Nokia X review: Under cover
Under cover
Synthetic benchmarks and performance
The Nokia X is powered by a dual-core 1.0GHz Cortex-A5 processor coupled with 512MB of RAM, which should be barely enough to run a standard Android Jelly Bean version. Luckily Nokia has done some great work optimizing platform its proprietary launcher, so the final result is decently smooth with very little visible lag.
The GPU in charge of graphics is Adreno 203. It is probably the slowest GPU currently in mass production, but it should be enough to handle less demanding games running on WVGA resolution. Unfortunately GFXBenchmark, 3DMark and Epic Citadel are still incompatible with Nokia X, so you'll have to rely on the all-in-one test scores.
There aren't many benchmarks available in the Nokia Store, but we managed to sideload a few, so we are able to provide you with comparable scores.
The single-core performance, as usual, we measure with the BenchmarkPi test. The 1.0 GHz Cortex-A5 processor quite expectedly hit the bottom of our charts, twice slower than its Cortex-A9 siblings and 50% behind the Cortex-A7 cores.
Benchmark Pi
Lower is better
-
Samsung Galaxy Note II
305 -
Alcatel One Touch Hero
308 -
Huawei Ascend Mate
347 -
Huawei Ascend P6
348 -
LG Optimus G
353 -
Sony Xperia C
374 -
Motorola Moto G
392 -
Sony Xperia M
400 -
LG Nexus 4
431 -
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
466 -
Nokia X
676
GeekBench 3 tests the multi-core performance and Nokia X occupied the last spot in our all-time chart. However its performance wasn't too bad considering that all other tested devices are way more expensive than it.
GeekBench 3
Higher is better
-
LG Optimus G
1465 -
Alcatel One Touch Hero
1321 -
Huawei Ascend P6
1315 -
LG Nexus 4
1288 -
Motorola Moto G
1120 -
Sony Xperia C
1079 -
Oppo R819
1047 -
HTC One mini
887 -
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
647 -
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
564 -
Nokia X
421
The all-in-one tests AnTuTu and Quadrant gauge the overall hardware performance, including graphics and RAM bandwidth. Nokia X, being the only Cortex-A5 device we've put through the newest versions of the apps once again finished last on both tests, but again the gap was a bit lower than we expected.
AnTuTu 4
Higher is better
-
Motorola Moto G
17214 -
LG Optimus G
16943 -
Huawei Ascend Mate
15714 -
Alcatel One Touch Hero
15667 -
Oppo Find 5
15167 -
Sony Xperia C
13948 -
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
13109 -
Sony Xperia M
9902 -
Nokia X
7514
Quadrant
Higher is better
-
LG Nexus 5
8844 -
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
8588 -
Motorola Moto G
8508 -
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
7153 -
HTC One mini
6048 -
Sony Xperia V
5816 -
HTC Desire 600 dual sim
5053 -
Samsung Galaxy Express
4998 -
Sony Xperia C
4941 -
Sony Xperia L
4279 -
Sony Xperia M
4147 -
Samsung Galaxy Core
3240 -
Nokia X
2880
Finally, we ran SunSpider and BrowserMark web benchmarks on the default Nokia X browser. The Nokia X punched way above its weight here, beating some quite expensive devices in both SunSpider and BrowserMark.
SunSpider
Lower is better
-
Samsung Galaxy Note II
972 -
LG Optimus G Pro
1011 -
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
1063 -
HTC One
1124 -
Alcatel One Touch Hero
1181 -
LG Optimus G
1251 -
Motorola Moto G
1308 -
Sony Xperia Z
1336 -
Oppo R819
1423 -
HTC Butterfly
1433 -
Alcatel One Touch Hero
1646 -
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
1680 -
Huawei Ascend Mate
1741 -
Sony Xperia M
1867 -
Nokia X
2363 -
Huawei Ascend P6
3858
BrowserMark 2
Higher is better
-
Motorola Moto G
2562 -
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
2432 -
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
2314 -
Alcatel One Touch Hero
2096 -
Sony Xperia Z
2093 -
LG Optimus G
2048 -
Sony Xperia C
1984 -
Sony Xperia L
1809 -
Nokia X
1729 -
Sony Xperia M
1642 -
Samsung Galaxy S III
1247 -
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
1100 -
Huawei Ascend P6
974 -
Samsung Galaxy S III mini
714
The Nokia X did come out last on most of the tests we ran, but given its modest price that was to be expected. If anything the smartphone does better than expected given its standing in the pecking order. And as we told you the phone handles its platform very well and that's what matters in the end. Yes, some hiccups or bottlenecks may occur if you put huge pressure on the Nokia X but overall - the UI experience and performance is solid.
Reader comments
- choti bala
- 21 Sep 2016
- gNS
Haram khor home screen PR Wallpaper kyn ni lagta chotibala
- gigifionnah
- 14 Apr 2016
- N7D
My nokia x shut dowm and its not onning anymore just charging only...how do i update it and it off already..pliiiiz help
- asante
- 03 Mar 2016
- NwL
I want to know how i can get back my applications on the internal memory card after mistakenly formatted both SD cards. Please am in endear need of help right now. thank you.