Sony Xperia Z3+ preview: First look

First look

GSMArena team, 29 May 2015.

This article is outdated. We have already published a full review.

Synthetic benchmarks

The Sony Xperia Z3+ is powered by the Snapdragon 810 chipset with an octa-core processor, Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB of RAM.

Having a pre-production model with us, we only ran part of the typical benchmarks, just to get a glimpse of the device's performance. Mind you, the test results of the final devices that will ship to actual buyers, may perform differently.

First off, it's the CPU-centric GeekBench test, where the Xperia Z3+ scores virtually identical to the S810-equipped LG G Flex2, and inches ahead of the S808 LG G4. Another S810 device, the HTC One M9 is marginally better, but none gets close to the Exynos 7420 monster inside the Samsung Galaxy S6.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    5215
  • HTC One M9
    3761
  • LG G Flex2
    3604
  • Sony Zperia Z3+ pre-production
    3603
  • LG G4
    3509
  • Sony Xperia Z3
    2860

The compound Antutu benchmarks which throws memory and storage performance alongside processor power puts the Xperia Z3+ ahead of the Snapdragon 810 crop, though the Galaxy S6 is in a league of its own.

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    69396
  • Sony Zperia Z3+
    52040
  • HTC One M9
    51427
  • LG G4
    49295
  • LG G Flex2
    47680
  • Sony Xperia Z3
    40393

Basemark OS II 2.0 proves less favorable on the Xperia Z3+ and in overall results the Sony device trails both the S808 G4 and the S810 G Flex2. The One M9 posts an even lower score though, if that's any consolation.

The CPU result from the benchmark reveal the culprit for the low total score, and in this respect the Xperia Z3+ takes the last spot, a long distance behind even the LG G4 with its supposedly inferior chipset.

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

  • LG G Flex2
    1726
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    1674
  • LG G4
    1584
  • Sony Zperia Z3+
    1408
  • HTC One M9
    1365

Basemark OS 2.0 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    6306
  • LG G4
    5871
  • LG G Flex2
    5597
  • HTC One M9
    4688
  • Sony Zperia Z3+
    4199

Basemark OS 2.0 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    26799
  • LG G Flex2
    18856
  • HTC One M9
    18047
  • LG G4
    17739
  • Sony Zperia Z3+
    14532

We ran the Basemark X benchmark to test the graphics performance of the Xperia Z3+ and it did well, though not exceptionally. While it is better than the rest of the S810 smartphones, Sony's own Xperia Z4 Tablet (also a pre-production unit), posts a somewhat better score, though it has to deal with twice as much pixels.

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    27169
  • Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet
    23298
  • Sony Zperia Z3+
    21354
  • HTC One M9
    19848
  • LG G Flex2
    19360
  • Sony Xperia Z3
    12637

Overall, the performance of the Sony Xperia Z3+ is in line with what's to be expected from its hardware. It is on par with the rest of the Snapdragon 810 smartphones, occasionally pulling ahead of them. It's no match for the Galaxy S6, and that shouldn't surprise anyone by now.

However, we need to reiterate, that we ran the benchmarks on a pre-production unit, so those results may change by the time the software is finalized.

Reader comments

  • 987
  • 05 Aug 2020
  • fJD

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  • Anonymous
  • 17 Jun 2015
  • q8Q

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  • Anonymous
  • 17 Jun 2015
  • q8Q

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