Weekly poll: do flagship chipsets still matter?
- NXTwoThou
- j7}
- 21 Nov 2022
I just went from a Mi 9(SD855) to 12S Ultra(8+ Gen 1) and honestly when I have the two side by side I have a difficult time noticing the difference. Once you get an app loaded, they both perform the same. I can't imagine a mid range now being much slower than a high end from several years ago.
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- Aria
- kmZ
- 21 Nov 2022
It's honestly not even necessary for gaming phones unless you play something really really poorly optimised like genshin impact. I did some pretty heavy gaming on a Google pixel 3xl not that long ago, and didn't notice any frame dips even on really heavy to render 3d scenes or heavier emulators.i feel like we've gotten to the point that if your getting it new, a 2-4 year old processor is plenty sufficient for all but the tiniest subset of people. I haven't seen a processing benefit at all in my last 5 phone upgrades, so at this point i only upgrade for other hardware/software features or if my phone software becomes too out of date.
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- Anonymous
- fCA
- 21 Nov 2022
Hemedans, 21 Nov 20221. D8100 has memory issues and you can see not so good stan... moreLook for realme gt Neo 3. Has better battery life than snapdragon flagship and it's also better in efficiency than sd 8 gen 1.
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- Anonymous
- HWc
- 21 Nov 2022
Efficient flagship chipsets matter. I don't want an Intel Pentium 4 in my phone.
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- Invincisst
- 7kn
- 21 Nov 2022
AnonD-1058210, 21 Nov 2022I voted No, mid-range chips are good enough for what I nee... moreDude D8100 is a flagship chipset. On par With SD 8 Gen 1 at least in the CPU department. Mid range is more like SD778, D920, D1080, SD 695.
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- Amomus
- nDy
- 21 Nov 2022
People dont realise that low and mid range are useless after 2 updates, in 2 years you have to throw it...while high end you can hold it, if you want, for 5 years
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- AnonD-1037771
- 0Ca
- 21 Nov 2022
If you are a regular person, a mid-range phone is probably enough.
But I'm a power user geek and I always need more RAM and more processing power for apps like Termux. In scripting and programming in general, time and memory management is everything. Also, running Kali straight on my phone is very resource hungry.
I'd rather buy a 2-3 year old high-end flagship that is very snappy, instead of the newest midrange phone that is stuttering like crazy just to process a larger file.
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- AnonD-1058210
- 39y
- 21 Nov 2022
I voted
No, mid-range chips are good enough for what I need
I have 8100 dimensity and it is completely fine
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- Anonymous
- U{g
- 21 Nov 2022
Rosso, 21 Nov 2022Only thing I am not a fan of with midrange chips is their I... moreThe only place where the midrange is degraded when compared to flagship is the GPU, the CPU is fine
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- Rosso
- 3LF
- 21 Nov 2022
Only thing I am not a fan of with midrange chips is their ISP, they are constantly inferior, it's only real noticeable weakness they got
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- Anonymous
- Mkm
- 21 Nov 2022
Dolon, 21 Nov 2022Exynos sucksFunny you said that. When Qualcomm released the Snapdragon 808 and 810 in 2015, it was met with universal dislike that Samsung's flagship phones with Exynos gained popularity in return.
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- Anonymous
- nE2
- 21 Nov 2022
Previous flagships like SD870 or SD888+ still provide sufficient performance for like 90% of users. From D9000/SD8+G1 onwards, it seems like overkill.
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 21 Nov 2022
Vegetaholic, 21 Nov 2022You keep forgetting that they do beat in cpu power but no w... moreWell actually benchmarks show it's nearly identical, with 1200 slightly beating the 865 and vice versa for 870.
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- Anonymous
- TRF
- 21 Nov 2022
Flashship only for marketing hype, ordinary usage no difference
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- Vegetaholic
- C9n
- 21 Nov 2022
NeonHD, 21 Nov 2022Fair. It's incredible how powerful these dimensity chi... moreYou keep forgetting that they do beat in cpu power but no way in gpu. 865/870 should wipe the floor in gpu performance regardong dimensity 1200.
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- Sin
- pYQ
- 21 Nov 2022
RealLifePhones, 21 Nov 2022In my opinion flagship chips are making the wrong improveme... moreYeah the Snapdragon processor & mobile processors in general are rather GPU heavy and lacking in CPU performance
I have benchmarked all of my systems the smartphones have better GPUs then the laptops but there CPU performance is weak
Mobile processors are only powerful in the GPU performance and GPU tasks and optimisation
Am surprised by how bad the CPU performance is in mobile processors as they have shocking bad CPU performance
A huge CPU bottleneck handlecapped everything with small but mighty GPU
More improvement is needed in CPU speed and performance something mobile processors need too make improvements too
The GPU definitely not Overkill but in the context of of part pairing it is
We need more focus and improvements made too the CPU that is clearly lacking and being neglected
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- Anonymous
- uJA
- 21 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022Try to use your brain next time before responding. Clearly... moreUse your brain, i was responding to him saying SD625 being a bad chip, which it wasn't if you put it back to its timeline.
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- Anonymous
- uJA
- 21 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022D8100 is a midrange cpu, mediatek release with d9000 flagsh... moreby this logic, SD870 would be a mid range, it was announced after SD888 which is flagship.
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- Anonymous
- MSK
- 21 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022why bother buy all useless flagship when just a D8100 on po... moreAND flagship is more than just SoC
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- Anonymous
- tEZ
- 21 Nov 2022
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2022D8100 ain't really quite mid-range. It is like what a ... moreD8100 is a midrange cpu, mediatek release with d9000 flagship
why you thinking D8100 is flagship?🤣 also dont forget sd855.865.870.888.8gen1 is true flagship...
mediatek also launch new midrange D8200 and flagship D9200