iPhone 6S TSMC 16nm beats Samsung 14nm in battery life and speed tests

[Broadus]

That's what one would expect.

 

[mi7chy]

No surprise Chinese media supporting Chinese TSMC fab. In reality, Samsung 14nm node is better, more reliable, cooler, faster and with better screen-on time and standby battery life.

 

[jtwlbz]

This test result is what i thought.

 

[Trius]

You should be a clickbait writer for some bush league tech news website (like PhoneArena) with this thread.

"In any case, the impromptu results indicate that the 14nm and 16nm die sizes are so close to each other, that their performance overlaps, and the 16nm even pulls a bit ahead. You can stop worrying what exactly kind of A9 is in your new iPhone, though, as they are both crushing the benchmarks anyway."​

Let me guess, Samsung chip?

jk, chill man I didn't write the article.

 

[Merkie]

This test result is what i thought.

Still, again it's N=1.

 

[tivoboy]

TSMC chip here, battery has been excellent as has performance..

have had the random shut down AND the hot home button, but since 91.b4 haven't seen it.. but that's only a few days now

 

[Dammit Cubs]

Interesting stuff, 20% more battery is nothing to sneeze at.. haven't seen any mention here about this yet.

Live test results comparing Samsung 14nm vs TSMC 16nm chip.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...6s-versions-yields-surprising-results_id74448

Chinese website ran live benchmarks on each chip showing TSMC with up to 20% better battery life
http://m.mydrivers.com/newsview/449771.html?ref=

TSMC also showed a slight performance advantage
http://m.mydrivers.com/newsview.aspx?id=449834&cid=1

(Credit - /u/pw5a29)

As much as I wish this is true. Although TSMC is Taiwanese based while Samsung is Korean. This could be a bias report. I would prefer if multiple sources confirmed this.

 

[jmfangio]

No surprise Chinese media supporting Chinese TSMC fab. In reality, Samsung 14nm node is better, more reliable, cooler, faster and with better screen-on time and standby battery life.

What is the source of your "in reality" claims?

 

[Serickmetz]

No surprise Chinese media supporting Chinese TSMC fab. In reality, Samsung 14nm node is better, more reliable, cooler, faster and with better screen-on time and standby battery life.

Sounds like you're in the denial stage.

 

[willmtaylor]

Let me guess, Samsung chip?

jk, chill man I didn't write the article.

I am chill. (I just had a cookie and I'm drinking some coffee.) Just call out propagation of click-bait when I see it.

Don't know which chip I have; don't care.

 

[jtwlbz]

again, if one chip is superior like 20% more battery time than the other Apple is in a big trouble. I doubt this is true. I am sure Apple already done power consumption analysis between two chips and should be similar before they started shipping.

 

[Broadus]

again, if one chip is superior like 20% more battery time than the other Apple is in a big trouble. I doubt this is true. I am sure Apple already done power consumption analysis between two chips and should be similar before they started shipping.

It's hard to see it being otherwise. A 20% difference would be too great to allow.

 

[Newtons Apple]

This is such BS. Most would never be able to tell the difference and the rest could care less.

But this is what the McRumors Forums are the VERY best at!!!

 

[LLL1424]

No surprise Chinese media supporting Chinese TSMC fab. In reality, Samsung 14nm node is better, more reliable, cooler, faster and with better screen-on time and standby battery life.

Sounds like a Samsung chip owner...lol

 

[Kalvin00]

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[MICHAELSD]

TSMC yet only 5-6 hours of usage here on a 6s.

 

[mi7chy]

Remember boys. TSMC is the reason why Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 has been a failure with overheating and poor battery life. Guess what fab Qualcomm is switching to for the Snapdragon 820? That's right Samsung 14 nm.

 

[blackcrayon]

Remember boys. TSMC is the reason why Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 has been a failure with overheating and poor battery life. Guess what fab Qualcomm is switching to for the Snapdragon 820? That's right Samsung 14 nm.

So all things equal the 820 will be even worse? Doesn't bode well for Qualcomm.

 

[Ries]

Could also be the TSMC heating up and throttling, hence longer battery life in non-stop running tests.

 

[Bako-MacAddict]

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[iMacDragon]

Could also be the TSMC heating up and throttling, hence longer battery life in non-stop running tests.

This is why I'm waiting for somewhere like anand to run detailed testing before drawing any conclusions.

 

[Merkie]

This is why I'm waiting for somewhere like anand to run detailed testing before drawing any conclusions.

Their review is taking a long time, so perhaps they're going really in-depth into this issue.

 

[Trius]

I am chill. (I just had a cookie and I'm drinking some coffee.) Just call out propagation of click-bait when I see it.

Don't know which chip I have; don't care.

Fair enough, although I don't have any alternate agenda other than a subject for discussion. True or not, seems like something that should be discussed. Several websites are reporting on this.

 

[iMacDragon]

Their review is taking a long time, so perhaps they're going really in-depth into this issue.

I suspect they probably are.

 

[Merkie]

It's also noteworthy that both the Samsung and TSMC A9 score significantly higher in the battery becnhmark than the A8.

Average iPhone 6 vs iPhone 6s score: 1961 vs 2798 (1.42x)
Average iPhone 6 Plus vs iPhone 6s Plus score: 2933 vs 4583 (1.56x)

To me it's not clear how useful this benchmark is. Smaller battery, Apple advertises same battery life, people reporting similar actual battery life, yet scores are 1.5 times higher?

What does this benchmark actually test?