Test: iPhone 8 and iPhone 7 performance after the Spectre and Meltdown patches

13 January 2018
Patching these security vulnerabilities slows down older processors, but more recent chips see little difference in speed.

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Dumbphones posing as smartphones, functioning on a closed, limited ecosystem. Such a waste.

    iPhone 7 is 2 generations old already!

    Would you care to name those generations?

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      • AnonD-598677
      • tuf
      • 13 Jan 2018

      iphone spectre or iphone meltdown😗😗 its a nice name... better than called it iphone x which is like porn

        AnonD-715926, 13 Jan 2018Ofcourse 7, 8 and X won't have the current hits. Two of the... moreMakes sense. Lol.

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          • KgW
          • 13 Jan 2018

          AnonD-715926, 13 Jan 2018Ofcourse 7, 8 and X won't have the current hits. Two of the... moreTo be fair, the iPhone 6s is still a powerhouse today.
          Single Core performance is still ahead of most Android flagships today.

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            • gM{
            • 13 Jan 2018

            Ofcourse 7, 8 and X won't have the current hits. Two of them are the newest models and one is just a year older. Whereas 6 and 6S can be sabotaged to force users to upgrade.

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              • uQ5
              • 13 Jan 2018

              IPX after the update 11.2.2 actually ran a bit better at 222278

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                • Anonymous
                • 7XY
                • 13 Jan 2018

                i wonder when will there be a test results on android units. that is if ever they decide to release a patch for this exploit.

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                  • P@Y
                  • 13 Jan 2018

                  Anonymous, 13 Jan 2018İphone 4 slowed down after ios 7 but still faster than android.True.. Not!!

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                    • npb
                    • 13 Jan 2018

                    İphone 4 slowed down after ios 7 but still faster than android.

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                      • vaS
                      • 13 Jan 2018

                      apple slowing down iphones before it was cool..

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                        • P@Y
                        • 13 Jan 2018

                        hopefully this is not a way for apple to redefined/change the issue.
                        https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_issues_statement_regarding_iphone_batteries_and_performance-news-28908.php

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                          • P@Y
                          • 13 Jan 2018

                          just curios, is it just the other way for affected isheeps iphones to forget the iphone slowdown performance issue recently?