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iPhone X Beats Samsung Galaxy S9 in Benchmarking Tests

As usual the Apple diehards putting way too much into geekbench these days. Don't care about numbers they don't impress me anymore when the OS running on it is complete junk. My Pixel 2 runs better and it has half the score. If iOS was actually good like it used to be then I'd be more impressed but these numbers just don't show in the experience at all.
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dumastudetto said:
Apple is so far ahead of the competition it's almost embarrassing.
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Too bad their OS isn't which, you know, used to be of more importance than some geekbench numbers that no one in the real world cares about. I'm just not impressed anymore when their software let's their hardware down. That's the real embarrassment.
 
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Gen0 said:
Tech. Look up the AMD bulldozer 'module'. That's a dual issue core.
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No. I want you to explain how Apples A-Series processors are constructed, since you're the one who made the original claim they are "dual-issue" and are really more like 4 cores instead of 2. Burden of proof is on you to back this claim, not on me to disprove it.
 
mi7chy said:
Nobody buys a $1K phone to run useless synthetic benchmarks that claim it's faster than PC CPUs. They will buy it if it can substitute for a PC replacement with DeX.

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Unfortunately Samsung has YET to officially release "Linux on Dex" as highlighted in that video. Until then there is no reason to fully enjoy Dex with a 400GB MicroSD XC card. If this gets official very soon as well as better traction (both enterprise and Linux Arm distro users) then Apple will need to come up with an iOS equivalent.

I'd like to see Sony and other Android company's offer a similar Dex solution. Maybe Samsung can take the lead to make this a platform of sorts and be the basis for others to build upon for their own releases.

Samsung: RedHat/Fedora
Sony: Ubuntu (yes the video shows Dex with Ubuntu yet I cannot stand their UI; surely it's not standard Gnome, KDE, xfce, whatever it is, it's a face only Canonical can love)
 
LovingTeddy said:
I don’t know either, but iOS 11 has been somewhat buggy in the beginning. Replying your comment, go to home screen, open App Store, download an app, open the new app, then goes back to Safari, boom, page reloaded.

Background app doesn’t stay as well.
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If you’d like, you could DM me and I can try to help problem solve?
 
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Superhappytree said:
As usual the Apple diehards putting way too much into geekbench these days. Don't care about numbers they don't impress me anymore when the OS running on it is complete junk. My Pixel 2 runs better and it has half the score. If iOS was actually good like it used to be then I'd be more impressed but these numbers just don't show in the experience at all.
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Too bad their OS isn't which, you know, used to be of more importance than some geekbench numbers that no one in the real world cares about. I'm just not impressed anymore when their software let's their hardware down. That's the real embarrassment.
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Yet most still prefer it over android's software.
 
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No. I want you to explain how Apples A-Series processors are constructed, since you're the one who made the original claim they are "dual-issue" and are really more like 4 cores instead of 2. Burden of proof is on you to back this claim, not on me to disprove it.
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Not really (re the burden of proof). I will entertain though. Apple don't post spec on their processors, at all. Not even clock speed (Ghz). Dual issue however, means that the core processes 2 instructions per clock, in exactly the same fashion as AMD's Bulldozer core 'module'. What we know from AMD's core is that it actually contains 2 of most of the bits that go into a single core from everyone else. 1 FPU but 2 IPUs and 2 of most everything else. They are called a single core however, because they share an input buffer, prefetch and cache. This makes them slightly smaller than 2 cores, but effectively also means they run much slower without 2 simultaneous streams of work to do... just like 2 separate cores.
 
Gen0 said:
Not really (re the burden of proof). I will entertain though. Apple don't post spec on their processors, at all. Not even clock speed (Ghz). Dual issue however, means that the core processes 2 instructions per clock, in exactly the same fashion as AMD's Bulldozer core 'module'. What we know from AMD's core is that it actually contains 2 of most of the bits that go into a single core from everyone else. 1 FPU but 2 IPUs and 2 of most everything else. They are called a single core however, because they share an input buffer, prefetch and cache. This makes them slightly smaller than 2 cores, but effectively also means they run much slower without 2 simultaneous streams of work to do... just like 2 separate cores.
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Apples processors can perform 6 instructions at once. Where are you getting 2 from?
 
apppen1 said:
Beats in benchmarks, loses in real world performance thanks to iOS 11 buggy mess.
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iOS can be buggy as **** and it will still beat newest hardware from Android on performance. It's kind of pointless to even try.
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bladerunner2000 said:
Those were the same comments on Apple fan sites not too long ago.
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That does not make them right either.
 
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farewelwilliams said:
interesting how comments on android fan sites are now saying "but performance doesn't matter anymore"
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I’m seeing a lot of “what do we really need that much power for on a phone anyway”. How on earth can people just be cool with paying for a flagship phone with a lackluster processor is beyond me. Like go ahead and enjoy your phone, but acknowledge where it is lacking without feeling the need to justify your purchase every chance you get
 
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Glockworkorange said:
At this point, the power of Apple’s ARM chips is just out kicking the coverage. They’re super powerful, sure, but does anyone really use that power? Are there any apps that truly take advantage of the processors?
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Valid point. Even so, I would say large majority of iPhone owners don’t take a advantage of the full power of the processor as it is. Every year the iPhone is increasingly become more powerful, but does that translate differently to the user depending how they are using their iPhone.
 
I find it entertaining that when it was rumored that Apple might put a fingerprint sensor on the back people went ballistic. How could a flagship phone ever do something so regressive and nonfunctional? And the 2016 iPhone 7 faster than a 2018 flagship, how is that possible? If it were reversed the world would burst into flames.
 
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The Game 161 said:
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Yet most still prefer it over android's software.
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Worldwide?
No
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Superhappytree said:
As usual the Apple diehards putting way too much into geekbench these days. Don't care about numbers they don't impress me anymore when the OS running on it is complete junk. My Pixel 2 runs better and it has half the score. If iOS was actually good like it used to be then I'd be more impressed but these numbers just don't show in the experience at all.
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Too bad their OS isn't which, you know, used to be of more importance than some geekbench numbers that no one in the real world cares about. I'm just not impressed anymore when their software let's their hardware down. That's the real embarrassment.
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I agree

All is left for Apple is the geekbench.

Pixel 2 owners know how fast it is with less geekbench numbers.

Camera quality on the S9 is superb and ranked number one (99)

I know that dxomark can only be trusted when the iPhone X is number one

Just like Displaymate can only be trusted if the X has the best display.
 
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kildraik said:
iOS 11 is a bug. For some reason when I turn off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth in my control panel, it’s still ”on.” ;)

Edit: I love how this triggered one person, and prompted another to *almost* inaccurately describe how the feature works. Bless their hearts.
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I was irritated originally by this functionality. But in retrospect, this is exactly how I want the WIFI switch to work, i.e. save a bit of battery or use my mobile data without impacting connectivity to my Apple Watch.
 
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Those who say real world experiences won't reflect the slower processor don't know what they're talking about. I've had Samsung flagship phones (from work) consistently alongside my person iPhones and the Samsungs were all considerably slower from the get go and slowed down even more after a few weeks' worth of use.

What seems to have made a slight difference is the 6gb of RAM that they've been putting in the high-end versions, but even the Note 8 I'll be using until the end of this year is dramatically slower than the iPhone X
 
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