How Many Android OEMs Cheat Benchmark Scores? Pretty Much All of Them

An anonymous reader writes "After Samsung got caught out cheating on benchmarks (Note 3, Galaxy S4) AnandTech has done a detailed analysis of the state of benchmark cheating amongst Android OEMs. With the exception of Motorola, literally every single OEM they've looked at ships (or has shipped) at least one device that does benchmark-specific CPU optimizations. AnandTech also thinks it will get worse before it gets better. 'The hilarious part of all of this is we’re still talking about small gains in performance. The impact on our CPU tests is 0 - 5%, and somewhere south of 10% on our GPU benchmarks as far as we can tell. I can't stress enough that it would be far less painful for the OEMs to just stop this nonsense and instead demand better performance/power efficiency from their silicon vendors.' The article notes that Apple doesn't do any of the frequency gaming stuff."

The best part

[aitikin]

Is that the table is titled "I Can't Believe I Have to Make This Table". Made me smile.

Re:And Apple

[Anonymous Coward]

And Apple. Apple and Motorola/Google are the only two companies that don't boost their devices for benchmark tests. If you're going to give credit to one, please do be fair and give credit to the other.

Why, there is no point whatsoever to include Apple in a test. They aren't competing for the same market.
People who buys an iPhone doesn't read a test and considers to buy an Android. Possibly they read a couple of tests to rationalize their purchase but the main selling point for iPhone is still the brand, not the performance.

Re:Wrong, they are boosting clock speed above norm

[ifiwereasculptor]

either the GPU or CPU cock increased.

Whoa, can cell phones do that now? I hold these things to my ear, for Christ's sake!

Re:"Pretty Much All of Them"

[triffid_98]

No, Apple already has that part down to a science.

Step #1
Hype new iPhone
Step #2
Release new iPhone
Step #3
Immediately release new iOS update.
Step #4
Watch existing iPhone users complain after the iOS update cripples older models.
Step #5
Laugh maniacally after existing iPhone users stand in lines waiting for new uncrippled iPhones.
Step #6
PROFIT