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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  • Johnson
  • x5D
  • 22 Sep 2012

Getting a GS3 very soon.

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    • Nexus S
    • kLX
    • 22 Sep 2012

    Benchmarks mean nothing in the real world..Ive been messin with my coworkers I5 for the past hour and my 2 year old single core Nexus S running stock Jelly Bean @ 1ghz is consistantly opening/loading pages+searches faster than his I5..Call quality is poor also..He keeps lookin at my phone scratching his head in confusion :/ I have to say iOS6 is buttery smooth though..

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      • AnonD-62992
      • n4C
      • 22 Sep 2012

      So finally the next big thing is here on benchmarks too!
      poor Fandroids and Pentile matrix owners!

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        • Tomal
        • k@j
        • 22 Sep 2012

        Wow you fandroids are saying anandtech is an apple biased site. Anandtech is one of the best technical site out there. And I am amazed how you guys read the benchmarks.

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          • varun
          • wdK
          • 22 Sep 2012

          AnonD-29905, 22 Sep 2012Benchmark are for nerds. Who needs benchmark like these whe... moreYeah i can understand you. When some one looses in a competition they still have to defend something. Like always useless samsung does.

          So just shutup no one has asked ur review abt it

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            • Anonymous
            • msW
            • 22 Sep 2012

            That A6 is probably the only impressive part of Iphone 5. But with low resolution screen, It may be a little hard to compare.

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              • AnonD-8044
              • nEG
              • 22 Sep 2012

              First who plays games on poxy 4/4.8/5 inch screen with no proper button gaming controls,who watches you tubes videos on these poxy screens??

              All the Android fans it spec,specs,spec but Android is still not as consistantly ,consistant as iphone5 on dualcore..

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                • Sanjay
                • 2T7
                • 22 Sep 2012

                I still can't believe why benchmarks are so important.

                At the end of the day , iPhone has the maximum number of apps to utilize its hardware and games to show off its GPU power.

                Even 3GS has very good GPU , it still runs all latest games at low textures without lag (remaining phones don't even run those atleast).

                In real world usage , iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch rock always as most apps come first to iOS and also get updated very fast.

                Already many apps already updated for iPhone 5 and support iOS 6 as well.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vMe
                  • 22 Sep 2012

                  Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012Hush! Give em the benchmarks. Its been a rough day for them... morelol fair enough.. im out

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                    • Anonymous
                    • vMe
                    • 22 Sep 2012

                    Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012YOu mean to say, why all the truth? Hahaheres some more truth for u.. iphone 5 build quality now comes under fire!! ouch
                    im done
                    peace!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • v0q
                      • 22 Sep 2012

                      Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012the truth? so why are so many s3 users getting including my... moreHush! Give em the benchmarks. Its been a rough day for them with all the lost people and chipping aluminum finish. Let them have a rest

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vMe
                        • 22 Sep 2012

                        Lolhaha, 22 Sep 2012What truth? That ur sgs3 beaten by iphone5? :))ahhahathe truth? so why are so many s3 users getting including myself much higher results as the article shows?
                        ur gunna say we r lying?lol youll find out soon enough ;)

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                          • ananymous!
                          • K2I
                          • 22 Sep 2012

                          we always want a phone into our pocket....which is obviously will be comapct in size to fit in our pocket and one hand. for bigger display we have tablet pc, iPad, laptop or even tv. we dont move around with something big in our pocket that we cant even control with single hand.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • v0q
                            • 22 Sep 2012

                            Lolhaha, 22 Sep 2012What truth? That ur sgs3 beaten by iphone5? :))ahhahaYes its true. I give that to you. That is all thats justifying your iphone 5 purchase, despite all the cons and i mean CONS, so i wont argue with that anymore :) have a good day

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                              • FAKE
                              • 3Yi
                              • 22 Sep 2012

                              FAKE!!The resolution on the iPhone lower than S3 and HoX

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                                • AnonD-619
                                • YWi
                                • 22 Sep 2012

                                at the end of the day this is a friggin FAST phn!
                                but android guys will hardly appreciate it nyway cant wait to jailbreak this beast...would be flying with unlimited tweaks from cydia

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                                  • Sanjay
                                  • 2T7
                                  • 22 Sep 2012

                                  AnonD-15380, 22 Sep 2012what i fail to understand is how can iPhone A6 outperform e... moreYou can find all the explanation in Anandtech's Analysis.

                                  or simply read iPad 2/iPad 3/iPhone 4S review for deep analysis for A5 chip.

                                  For new A6 chip , follow the source link below and in a week's time Anand will be posting a very deep review of A6 SoC as a part of iPhone 5 Review

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                                    • Lolhaha
                                    • t7X
                                    • 22 Sep 2012

                                    Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012YOu mean to say, why all the truth? HahaWhat truth? That ur sgs3 beaten by iphone5? :))ahhaha

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • vMe
                                      • 22 Sep 2012

                                      Toli, 22 Sep 2012I only know that my Galaxy S3 international scores 1975 on ... morethank you! as i was saying to some.. these results are suspect at best
                                      and obviously apple bias

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • v0q
                                        • 22 Sep 2012

                                        Someone, 22 Sep 2012Why all the negativity? It's a great phone.YOu mean to say, why all the truth? Haha