Galaxy S6 Achieves Monstrously High Benchmark Scores, Leaves HTC One M9 In The Dust

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Galaxy S6 Achieves Monstrously High Benchmark Scores, Leaves HTC One M9 In The Dust

It almost goes without saying, but benchmarks are not everything. These numbers don't always tell you how a device will perform, but they do tell you something. Right now the Galaxy S6 is telling us that Samsung's new Exynos chip is very, very fast. It's putting up AnTuTu scores of nearly 70,000, well above the values produced by devices like the LG G3, Nexus 6, LG G Flex 2, and even the new HTC One M9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlV0naJ3ZHo

The number comes from a benchmark captured on video at MWC, which you can see above. Exynos chips tend to do well in AnTuTu, but hitting nearly 70k is wild. All the flagships from 2014 hit 40k-50k. As for the HTC One M9, well that was captured on the video below. It manages about 55,000

[Draconian Guppy]

I will wait for real life scenarios, as in my experience ( S4/s5) exynos variants always seem slower than their snapdragon counterparts (Im guess software optimization? ).

[+Warwagon MVC]

I just wish the phone wasn't so big. The biggest i'd go is 4.7

[Draconian Guppy]

I just wish the phone wasn't so big.

I just wish more companies would take design cues from LG and remove useless bezel.

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

I just wish the phone wasn't so big.

 

it's 5.1"  - which is pretty decent for a flagship!     other companies are going 5.5 inches already.     5" is still withing the realms of comfortable, so 5.1" cannot be too bad.

 

 

i posted quotes from HTC M9 preview...  i am not liking it. (posted in s6 vs m9 thread)      i am really considering S6 Edge, to upgrade my HTC One M7     -      or to wait what Z4 (compact) brings, in a month or so.

[Zodiarck]

I think it's too expensive ... sure it's components are top notch but 600 -700 for a mobile it's too much ..

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

The S6 might need the extra performance:

 

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[Draconian Guppy]

The S6 might need the extra performance:

 

nasty mcAfee

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

The S6 might need the extra performance:

 

 

 

FFS.      HTC is spying on your location to give you targeted ads,   Samsung bundles McAfee....

 

i understand business is tough, but i am very dissapointed with the phones this generation.      waiting for sony offerings.

[Knife Party]

I think most smartphones now have reached a comfortable performance level, what i care about is battery life.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

The S6 might need the extra performance:

Really though, does McAfee bog down the system that much?

[+Asmodai MVC]

I will wait for real life scenarios, as in my experience ( S4/s5) exynos variants always seem slower than their snapdragon counterparts (Im guess software optimization? ).

 

That's because the S4 and S5 Exynos were generally made using licenced ARM cores.  Snapdragon had a custom designed Krait core in most of their leading chips and both were typically at the same process node.

 

That's all different now because Qualcomm got caught with their pants down on the move to 64bit.  They don't have a custom Krait core (They JUST announced the successor Kryo which won't be out until late this year or early next) so they're using the same licensed ARM designs as Samsung except Samsung has it's own fabs and is the S6 core is made on the 14nm FinFET process while the Snapdragon 810 is still on a 20nm process.  So Snapdragon has thrown away all it's CPU advantages.  Same licensed core design, worse process node.  Now maybe they have better integrated radios and I haven't seen the GPU comparison but Samsung really have a quality part with this new Exynos CPU.

[TAZMINATOR]

nasty mcAfee

 

Easy there.   You can easily remove it. 

 

[satysin]

I think it's too expensive ... sure it's components are top notch but 600 -700 for a mobile it's too much ..

 

Tell me about it. I would rather spend the money on a new laptop than a phone! I have an iPhone and love it. Good camera, compact, nice screen, battery could do with being a bit better but it is ok. I don't game or watch load of video on my phone. I understand if people do that then a bigger phone is nice but for me I just want a small phone. I would get a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact but with Sony leaving the phone business I don't really fancy changing platform for a dead make. Shame as the Sony phone is amazing

[TAZMINATOR]

FFS.      HTC is spying on your location to give you targeted ads,   Samsung bundles McAfee....

 

i understand business is tough, but i am very dissapointed with the phones this generation.      waiting for sony offerings.

 

I have HTC phone but it does not affect me about location targeting.

 

Samsung phones, you can easily remove crapware..  or install any ROM in it.

[Draconian Guppy]

Easy there.   You can easily remove it. 

 

not without root

That's because the S4 and S5 Exynos were generally made using licenced ARM cores.  Snapdragon had a custom designed Krait core in most of their leading chips and both were typically at the same process node.

 

That's all different now because Qualcomm got caught with their pants down on the move to 64bit.  They don't have a custom Krait core (They JUST announced the successor Kryo which won't be out until late this year or early next) so they're using the same licensed ARM designs as Samsung except Samsung has it's own fabs and is the S6 core is made on the 14nm FinFET process while the Snapdragon 810 is still on a 20nm process.  So Snapdragon has thrown away all it's CPU advantages.  Same licensed core design, worse process node.  Now maybe they have better integrated radios and I haven't seen the GPU comparison but Samsung really have a quality part with this new Exynos CPU.

GPU generally lags even in latest exynos iteration (in benchmarks... real world scenarios are basically undifferent to the average Joe)

 

Thanks for clearing that up, that makes a LOT of sense because exynos s4/s5  compared to their qualcomm counterparts performed in real life scenarios, just awful.

