Hey I was reading about the sgs3 and I was under the impression that it would be a quad core but in the official tmo article it say this: a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Processor with 1.5 GHz Dual-Core CPUs and 2GB of RAM, the Galaxy S III also offers a large, 2100mAh battery to power hours of on-the-go entertainment.
So are they saying it is going to have 2 dual core cpu's =ing a quad core or is it just a dual core? I am not the brightest person so maybe one of you can set me straight. Because I would rather just not spend the money until a quad core comes out. I will be happy with my SGS2 runing AOKP for now.
the international version will have (1) quad core exynos chip - the us variants have (1) dual core 1.5 chip.
basically
the international version has a quad core processor, all U.S variants have a dual core processor.
This is the only hardware difference between models, as well as the U.S variants having 2GB of ram and the international version having 1GB of ram.
mojorisin7178 said:
Hey I was reading about the sgs3 and I was under the impression that it would be a quad core but in the official tmo article it say this: a Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Processor with 1.5 GHz Dual-Core CPUs and 2GB of RAM, the Galaxy S III also offers a large, 2100mAh battery to power hours of on-the-go entertainment.
So are they saying it is going to have 2 dual core cpu's =ing a quad core or is it just a dual core? I am not the brightest person so maybe one of you can set me straight. Because I would rather just not spend the money until a quad core comes out. I will be happy with my SGS2 runing AOKP for now.
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Questions go in Q&A and its a dual core 2 gigs of ram for the US version because of problems with LTE
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Tmobile will be as fast as the international, with dual Q
Its a dual core what gets my question is why HTC and Samsung ship their new devices with quadcore in Europe but dualcore in the us!!!
gypsy214 said:
Its a dual core what gets my question is why HTC and Samsung ship their new devices with quadcore in Europe but dualcore in the us!!!
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Here's your answer lol.
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Questions go in Q&A and its a dual core 2 gigs of ram for the US version because of problems with LTE
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I don't get why you people want a quadcore phone. I bet most of your computers aren't even quadcore. Don't really see a need for it to run the things we have on our phones. I doubt any apps will utilize all 4 cores.
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Here's your answer lol.
I don't get why you people want a quadcore phone. I bet most of your computers aren't even quadcore. Don't really see a need for it to run the things we have on our phones. I doubt any apps will utilize all 4 cores.
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Cause four cores HAS to be better then two right? Arent there multiple instances where dual core android devices out perform quad cores?
Beefvvl said:
Here's your answer lol.
I don't get why you people want a quadcore phone. I bet most of your computers aren't even quadcore. Don't really see a need for it to run the things we have on our phones. I doubt any apps will utilize all 4 cores.
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Its just so they can run to their friends and say they have a quad core phone. I completely agree. There is absolutely no need for a quad core yet.
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gypsy214 said:
Its a dual core what gets my question is why HTC and Samsung ship their new devices with quadcore in Europe but dualcore in the us!!!
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europe (and most of the rest of the world) is dominated by hspa+ and not lte. qualcomm is the only soc producer that has integrated lte into the soc (so it doesn't get terrible battery life like the gnexus) so they get the exynos and tegra socs, we get krait s4.
LMAO.. Spects..
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Questions go in Q&A and its a dual core 2 gigs of ram for the US version because of problems with LTE
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are there any specific reasons the quad causes problems with the lte modem?
I googled it and cannot find anything.
webstas said:
are there any specific reasons the quad causes problems with the lte modem?
I googled it and cannot find anything.
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The quadcore doesn't "cause problems" but the SoC does not have an LTE modem in it. LTE would require a separate modem/chip.
On the dualcore Qualcomm SoCs, the LTE modem is physically a part of the chip.
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Hi every body,
I'm looking for an answer that I've the opportunity to buy the S3 quadcore international version or the dualcore LTE version.
Which one have the best benchmark ?
Which one have the less battery drain ?
I'm french ... so does the LTE version be compatible with french 3G+ ?
Thank for your answer
If you mean hspa+ for 3g+, i think it should work. I'd take the dual core over the quad core, as it is based on a newer architecture and android is not even optimized for dual core properly, let alone quad core. The snapdragon s4 beats the exynos in core to core performance. It should also fair better in battery as well, but may fall a bit short in benchmarks.
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This topic was made literally a few hours before yours.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714719
Try and use the search function, this topic exist in 10 different kind of forms but all the same question.
refer to this one. includes a poll as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683261
What is the difference in battery lifetime between the dual core and quad core versions of the S3? I currently have a quad core S3 right now. Would it be wiser if I sell the quad and get a dual core from the US instead?
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What is the difference in battery lifetime between the dual core and quad core versions of the S3? I currently have a quad core S3 right now. Would it be wiser if I sell the quad and get a dual core from the US instead?
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what about keeping the quad-core and buy an extended battery if you worry about the battery life?
