar specced CPU graphics RAM and so on...
It's called the Apple Parrot Syndrome. Someone reads an Internet article and parrots the content without any critical thought. Other Apple parrots follow suit. It is a fascinating phenomenon. I'll have to write a white paper for psych class.