Google Nexus 5 Posts Best Gaming Benchmark Among Android Smartphones 78
MojoKid writes "Rumors around the what and when of Google's upcoming Nexus 5 smartphone have been plentiful, and ahead of the supposed release date on Halloween, a benchmark score for the handset has slipped out from Rightware, and it's downright impressive. According to Rightware's Power Board, the Nexus 5 delivered the second-highest Benchmark X gaming score among smartphones, behind only the iPhone 5S, making it the most powerful Android-based handset in the land. The LG-made phone shares a GPU (the Adreno 330) with the third-place Sharp Aquos SHL23 but bested the latter handset with a score of 14.27 to 13.10. A leaked user manual revealed that the Nexus 5 will boast a full HD 4.95-inch display, Snapdragon 800 processor (2.3GHz), 2GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of onboard storage, and 8MP rear-facing and 1.3MP front-facing cameras."
Re:Why is this surprising? (Score:5, Informative)
Article facts wrong: Apple iPhone5S GPU (Score:5, Informative)
is a series 6 PowerVR part [1], not a 5XT as implied by the article. Wonder if anything else is wrong with Rightware's analysis.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A7 [wikipedia.org]
Re:Why is this surprising? (Score:5, Informative)
The benchmark they used seems to run at the native screen resolution
Actually you can run it in onscreen (native) and offscreen (720p) modes, given that the Nexus4 scores 15.8 [rightware.com] in onscreen mode it's probably more likely to be an offscreen comparison or perhaps a weighted combination of the two.
Re:Why is this surprising? (Score:3, Informative)
Perhaps it's more significant that the 5s is faster, being already 2 or 3 weeks old :)
What is impressive is that the 5s is a dual core 1.3GHz processor while the LG uses a 2.3GHz quad core CPU. The A7 processor appears to be very well designed. I wonder how much power it uses when compared to the snapdragon 800.
I thought this whole benchmark was about the GPU, not the CPU. That would make your comment less relevant (though the CPU still plays a part I'm sure).
There is no doubt the 5S has some pretty amazing hardware in it...I would agree with that. I'd still never buy one, but that's due to software and features than performance.