Apple iPhone 5's A6 chipset performance examined in detail

22 September, 2012
The iPhone 5 made easy work of the competitors in browsing tests and its GPU did quite well, too.

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  • 23 Sep 2012

chroneek, 22 Sep 2012Is there anything these days that isn't overpriced? And com... moresamsung galaxy s3 32GB costs 630$
iphone 5 16GB costs 1000$

1000 - 630 = 370
370 =/= 100

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    • mc6
    • 23 Sep 2012

    TORNADO, 22 Sep 2012One question pls,,, why they didnt mention xperia V and xpe... moreIs that even out yet? Maybe that's why.

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      • 23 Sep 2012

      Johnson, 22 Sep 2012Getting a GS3 very soon.Why - if you are Android fan, the LG Optimus G blows the SIII into the woods. As you can see even the Apple A6 chip creams the SIII if you are a benchmark junkie.

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        • Anonymous
        • tA$
        • 23 Sep 2012

        i don.t belief this bullshit chart some article galaxy x2 got xxxxx while the others galaxy x2 got xxxxxx even same sites has deffrence score, iphone got xxxxxxxxx money talk and apple has alot of money. for commons people old snapdragon s2 with adreno 205 its enough !!!!y fuck this bulshit dual,quard,oktocore cpu

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          • raedkuwait
          • sXd
          • 23 Sep 2012

          mmmmm, this is form the start is never ever valid testing
          u can never ever compare to product or for that matter
          2 graphic cards running at different resolutions, for instance if u bench mark lets say an nvida graphic card at 800X600 for sure it will run faster and with much higher frame rates than 1024x1600, and the same applies here.
          So those bench marks and results are totally wrong and not valid at all.

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            • Atul
            • v$A
            • 23 Sep 2012

            tanzen90, 22 Sep 2012hey guys, I'm an Android fan and think that all the Apple's... moreBro, the test above are subjected to screen size of the device so doesn't indicate a clear competition due to size and ppi on screen.
            Apple is better in terms of graphics no doubt about it but productivity vise android is way ahead. Rest its personal preference.

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              • TORNADO
              • JxU
              • 22 Sep 2012

              One question pls,,, why they didnt mention xperia V and xperia HD ?!!! Here is the answer because xperia's benchmark tests are alying awaaaaaaay from this one so its better to stay away from it ......

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                • Anonymous
                • N80
                • 22 Sep 2012

                I have the gs3 my wife has the iPhone 5 and I have to say her phone is way faster then mine. I will root my phone and run cm10 to see if over clocking will help the performance.

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                  • black angel
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                  • 22 Sep 2012

                  Johnson, 22 Sep 2012Getting a GS3 very soon.too bad for you

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8YC
                    • 22 Sep 2012

                    Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012kudos to samsung for making good processors!Kudos to Apple for designing the processor. (It's really difficult for Samsung fanboys to realize that their beloved masters are just labor. Nothing more.)

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                      • fkV
                      • 22 Sep 2012

                      Are you trying to tell me that the ancient POWERVR540 on the nexus performs better than the mali on the S3 ? This is the most unrealistic shit I've ever seen.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • spW
                        • 22 Sep 2012

                        chroneek, 22 Sep 2012Is there anything these days that isn't overpriced? And com... moreare you kidding me?
                        where I live the S3 32GB costs 630$, the iphone 5 16GB will cost 1000$ :/

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                          • AnonD-43447
                          • 0Cd
                          • 22 Sep 2012

                          I like android very much and I have said bad things about apple, I must admit that iphone 5 has a great performance, but I cannot accept the things apple does. I mean itunes, you can't send over bluetooth, apple restricts you in everything so why have a great perfoamance when you cannot use it?

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                            • 22 Sep 2012

                            what I want to know is why apple have not stated the exact specifications of their a6 cpu? that tells me they are trying to hide something, and if it were so good why are they keeping so hush hush about it? are they concerned that if consumers discovered its secrets they may be swayed other competing devices? particularly the much hyped over galaxy s3. one thing is obvious though, there are many different ways of testing cpu performance and obviously apple will choose a benchmarking system that shows up the products strengths rather than its weaknesses, because at the end of the day everything has its pros and cons know matter what the product maybe. most of us know that desktop computer processors can show different results according to to the benchmarking system employed, for example the amd may score higher on graphics performance while the intel will nearly always score higher on actual cpu performance. what iam trying to say is that different types of cpu have their strengths and weaknesses however obvious that may sound. and even if these results were to be considered accurate the average user wouldnt even notice the difference because what might show up as a big difference on the results wouldnt make hardly any difference in the real world experiance. for instance, everytime intel release a new computer cpu they allways say it blows the previous product out of the water! why? because if they didnt nobody would bother upgrading. when the real world difference is actually quite small. its only when processors are seperated by a few years you see noticable differences.

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                              • Dizasta
                              • KIv
                              • 22 Sep 2012

                              A6 can never beat Terga 3. Having a third part ROM such as Cyanogenmod kills A6 with the blink of an eye.

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                                • ucgill
                                • KIg
                                • 22 Sep 2012

                                i dont know why peoples says that iphone is shit.
                                I dont know what shit in this phone?
                                jst used it and then tell us whats shit in this.
                                it has exceptional build quality, top notch OS, which is the smoothest in the world. never held never get slow, fastest internet browsing. Best gaming device ever.
                                I personaly use android.
                                GS3 now.
                                But it now means that iphone is shit.
                                or if iphone is good it dosent means that others are shit.
                                both phones are good. but apple jst have better performance. and now benchmarks opens the whole story as well.
                                The one wo called iphone is shit dont know what the smartphone is and what the smartphone performance have to be.

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                                  • vIh
                                  • 22 Sep 2012

                                  Samsung is shit and never compare with other products because they copy from others and even then they are not gr8... I phone rocks in all the way but I don't like iPhone .... The are much expensive and at last have to perform and they did but android rocks in all ways ... But waiting for wp8 as lotus note in conformed and just waiting for perfect games ...:-(

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                                    • 0jm
                                    • 22 Sep 2012

                                    there are also different between resolution.Iphone have lower resolution then others, thererfore more performance. thats a performance secret and weak-point

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                                      • 22 Sep 2012

                                      AnonD-44291, 22 Sep 2012i'm an android fan and i admit it , the performance of ipho... moreIs there anything these days that isn't overpriced? And comparing base models, it's only $100 more than the S3.

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                                        • 7wC
                                        • 22 Sep 2012

                                        Nice kinda boosts my decision to get one.