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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  • 22 Sep 2012

Does this means Iphone 5 is the fastest among the rest? Wow. I mean I thought it wouldnt be able to beat those likes of LG Optimus G and S III but, well.. I was proven wrong here.

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    • Anonymous
    • vaN
    • 22 Sep 2012

    Great performance. BUt how is this gonna make me forget that iphone is and has always been a restricted device that does not suit my usage, and 95% of the world with me, at all? Live my life the way steve jobs visualized clones would live? This is just like a truck, i dont care if Izuzu or Volvo or Man is best, if Izuzu comes out with a 4000 HP truck it doesnt mean anything, i drive a car, not a truck, and i use a normal smartphone, not iphone (or windows phone).

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      • Troll Hunter
      • 2T7
      • 22 Sep 2012

      AnonD-64218, 22 Sep 2012let the apple fan boys be happy for the moment ......samsun... moreThat clearly shows you just read heading and didn't bother reading the article or source.
      S3 with 2 GB ram also got crossed by A6 in CPU and GPU

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        • t}B
        • 22 Sep 2012

        I'm a Samsung Galaxy S3 owner and im proud to be its owner and take pride in it but cant deny whats true. And i must say that apple has really come with great improvements even with dual core and because of their software optimization. It makes me think.. that do you really need Quad Qore When dual core if blended well with the software can give you better performance than it. I will wait till that day when android comes with such power and i hope that Next Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy S4 should come with something which is unbeatable for atleast next generation of its own or any kind. Good job Apple.

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          • AnonD-29905
          • t7P
          • 22 Sep 2012

          I'd consider your argument if the Benchmark was concrete but there isn't any hard evidence to justify these numbers. GL benchmark indicates S3 only runs with 7-8 fps on 1080p?!? Pffft! Please, like that's any realistic at all. And iPhone 5 beat the S3?!? Hah! If you're that geeky and so knowledgeable about benchmarks, you must be a genius. But really, "It doesn't take a genius" to know which one is better, so what happened to you? LOL!

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            • epolaris
            • LxG
            • 22 Sep 2012

            Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012Correct me if I'm wrong. Is the article all about the GPU? ... moreIts true about tech people being more GPU-centric. But at this point, its where you would see the biggest jump in real life performance. CPU performance on all platforms compare favorably and is for the most part formidable (with qualcomm probably edging out the rest in terms of overall CPU performance). But when you get right down to it... for real life performance i.e gaming, its the GPU that really matters. Any differences that you see during CPU benchmarks will pass by virtually undetected in real life.

              tanzen90, 22 Sep 2012hey guys, I'm an Android fan and think that all the Apple's... moreYou still read those idiotic comments?

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                • Anonymous
                • pRG
                • 22 Sep 2012

                lg optimus g is 768x1280 not 720x1280

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                  • Anonymous
                  • v0q
                  • 22 Sep 2012

                  Correct me if I'm wrong. Is the article all about the GPU? Any CPU performance benchmarks?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • MDV
                    • 22 Sep 2012

                    lol! intel atom is coming! and by the way those are fakes! and wp8 is good because of limitations! and tiles are to hide lags! and jellybean will rise every benchmark on android! once you open apps with wp see the lag ( lumia 610 especially!)

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 22 Sep 2012

                      Nice results with the new iPhone! However, I would have liked to see more GPU results for the international Galaxy S3 with Mali-400MP instead of Adreno 225 version.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • BPx
                        • 22 Sep 2012

                        Optimus G if we take this bench in serious, it sucks!

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                          • archisc
                          • 4SS
                          • 22 Sep 2012

                          I think some ppl missed the point...
                          the point is.. iphone5 can match/exceed performances of other higher mhz chips resulting in less BATTERY USAGE than those... the EXPERIENCE is how long u can stay use...

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                            • 22 Sep 2012

                            Amazing results. No matter how many more cores and higher clock speed, I asume that the Apple product will always outperform all other products. same as with all religions.

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                              • JE2
                              • 22 Sep 2012

                              Loepoes, 22 Sep 2012To use the famous Nokia phrase: every phone just got smoked... moreActually the Smoked by Windows Phone campaign compared real-world speed of doing common tasks with your phone, not the CPU and GPU speeds.

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                                • Capsali
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                                • 22 Sep 2012

                                All the apple threads are poluted with android fans and viceversa . Wtf? Do u get payed for trolling? I mean every person buys what he thinks its best for him/her . I admit that there are a lot of sheeps out there that belive everithing they are told , be it from apple or samsung or etc . I dont get the sintetic benkmarsk either...One thing is shown in a benchmark result and other thing its when u psihicaly hold it in ur hands and play with it . I dont like Apple anymore becouse they have started to take their costumers as fools with marketing and etc . Waiting for the intel based motorola . So please stop spamming!

                                  To use the famous Nokia phrase: every phone just got smoked by???.... the Iphone 5....

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                                    • AnonD-64218
                                    • utS
                                    • 22 Sep 2012

                                    let the apple fan boys be happy for the moment ......samsung galaxy s3 LTE with two gb ram is coming for u guys ...which will double its present performance and will certainly become iphone killer again ....and remember its coming with jelly bean....apple wants patents it doesnt want competition thats why it moves to court like a cry baby every time because it feels threatened by samsung.....hahahahahahaha

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                                      • tanzen90
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                                      • 22 Sep 2012

                                      hey guys, I'm an Android fan and think that all the Apple's stuff is overpriced, but is there anybody a little bit objective? the results are great, so it's ridiculous just to say shit shit shit only because you don't like Apple, kinda childish, isn't it?

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                                        • fq6
                                        • 22 Sep 2012

                                        Didn't IPhone 4S used to skip FPS to give high false results?