IFA 2012: Sony overview

The Xperia TX, Xperia T and Xperia V are all running on 1.5GHz dual-core processors, using the new Krait architecture. There's still some doubt about the GPUs, but all three tested units reportedly use Adreno 225 GPUs.

The Krait cores helped the three new Xperias pass the BenchmarkPi with flying colors - none of the quad-core smartphones currently on the market could come anywhere near their achievement. To be fair, though, BenchmarkPi doesn't make use of the multi-core architectures, so the dual-core Kraits have an advantage here.

Benchmark Pi

Lower is better

• Sony Xperia T 285
• Sony Xperia V 286
• Sony Xperia TX 289
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  338
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  344
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  350
• Meizu MX 4-core
  362

The NenaMark 2 results of the Sony Xperia T, TX and V proves that the three new smartphones are Adreno 225-powered. The kind of framerates that the new Sony smartphones achieved are beyond the capabilities of any of the previous Qualcomm mobile GPUs.

NenaMark 2

Higher is better

• Sony Xperia T 60
• Sony Xperia TX 60
• Sony Xperia V 58.8
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  58.8
• Meizu MX 4-core
  54.1
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  52.3
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  47.5

Finally, we come to the overall performance test with Quadrant and the Xperia trio made it three out of three against its quad-core rivals. An impressive achievement indeed.

Quadrant

Higher is better

• Sony Xperia T 5675
• Sony Xperia V 6047
• Sony Xperia TX 5793
• Samsung Galaxy S III
  5365
• Meizu MX 4-core
  5170
• HTC One X (Tegra 3)
  4842
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  4814
• Motorola Atrix HD
  4178