Quadrant Wow

[anon(464338)]

http://androidcommunity.com/galaxy-nexus-benchmarks-good-not-great-20111118/
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[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Proof that only people who understand what benchmarks really mean should be allowed to run them.

I'm curious if the author even knows why the scores are what they are when compared to other phones. I doubt it.

 

[altimax98]

Gotta love the ram listed at 1000 lol... stupid noobs

 

[1088933]

This deserves a complete *facepalm*

 

[dammitcubs]

This test is completely misleading.

1) you are using a gingerbread based test that hasn't even been proven for dual core on a ICS device. ... Nice.

2) Other benchmark tests, have proven to be closer to the galaxy s2 including the AnTuTu Benchmark test.

3) PowerVR doesn't perform well on any quadrant tests which will help lower the score, not to mention its running at a higher resolution. This has been documented and I'm too lazy to look for where I found that.

I would start with looking at the droid razr's quadrant and other scores to see how good a OMAP4430 is. The galaxy nexus should be atleast the same or alot better than that.

 

[goliath602]

This is just proof that benchmarks don't mean a damn thing. No way in hell is the Nexus slower in anyway than the GS2.

 

[jroc]

The GS2 also uses the Exynos chip, international version anyway....which is gonna be benchmark kings for awhile along with the iPhone 4S.

It is what it is when it come to the different chips. Just dont let benchmarks dictate what phone you will get or enjoy. The difference between the RAZR and the Rezound, benchmarks and real world use is not enough to be mad about. Although the Rezound at 1.5Ghz....you would expect better but hey...lol.

And the higher screen res of the G Nex probably did effect the score.

 

[humpagardengnome]

This deserves a double *facepalm*

I like the original but this one seems more fitting.

 

[s14tat]

This is just proof that benchmarks don't mean a damn thing. No way in hell is the Nexus slower in anyway than the GS2.

I wouldn't bet the farm on that if I were you. Its proven that the exynos is a better chip. I mean the fact that the galaxy nexus still stutters when running live wallpaper is a major let down. That will never happen with the gs2.

 

[wes008]

Now that our phones are this good we don't need benchmarks anymore. Any that we run on the GNex now are total bull anyway, since there aren't any ICS optimization-detecting benchmarking tools. (Yet)

 

[Tom S.]

I wouldn't bet the farm on that if I were you. Its proven that the exynos is a better chip. I mean the fact that the galaxy nexus still stutters when running live wallpaper is a major let down. That will never happen with the gs2.

Exynos is not compatible with LTE. This is most likely the reason that Samsung went with the older processor. Otherwise, it would have 2 different versions, one for Verizon and one for GSM (with Exynos if they wanted to use it).

 

[s14tat]

Exynos is not compatible with LTE. This is most likely the reason that Samsung went with the older processor. Otherwise, it would have 2 different versions, one for Verizon and one for GSM (with Exynos if they wanted to use it).

Yup, I know that is one of the main reasons for not using that chip. I have come to terms with its hardware. I will still pick up this phone. I was just completely shocked that this phone could not run live wall papers smoothly. All this hardware optimization talk seems like a bunch of bolognese.

 

[jroc]

Now that our phones are this good we don't need benchmarks anymore. Any that we run on the GNex now are total bull anyway, since there aren't any ICS optimization-detecting benchmarking tools. (Yet)

Totally agree. And dare I say we dont need to overclock anymore. I honestly feel we dont need to. It was needed back when phones were under 1Ghz out the box.

 

[smartpatrol]

In the GPU department, the Samsung Exynos in the SGS2 destroys the OMAP4 in the Galaxy Nexus. OMAP4 uses the PowerVR 540, same GPU that the old Samsung Hummingbird used (although clocked a lot higher).

So yeah, truth is that the SGS2 IS more powerful than the Galaxy Nexus.

EDIT: that said, the idiot in that article still seems to have no clue what he's talking about.

 

[Droid800]

In the GPU department, the Samsung Exynos in the SGS2 destroys the OMAP4 in the Galaxy Nexus. OMAP4 uses the PowerVR 540, same GPU that the old Samsung Hummingbird used (although clocked a lot higher).

So yeah, truth is that the SGS2 IS more powerful than the Galaxy Nexus.

EDIT: that said, the idiot in that article still seems to have no clue what he's talking about.

The GPU is, but the processors are about the same.

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[whiteshadow001]

Exynos is not compatible with LTE. This is most likely the reason that Samsung went with the older processor. Otherwise, it would have 2 different versions, one for Verizon and one for GSM (with Exynos if they wanted to use it).

the wallpapers lagging isn't the processors fault it's the ICS programming that messes the wallpapers up. This can be fixed with an update

 

[Piquedram]

the wallpapers lagging isn't the processors fault it's the ICS programming that messes the wallpapers up. This can be fixed with an update

Alternatively; it could be the wallpaper programming. I've done some small development for my own android phone as a test, and a live wallpaper can be quite the resource hog if not optimized. You should see it as this graphics rendering program running continuously if you want your nice and smooth 30fps. There is a reason they take so much out of your battery ;-)

 

[whiteshadow001]

Alternatively; it could be the wallpaper programming. I've done some small development for my own android phone as a test, and a live wallpaper can be quite the resource hog if not optimized. You should see it as this graphics rendering program running continuously if you want your nice and smooth 30fps. There is a reason they take so much out of your battery ;-)

Haha this is true