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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  • Anonymous
  • Nhg
  • 24 Sep 2012

looks more GPU than CPU here :P

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    • AnonD-56991
    • 39x
    • 24 Sep 2012

    Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012On Android you den't need to update the apps to fit other s... moreYeah it looks like iPhone forums are gonna be just like Android with people complaining their Apps aren't compatible with their phone, so the iPhone is becoming more and more like Android every year with all the extra hassle to get it working.
    But the difference is Android users are generally more willing to switch their brain on to find solutions to problems.

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      • Anonymous
      • vMe
      • 24 Sep 2012

      androidJuck, 24 Sep 2012i really want to see android fans having a poker face expre... moregsmarena has stated amd i quote 'As for high-end Androids, Exynos 4 Quad and Tegra 3 based phones like the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X manage to outperform the iPhone 5'... the htx one x if not running JB perfomance is on par with the ip5'

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        • Paulo
        • L48
        • 24 Sep 2012

        AnonD-72610, 24 Sep 2012It Depends upon their OS, the object C in terms of code exe... moreEnglish please.

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          • Anonymous
          • gJ7
          • 24 Sep 2012

          AnonD-4956, 23 Sep 2012 Dude, half my apps are already updated to fill the screen ... moreOn Android you den't need to update the apps to fit other screen sizes.

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            • androidJuck
            • v0q
            • 24 Sep 2012

            i really want to see android fans having a poker face expression when they see the result

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              • AnonD-56991
              • 39x
              • 24 Sep 2012

              Mag82, 24 Sep 2012Im no iPhone fan but the only topics that seen to get 400+ ... moreCount the amount of criticism against Apple in those 400+ posts and the story gets very different.

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                • I'm Frank
                • q}K
                • 24 Sep 2012

                Inevitably-'as nature takes it's course' Apple is Rotting Now!!

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                  • Denzo
                  • IPt
                  • 24 Sep 2012

                  Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012LMAO! Apple design them? BwahahahaAre you drunk?

                  Apples company DID design them. WTF are you talking about?

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                    • Denzo
                    • IPt
                    • 24 Sep 2012

                    dr. pankaj verma, 23 Sep 2012Its so stupid to compare quad-core chip performance to a du... moreIts called technology.

                    Its the same idea, how a quad core CPU from 2006 will get smoked by the latest dual core processor out now. Why? Efficiency, design, heaps of technical issue (bandwidth, memory control etc)..

                    Its like a hi performance turbo 4 cylinder smashing a V8 with ease. It happens. And its all about design, which Apple is a market leader at.
                    Trust me.

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                      • JAG
                      • q}K
                      • 24 Sep 2012

                      Dear Apple,
                      All I need is A6 in my iPhone 3G! (is the only phone protected from a deadly virus called iOS6)
                      Thankyou!

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                        • ianstorm45
                        • N80
                        • 24 Sep 2012

                        Well don't forget that these are test running on a single core of A6 CPU, it will not out perform all 4cores of a quad CPU working together to carry out a single task, there are CPU out there that's clocking at or very close to 2gigs, it's all about how well the OS is configured to properly utilize these multi cores.

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                          • Sammy user
                          • fjZ
                          • 24 Sep 2012

                          Sure looks great. Does that performance come at the cost of Battery life? As long as it lasts a day...

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                            • Mag82
                            • nIv
                            • 24 Sep 2012

                            Im no iPhone fan but the only topics that seen to get 400+ comments are Apple products. They must be doing something right.

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                              • Spikey
                              • 9F4
                              • 24 Sep 2012

                              You.llNeveRWiN, 24 Sep 2012You must never believe Anandtech's benchmarks. They workin... moreYou should start your own Benchmark reporting company. Seems u know loads of things.

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                                • Akash
                                • 9F4
                                • 24 Sep 2012

                                doodz, 24 Sep 2012Wow great Invention..congratulation SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COM... moreI am not a big fan of apple. But they always get there processors right. I have also heard that A6 core is custom designed by Apple but manufactured by Samsung (on apple's instructions). This really doesn't make Samsung big.They are just manfacturing a product designed by apple. Samsung products are great and I admit that. But just blindly calling Apple stuff rubbish is just ignorance.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vMe
                                  • 24 Sep 2012


                                  gsmarena has stated 'As for high-end Androids, Exynos 4 Quad and Tegra 3 based phones like the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X manage to outperform the iPhone 5'... the htx one x if not running JB perfomance is on par with the ip5'

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                                    • samz
                                    • Xu4
                                    • 24 Sep 2012

                                    Well mistakes happen and apple has yet again made an error by providing a low quality finish in its hand set.
                                    Hope apple learns its lesson, the best example of a phone with aluminium body is the nokia n8. Its paint finish is far better than this. Its a two year old phone and still no complaints from users regarding its quality.

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                                      • doodz
                                      • t7R
                                      • 24 Sep 2012

                                      Wow great Invention..congratulation SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY to invent this processor for the Apple corporation and Thank you for the SONY COMPANY for that 8MP CAMERA SENSOR and Thank you for the Apple for Nothing...

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                                        • vaP
                                        • 24 Sep 2012

                                        It Depends upon their OS, the object C in terms of code execution is much faster than java.. java is too slow, that's why java doesn't good for developing games , but if SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 quad-core 1.4Ghz will use iOS(OS of iphone)? iphone is Looser.....