The iPhone 6 Review
by Joshua Ho, Brandon Chester, Chris Heinonen & Ryan Smith on September 30, 2014 8:01 AM EST- Posted in
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CPU Performance
Now that we have a good idea of what the A8 SoC looks like, we can talk about performance. While we covered this in the preliminary article, it’s worth going over again. For those that are unfamiliar with our test suite the CPU-based tests are mostly browser-based benchmarks. Once again, although I’m not quite happy with the state of benchmarking things we’re getting close to a more platform-agnostic solution.
For the most part, the A8 SoC performs admirably despite the relatively low (1.38 GHz) frequency and half the cores when compared to competing SoCs. It seems that this is mostly building upon the lead that A7's Cyclone CPUs began. It remains to be seen if other SoC manufacturers will catch up in their CPU architecture at one point or another (NVIDIA's Project Denver in particular is interesting), but for now Apple seems to be quite far in the lead in CPU performance.
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name99 - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
Well that certainly added substantially to the discussion.robbie rob - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
Hey Apple craipple, you only prove what we know - Some Android fanatics are much worse then anybody. You make fun of people who buy a product while You display unstable emotion over a product you don't buy. To go to a site and troll - writing such a long worthless post - as you did.. For a product you don't buy. Any people here are technology lovers. People will buy what they want. It doesn't even matter what you post.robbie rob - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
Apple didn't copy anything. They still use LCD.. Androids use Amoled - both have their strengths and downs. Apple doesn't just own their SOC - they have a hand in its design and Apples SOC is better overall as it outperforms in most areas despite a lower clock speed. Apple didn't copy going to higher Megapixels on their camera for marketing purposes like the Korean and Chinese phone makers. Guess what happens when you view a 13Mp picture on your smartphone? You view a 2Mp picture because that's all your screen can display - and people like you swear they can tell the difference! Haha. The best screen in the world - a 4k screen only displays at 8 Mp by the way. Apple spent more time making their camera sensor better - which is more important. Apple could've easily upped Megapixels to appease the psuedo intellects who think it matters. I suppose if your print posters all day- but your be using a professional camera not a smartphone.Scannall - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
I suggest you stop reading articles about Apple products. They seem to make you irrational and angry.Gonemad - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
You forgot to say it bends and stays bent.TLDR - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
tldrichimp - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
Calm down dear - it's a phone review - save your energy for something important!am71ap1 - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Would read again, thanks!baozebub - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
After the first couple of paragraphs, I couldn't bear to read any further. Your obsessive hatred of Apple is driven by some sort of religious zeal. It's like some girl cheated on you with a guy who works at Apple.I can't understand this level of hate. But after buying my first Apple product with the iPhone 3GS, I've slowly seen this in people who otherwise seemed normal. And because of the fierce resistance in me to those who are so forceful in their opinions of what others must think and do that is why I stick with Apple and won't consider Android. Ever.
ozzymustaine - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
Nice trolling.How's living on your mom's basement?