Oppo Find 7 review: Dark horse

Synthetic Benchmarks

The Find 7 features a very similar chipset and processor, and identical GPU to its 1080p-toting sibling, the Find 7a. Both devices have a quad-core Krait 400 Snapdragon 801 CPU and Adreno 330 graphics, but the Snapdragon 801 chip on the Find 7 is of the MSM8974AC variant is clocked in at 2.5GHz, (as opposed to the AB on the Find 7a clocked in at 2.3GHz).

This puts the Find 7 in a unique position to match up directly with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S5, and possibly even beat it in some of our tests thanks to its 3GB of RAM. Keep in mind that the Find 7 is the only device - besides the LG G3 - that features a QHD display, so expect slightly lower graphic benchmark results due to it having to push out more pixels.

The Find 7 demonstrates some serious horsepower in our GeekBench 3 and AnTuTu 4 benchmarks which put to the test the hardware combo inside the smartphone. GeekBench 3 is more CPU-intensive, whereas AnTuTu 4 is a compound benchmark - testing CPU, GPU, memory performance, etc. The Find 7 beats out all current flagships in these two tests, very impressive from Oppo.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

• Oppo Find 7
  3178
• Oppo Find 7a
  3093
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  3011
• Sony Xperia Z2
  2856
• LG G3
  2687
• LG G Pro 2
  2585
• LG G3 - EU version
  2563
• HTC One (M8)
  2367

AnTuTu 4

Higher is better

• Oppo Find 7
  38484
• HTC One (M8)
  37009
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  36018
• Oppo Find 7a
  33344
• Sony Xperia Z2
  33182
• LG G3 - EU version
  32780
• LG G3
  30482
• LG G Pro 2
  29603

Basemark OS II is another all-round benchmark. It gives an overall score along with single-core, multi-core, and math performance, among others. We focus on the overall and CPU scores. We didn't detect any difference between the scores posted in the original and anti-cheat versions of the benchmark. Again, great numbers posted by the Oppo Find 7.

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

• Oppo Find 7
  1212
• LG G3 - EU version
  1151
• LG G Pro 2
  1140
• HTC One (M8)
  1126
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  1082
• Sony Xperia Z2
  1080
• Oppo Find 7a
  1057
• LG G3 (32GB)
  945

Basemark OS II (single-core)

Higher is better

• Oppo Find 7
  2606
• Oppo Find 7a
  2580
• HTC One (M8)
  2428
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  2415
• LG G Pro 2
  2401
• Sony Xperia Z2
  2253
• LG G3 16GB - EU version
  2137
• LG G3 32GB - Korean version
  1787

Basemark OS II (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Oppo Find 7
  10391
• Oppo Find 7a
  10256
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  10063
• Sony Xperia Z2
  10044
• LG G3 - EU version
  9937
• HTC One (M8)
  9860
• LG G Pro 2
  9802
• LG G3 - Korean version
  8337

Next up we have GFXBench's 2.7 T-Rex and 3.0 Manhattan. In 1080p offscreen mode the GPU is tasked with performing graphical computations in 1920 x 1080px resolution, while the onscreen mode uses the screen's native 2560 x 1440px resolution. T-Rex is the less demanding of the two tests and here the Find 7 comes in just below 20fps in the onscreen test, which is at the bottom of the pack but still good considering the higher resolution.

The more demanding Manhattan benchmark has the Find 7 keeping pace in offscreen performance, but at a measly 6.7fps in the onscreen test - again partially excused by the higher resolution compared to its competitors. Still anything under 30fps raises a flag so you might run into some issues with game titles aimed at taking full advantage of the higher resolution - the technology is just not there yet.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• HTC One (M8)
  28.4
• Oppo Find 7a
  28.4
• Oppo Find 7
  28
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  27.8
• LG G3
  27.6
• Sony Xperia Z2
  27.2
• LG G3 - EU version
  27.2
• LG G Pro 2
  22.9

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

• HTC One (M8)
  30.1
• Oppo Find 7a
  28.8
• Sony Xperia Z2
  28.7
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  28.1
• LG G Pro 2
  24.1
• LG G3
  20.6
• LG G3 - EU version
  20.5
• Oppo Find 7
  19.9

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• LG G3
  11.9
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  11.8
• Sony Xperia Z2
  11.7
• Oppo Find 7a
  11.4
• LG G3 - EU version
  11.4
• HTC One (M8)
  11.1
• Oppo Find 7
  11.1
• LG G Pro 2
  8.7

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

• Sony Xperia Z2
  12.2
• HTC One (M8)
  11.9
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  11.7
• Oppo Find 7a
  11.4
• LG G Pro 2
  9.2
• LG G3
  7.4
• LG G3 - EU version
  7.2
• Oppo Find 7
  6.7

BrowserMark 2.1 looks at HTML 5 performance, while Mozilla's Kraken 1.1 is JavaScript-centric. The Find 7 again scores second in both tests, which should result in a very robust browsing experience considering the 5.5-inch screen with 534ppi. It should be a step ahead of 1080p-toting devices when it comes to text crispness and fidelity.

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

• LG G3 - EU version
  1474
• Oppo Find 7
  1452
• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  1398
• LG G Pro 2
  1346
• Oppo Find 7a
  1327
• LG G3
  1254
• Sony Xperia Z2
  1224
• HTC One (M8)
  1069

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

• Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
  6043
• Oppo Find 7
  6363
• LG G Pro 2
  6578
• Oppo Find 7a
  6660
• LG G3 - EU version
  6987
• Sony Xperia Z2
  7041
• LG G3
  7610
• HTC One (M8)
  10296

The Oppo Find 7 shows stunning performance when it comes to our compound benchmarks, where it beats out all of the current flagship competition thanks to its robust chipset and 3GB of RAM. Browsing performance is also great, and fast browsing on the QHD screen is a definite plus for the Find 7.

As expected, the 1440p screen took its toll when it came to graphics performance. The extra resolution it had to pump out made it come in behind current 1080p flagships, and even the LG G3 - its only QHD rival - was also able to beat it out. Still, integrated mobile GPU's have clearly not caught up to displays yet, so the Find 7 is just about as good as it gets when looking at overall performance.