Adreno 530 (Snapdragon 820 GPU) benchmarked, competition crushed

Everyone is eager to forget the Snapdragon 810 issues and move on to the 820. Early processor benchmarks didn't wipe out the competition, but maybe the new Adreno 530 GPU could impress.

Qualcomm promised a 40% performance improvement on top of a 40% power reduction over the Adreno 420 used in the S810.

Early GFXBench tests show the difference can be even bigger than expected. Only the iPhone 6s Plus GPU, the PowerVR GT7600 (6-core), comes close and even that one doesn't quite catch up. Even the Google Pixel C (a large tablet with a Nvidia Tegra X1 chipset ) barely wins out.

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• ??? (Adreno 530)
  48
• Google Pixel C (Nvidia Maxwell)
  48
• iPhone 6s Plus (PowerVR GT7600)
  39.5
• Huawei Nexus 6P (Adreno 430)
  25
• Galaxy Note5 (Mali-T760MP8)
  21
• Huawei Mate 8 (Mali-T880 MP4)
  17

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Google Pixel C (Nvidia Maxwell)
  35.5
• ??? (Adreno 530)
  31.5
• Huawei Nexus 6P (Adreno 430)
  17
• Galaxy Note5 (Mali-T760MP8)
  15
• Huawei Mate 8 (Mali-T880 MP4)
  9.9

This is, of course, assuming the benchmark score is legit. And it says nothing of the promised battery savings.

Thanks to madstunt for the tip!

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