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Is the A10 the fastest chip in a smartphone?

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Phil Schiller certainly says yes:

There is absolutely no question: the A10 Fusion is the most powerful chip ever in a smartphone

Has anyone ran a Geekbench and measured its performance? I know benchmarks don't mean much, but it would be interesting to have confirmed results.
 
Paradoxally said:
Phil Schiller certainly says yes:

There is absolutely no question: the A10 Fusion is the most powerful chip ever in a smartphone

Has anyone ran a Geekbench and measured its performance? I know benchmarks don't mean much, but it would be interesting to have confirmed results.
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You'll have to wait until some of these beauties make it out to reviewers. Since the fastest Android phones out there at the moment are just on par with the A9 a 40% performance boost should put the A10 on top by a decent margin until the next round of Android phones show up in the spring.
 
bodonnell202 said:
You'll have to wait until some of these beauties make it out to reviewers. Since the fastest Android phones out there at the moment are just on par with the A9 a 40% performance boost should put the A10 on top by a decent margin until the next round of Android phones show up in the spring.
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To be honest, even then it probably won't matter unless Qualcomm or Samsung's Exynos improve by leaps and bounds. The A9 already smokes the 820 and I don't see that changing with the 821 or later 830.

And this is coming from someone that's been using the excellent Exynos S7 Edge for the last 4 months.
 
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Probably. My real question is how this matters. And I'm not trying to be "that guy". But really. Are there applications using all of the power out current phones have in them? I honestly can't imagine needing more in my pocket than I already have. Not to say more isn't better here. But what will some benchmark numbers prove?
 
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KentuckyHouse said:
To be honest, even then it probably won't matter unless Qualcomm or Samsung's Exynos improve by leaps and bounds. The A9 already smokes the 820 and I don't see that changing with the 821 or later 830.

And this is coming from someone that's been using the excellent Exynos S7 Edge for the last 4 months.
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Shhh. The Android fan boys will never accept this, that's why you will see them cherrypick benchmarks for the iPhone vs Android and even among the SD 820 and Exynos. There is a disagreement on which chip is faster on Android.
 
lordofthereef said:
Probably. My real question is how this matters. And I'm not trying to be "that guy". But really. Are there applications using all of the power out current phones have in them? I honestly can't imagine needing more in my pocket than I already have. Not to say more isn't better here. But what will some benchmark numbers prove?
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I think the speed was the natural evolution of it. I'm more excited about the 2 lower powered cores to help conserve more battery in basic task.
 
Neebee said:
Shhh. The Android fan boys will never accept this, that's why you will see them cherrypick benchmarks for the iPhone vs Android and even among the SD 820 and Exynos. There is a disagreement on which chip is faster on Android.
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Haha, frankly, I'm one of those Android fanboys, but I'm OS agnostic. Whatever works best for me at this point is what I'll use. I've never worried about benchmarks or silly stuff like that.

I always have an iPhone and Android phone (usually a Nexus) so that if one starts to bore me, I can switch. Then I get tired of that one and switch back. It keeps things fresh.
 
cynics said:
I think the speed was the natural evolution of it. I'm more excited about the 2 lower powered cores to help conserve more battery in basic task.
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That's certainly intriguing. Based on apple's numbers though it doesn't seem like it will make a huge difference. An additional hour in the 7 plus. Certainly not nothing, but still not enough to entice.

If anything the camera would sway me. But probably still not. I think we've reached a point where our pocket computers (smartphones) are too damn good for the manufacturers own good lol.
 
lordofthereef said:
That's certainly intriguing. Based on apple's numbers though it doesn't seem like it will make a huge difference. An additional hour in the 7 plus. Certainly not nothing, but still not enough to entice.

If anything the camera would sway me. But probably still not. I think we've reached a point where our pocket computers (smartphones) are too damn good for the manufacturers own good lol.
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Those 2 and 1 (iPhone 7 and 7+) additional hour(s) of battery was just the average. For thise who don't heavily use their phone or do super CPU intensive things often at all will see a lot more than those 2 and 1 hour(s).
 
lagwagon said:
Those 2 and 1 (iPhone 7 and 7+) additional hour(s) of battery was just the average. For thise who don't heavily use their phone or do super CPU intensive things often at all will see a lot more than those 2 and 1 hour(s).
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I'm just commenting based on me here. I tend to hover just under Apple's estimates, generally, so it's likely I'd only see an additional hour, perhaps slightly more.

If I'm talking about dollars here I could achieve better with a battery case. Not knocking better battery at all. Just can't justify it as an upgrade.

Waiting to see what T-Mobile announces. Apparently an iPhone 7 is free with an iPhone 6 or newer device trade in. Can't knock that.
 
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Those 2 and 1 (iPhone 7 and 7+) additional hour(s) of battery was just the average. For thise who don't heavily use their phone or do super CPU intensive things often at all will see a lot more than those 2 and 1 hour(s).
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I'm also assuming that's an additional hour of usage vs simply on time. An additional hour of usage on the 7+ (assuming people get 8-10 hours normally) is an additional 10-15%. That's nothing to scoff at.
 
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lordofthereef said:
That's certainly intriguing. Based on apple's numbers though it doesn't seem like it will make a huge difference. An additional hour in the 7 plus. Certainly not nothing, but still not enough to entice.

If anything the camera would sway me. But probably still not. I think we've reached a point where our pocket computers (smartphones) are too damn good for the manufacturers own good lol.
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That home button though! :D
 
Fast chip on a phone with limited capabilities is meaningless........it should be superfast on the still outdated 1080p screen and a home screen filled with basic icons and no true file manager or virtual reality support .....
 
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