LG Optimus 2X scores high on Quadrant benchmark test, Motorola ATRIX 4G surpasses it

[Preach2k]

Motorola Atrix and LG Otimus 2X put up some impressive Quadrant benchmark Scores. For the new wave of dual-core handsets was going to the LG Optimus 2X.

The LG Optimus 2X was overshadowed bythe Best in Show Motorola ATRIX 4G, not to forget the manufacturer's DROID Bionic. But the guys at TechBlog might have started the buzz for the Optimus 2X all over again following the Quadrant benchmark test that the LG model was put through. That is, until a video of the ATRIX 4G's own Quadrant benchmark test was revealed.

According Kevin, while the video shows a 2500 result for the Motorola ATRIX 4G, another time the handset scored 2700 although the video was not as clear. The bottom line is that like the events in Las Vegas, it looks like the LG Optimus 2X (headed for T-Mobile as we reported) is playing second fiddle once again to AT&T's own dual-core Superphone.



YouTube - Motorola Atrix Benchmark Test With Quadrant Standard! Impressive!

YouTube - LG Optimus 2X Quadrant benchmark results (Stock ROM/ pre-production model)

LG Optimus 2X scores high on Quadrant benchmark test, Motorola ATRIX 4G surpasses it - Phone Arena


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[Blanco720]

Are you reposting this from droidforums for the benefit of this community, or are you stealing the information without citing it? lol sketch

 

[Preach2k]

Are you reposting this from droidforums for the benefit of this community, or are you stealing the information without citing it? lol sketch

I Posted it on Droid Forums!!!

 

[crea78]

Is the quadrant score higher for the Atrix b/c of the 1GB of DDR2 RAM?

 

[Blanco720]

I Posted it on Droid Forums!!!

HAHA, priceless. Just looking out....for you, in this case, I guess lol. Good post. <3

 

[uberspeed]

Quadrant needs to be updated for dual core though and Tegra to be accurate, no?

 

[textiaac]

Quadrant needs to be updated for dual core though and Tegra to be accurate, no?

Yea its probably not taking full advantage of multi-threading/cores

 

[corneliusm]

Theoretically, the Optimus 2X and Atrix 4G should be getting similar scores because they share the same Tegra2 SOC. The Atrix would have a slight edge due to the ram, but I'm not sure if the benchmark would be taking advantage of that.

That Tegra2 is a beast. I wonder how the OMAP4 will stack up...

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Quadrant needs to be updated for dual core though and Tegra to be accurate, no?

First Android needs to be updated with dual core support, then the manufacturers need to push out the new version.

I have a gut feeling we will be seeing a dual core Nexus device this summer, with a new OS to take advantage of it.

And the Optimus 2X isn't headed to T-Mobile. It's a non US phone.

 

[corneliusm]

There's already multithreading built into Android, and has been SMP-aware long before the Android team forked the kernel.

I don't know where this rumor started, but Android will utilize both Cortex A9 cores out of the box. Trust me on this one...

-Edit: not to confuse anyone; apps need to be multithreaded to take advantage of multiple cores. Also, some of the Android system software can be optimized for dual-core as well (like the concurrent garbage collection introduced in Gingerbread). But existing multithreaded apps will see a significant benefit from dual core, even in Froyo.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

There's already multithreading built into Android, and has been SMP-aware long before the Android team forked the kernel.

I don't know where this rumor started, but Android will utilize both Cortex A9 cores out of the box. Trust me on this one...

-Edit: not to confuse anyone; apps need to be multithreaded to take advantage of multiple cores. Also, some of the Android system software can be optimized for dual-core as well (like the concurrent garbage collection introduced in Gingerbread). But existing multithreaded apps will see a significant benefit from dual core, even in Froyo.

Source?

Time well spent with a Tegra 2 device tells me differently...

 

[uberspeed]

There's already multithreading built into Android, and has been SMP-aware long before the Android team forked the kernel.

I don't know where this rumor started, but Android will utilize both Cortex A9 cores out of the box. Trust me on this one...

-Edit: not to confuse anyone; apps need to be multithreaded to take advantage of multiple cores. Also, some of the Android system software can be optimized for dual-core as well (like the concurrent garbage collection introduced in Gingerbread). But existing multithreaded apps will see a significant benefit from dual core, even in Froyo.

It stands to reason being that it's a Linux kernel right? I know the OS should in theory make use of multiple cores I'm just wondering when apps will start making use of it and how certain API's will be made "aware". Gingerbread runs on top of 2.6.35.x which Ubuntu 10.10 and Mint distros use, I run these and have noticed a marked improvement over previous kernel(s).

 

[corneliusm]

Source?

Time well spent with a Tegra 2 device tells me differently...

No source. I'm fairly knowledgeable of embedded Linux (my career depends on it). Also an android app dev in my spare time, and there's nothing in the documentation to imply that any customizations to the Linux kernel would restrict SMP.

Otherwise, you would barely see any performance improvement in any benchmark, save for slightly increased IPC from the A9 core and GPU.

Marketing drones say "Android doesn't support dual core" simply because they don't understand the underlying technology. In reality, apps and some android components need to be optimized with parallelism in mind.

I remember hearing the same thing when PCs were going dual-core and clueless tech analysts claimed that Linux and Windows would need to be rewritten to take advantage of the extra core. Right, whatever...

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[Jerry Hildenbrand]

No source. I'm fairly knowledgeable of embedded Linux (my career depends on it). Also an android app dev in my spare time, and there's nothing in the documentation to imply that any customizations to the Linux kernel would restrict SMP.

Otherwise, you would barely see any performance improvement in any benchmark, save for slightly increased IPC from the A9 core and GPU.

Marketing drones say "Android doesn't support dual core" simply because they don't understand the underlying technology. In reality, apps and some android components need to be optimized with parallelism in mind.

I remember hearing the same thing when PCs were going dual-core and clueless tech analysts claimed that Linux and Windows would need to be rewritten to take advantage of the extra core. Right, whatever...

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Gotcha.

What I saw while testing is that the Dalvik VM (which I'm sure is a multi-threaded program) doesn't hit the second core, instead will actually peg one core at 100% while the other does nothing useful.

 

[corneliusm]

Gotcha.

What I saw while testing is that the Dalvik VM (which I'm sure is a multi-threaded program) doesn't hit the second core, instead will actually peg one core at 100% while the other does nothing useful.

Dalvik Turbo should have taken care of that... Maybe we'll be seeing another demo at this years MWC.

But as far as I'm aware, Java threads and AsyncTasks should be properly scheduled across cores in the Dalvik VM.