[tsupersonic]

FFS.      HTC is spying on your location to give you targeted ads,   Samsung bundles McAfee....

 

i understand business is tough, but i am very dissapointed with the phones this generation.      waiting for sony offerings.

Never heard about HTC spying on your location? Proof? You can control location services fairly easy.

 

Benchmarks mean nothing. I want to see real world usage, battery life, etc. I hope they seriously scaled back on Touchwiz (or revamp it from the ground up)

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

Never heard about HTC spying on your location? Proof? You can control location services fairly easy.

 

 

 

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/1/8126431/htc-one-m9-hands-on-preview

 

 

 

"Contextual suggestions appear at just the right time with just the right information," says HTC Creative Labs chief Drew Bamford. But to do that, HTC needs to know where you are and what you are up to at all times, which the company says is data it will try to monetize in order to fund the addition of more of these types of added-value services. I

[+Asmodai MVC]

GPU generally lags even in latest exynos iteration (in benchmarks... real world scenarios are basically undifferent to the average Joe)

Have you seen GPU benchmarks yet?

If so I'd be interested in seeing them. The Exynos 7420 has a 14nm Mali-T760 MP8 GPU with LPDDR4 memory that I haven't seen tested before (only a 20nm Mali-T760 MP6 with LPDDR3 memory like on the Galaxy Note 4.) I know the Adreno 430 on the Snapdragon 810 is better than the 20nm GPU on the Galaxy Note 4 but I haven't seen any comparisons with this new one. I don't think it's safe to assume the S6 has similar GPU performance to the Note 4 even if they are both T760s. There's a whole lot more going on there.

Thanks for clearing that up, that makes a LOT of sense because exynos s4/s5  compared to their qualcomm counterparts performed in real life scenarios, just awful.

No problem.

I actually don't like Samsung phones but as a tech geek I'm really impressed with what they've done with the Exynos 7420. They've really stepped up their game and right now they appear to have the best (Android) SoC out there... at least until QualComm can get the 820 out.

[Draconian Guppy]

Have you seen GPU benchmarks yet?

If so I'd be interested in seeing them. The Exynos 7420 has a 14nm Mali-T760 MP8 GPU with LPDDR4 memory that I haven't seen tested before (only a 20nm Mali-T760 MP6 with LPDDR3 memory like on the Galaxy Note 4.) I know the Adreno 430 on the Snapdragon 810 is better than the 20nm GPU on the Galaxy Note 4 but I haven't seen any comparisons with this new one. I don't think it's safe to assume the S6 has similar GPU performance to the Note 4 even if they are both T760s. There's a whole lot more going on there.

No problem.

I actually don't like Samsung phones but as a tech geek I'm really impressed with what they've done with the Exynos 7420. They've really stepped up their game and right now they appear to have the best (Android) SoC out there... at least until QualComm can get the 820 out.

yeah I actually meant the note 4  exynos variant. But should memory change be that drastic of a performance increase?

[Open Minded]

 

Samsung phones, you can easily remove crapware..  or install any ROM in it.

 

That's not always true.  AT&T and Verizon locked the bootloader on the S 4 and S 5.

[The Evil Overlord]

FFS. HTC is spying on your location to give you targeted ads, Samsung bundles McAfee....

i understand business is tough, but i am very dissapointed with the phones this generation. waiting for sony offerings.

Trust me, they disappoint more than samsung, I've returned 3, the last one was me telling them where they can stick their phone, (bought a budget moto g 4g, not looked back)

Tell me about it. I would rather spend the money on a new laptop than a phone! I have an iPhone and love it. Good camera, compact, nice screen, battery could do with being a bit better but it is ok. I don't game or watch load of video on my phone. I understand if people do that then a bigger phone is nice but for me I just want a small phone. I would get a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact but with Sony leaving the phone business I don't really fancy changing platform for a dead make. Shame as the Sony phone is amazing

Yup, I miss the N8 for overall size

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

Trust me, they disappoint more than samsung, I've returned 3, the last one was me telling them where they can stick their phone, (bought a budget moto g 4g, not looked back)

 

what?   i never heard any bad feedback about sony Z line.     i know at least 5 people who have them and they love it.

 

but i guess i will have to google it.

[tsupersonic]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/1/8126431/htc-one-m9-hands-on-preview

 

 

 

 

 

 

sure you can turn location services off, but you are losing functionality.

The Verge, don't trust it. Not saying they're wrong, but I'll need other sources to confirm. If what that is correct, I'm disappointed in HTC. At least it's easy enough to fix, just get a different launcher.

[The Evil Overlord]

lolwut.

 

K... if we're a trashing other OSes/hardware, the only windows phone up to part in audio processing/performance is the HTC m8 windows variant, your lumia 730 can't hold a candle to my unamped etymotic ER4Ps  (27 Ohms)...

 

Now.. see how anyone can flame just to flame? did you see at any point I added something like my above comment in this thread?

I was going to post I get 4 days, comfortably out of my moto, but refrained, any phone, regardless of infrastructure should have a beast battery management system if they can no longer offer one week standbys. (god I miss those days, seemed to have more choice back then too)

what?   i never heard any bad feedback about sony Z line.     i know at least 5 people who have them and they love it.

 

but i guess i will have to google it.

pm incoming