smartphone and tablet benchmark/performance figures

[mechanikerman]

Hi
Do you know where I can find them?
Thanks

 

[mechanikerman]

I found this
1. http://www.androidbenchmark.net/
2. http://www.iphonebenchmark.net/
3. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/mobile-phone/whats-fastest-phone-2016-uk-3515533/

but I found a lot of criticism of benchmarks, like https://mostly-tech.com/tag/sunspider/

 

[Commodus]

Reviews are usually the easiest place to find them.

The important thing to remember: benchmarks are only a rough guide to how well a device will perform, and won't tell the whole story.

For example: the Galaxy S7 is supposed to be a gaming beast on paper, but in practice it's not as smooth as, say, an iPhone 6s (which is helped by its lower display resolution) or the HTC 10. The screen, software optimizations and other factors can affect real-world performance in a way that benchmarks won't show. That and multiple manufacturers (most notably Samsung) have been known to 'cheat' by detecting benchmark apps and running the processor at levels that aren't sustainable anywhere else.

 

[Oyeve]

Also the tests are different for each platform and are rarely a good indicator of facts.

 

[mechanikerman]

OK
Thanks

 

[dawheat]

Reviews are usually the easiest place to find them.

The important thing to remember: benchmarks are only a rough guide to how well a device will perform, and won't tell the whole story.

For example: the Galaxy S7 is supposed to be a gaming beast on paper, but in practice it's not as smooth as, say, an iPhone 6s (which is helped by its lower display resolution) or the HTC 10. The screen, software optimizations and other factors can affect real-world performance in a way that benchmarks won't show. That and multiple manufacturers (most notably Samsung) have been known to 'cheat' by detecting benchmark apps and running the processor at levels that aren't sustainable anywhere else.

Considering Samsung stopped the "benchmark optimizations" in early 2014 while other Android OEMs, including HTC and especially the Chinese vendors, continued well after that, it's quite odd to be calling out Samsung here.

I think performance differences between flagships are pretty pointless these days. Devs optimize to the widest audience and games run fine on 1-2 year old phones, much less flagships. Nothing outside of synthetic tests will show any practical difference.

 

[mechanikerman]

Thanks for your answers, mates.

 

[Oyeve]

The lgv10 uses a slow soc and benches horribly but I don't hear anyone saying its a slow phone. It's just the usual iPhone or the day versus Samsung phone of the day arguments.