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what about keeping the quad-core and buy an extended battery if you worry about the battery life?
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I don't like that choice but thanks for the suggestion
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What is the difference in battery lifetime between the dual core and quad core versions of the S3? I currently have a quad core S3 right now. Would it be wiser if I sell the quad and get a dual core from the US instead?
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Mugen do a 2300mah battery that fits the S3 with working NFC for £30
Selling a quad core to buy a dual core is a dumb idea
First off: note that there are lots of different versions with the same "S3" name, most of which probably are not and never will be compatible to your current carrier's network.
The i9300 uses hotplug technology to completely shut down cores when their processing power is not needed and re-awake them whenever you open a CPU-intensive application. So in the bottom line it does not drain more battery unless you actually need more power than the other one can deliver.
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First off: note that there are lots of different versions with the same "S3" name, most of which probably are not and never will be compatible to your current carrier's network.
The i9300 uses hotplug technology to completely shut down cores when their processing power is not needed and re-awake them whenever you open a CPU-intensive application. So in the bottom line it does not drain more battery unless you actually need more power than the other one can deliver.
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It doesn't have to be CPU intensive application, it can be a normal application that will use all cores, each at not maximum frequency.
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The only thing I like about the dual core versions is that they come with 2GB of ram, which should be standard for a Top End phone, specially with the amount of software that Samsung puts on their phones.
Of course, I know the dual cores are Cortex 15 which is a newer core but I don't value that as much as I do the 2GB ram.
Other than that, I'm really happy with my SGS 3 (international version, unlocked)
You can always downgrade with custom kernels whenever you want
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First off: note that there are lots of different versions with the same "S3" name, most of which probably are not and never will be compatible to your current carrier's network.
The i9300 uses hotplug technology to completely shut down cores when their processing power is not needed and re-awake them whenever you open a CPU-intensive application. So in the bottom line it does not drain more battery unless you actually need more power than the other one can deliver.
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So you're saying that the quad-core is as good as the dual core in terms of battery lifetime?
But I thought all S3's are compatible for all 2G/3G networks around the world?
dual core has a longer battery life
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dual core has a longer battery life
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Not necessarily. Everyone is using their phone differently. Every battery produced in factory is also not 100% identical. So basically no point trying to compare between dual or quad.
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So you're saying that the quad-core is as good as the dual core in terms of battery lifetime?
But I thought all S3's are compatible for all 2G/3G networks around the world?
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No, I'm saying that what I like most about the dual cores is the 2GB of ram they come with. I'm comfortable with the battery life of my quad so I don't complain about it, and don't even wonder about what the duals can do.
I had a SGS 2 (still do) and even with the pumped processor (and slightly bigger battery) this one still lasts more that a day of relatively heavy use so battery life is not a problem. Maybe the new duals cortex A15 have better battery life than this quads, maybe not so much BUT, they're not quads :laugh: and that was a good selling point (for me).
If Samsung had put the same 2GB of ram on the quads (like they did for the Korean version -envy-) then no one would want a dual, and no one would complain about battery life -or even wonder about it-, but they didn't.
If you ask me, the best phone to come will have 2GB ram (LG has announced already and Xiaomi too with the Mi2 coming October), then our quad SGS 3 will come short, that's my only complaint.
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Not necessarily. Everyone is using their phone differently. Every battery produced in factory is also not 100% identical. So basically no point trying to compare between dual or quad.
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Also to the point where the dual core has lte which destroys your battery.
The dualcore one uses a qualcoomm krait cpu which is based upon cortex a15 unlike the quad exynos which is based upon the cortex a9 cores. The a15 architecture is by design depending on the task to do up to more than 100% faster as compared to the a9 in single core and single threaded tasks. So speed wise they are quite equal, while the exynos has a better gpu, the krait is made in 28nm, while the exynos is made in 32nm, so to make the story short: in theory the dualcore should be as fast as the quad, while using less power, assuming both have the same battery, the dual should last longer in theory, but i havent seen any thorough comparison tests of it until now.
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The dualcore one uses a qualcoomm krait cpu which is based upon cortex a15 unlike the quad exynos which is based upon the cortex a9 cores. The a15 architecture is by design depending on the task to do up to more than 100% faster as compared to the a9 in single core and single threaded tasks. So speed wise they are quite equal, while the exynos has a better gpu, the krait is made in 28nm, while the exynos is made in 32nm, so to make the story short: in theory the dualcore should be as fast as the quad, while using less power, assuming both have the same battery, the dual should last longer in theory, but i havent seen any thorough comparison tests of it until now.
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In theory is the most important thing here. And, for every app that can use all 4 cores the quad will have the upper hand. I've seen the reviews and the SGS III still manages to beat the duals (A15) in general performance tests.
That's why the new top dogs will use 4 Cortex A15, and 2GB ram configurations, those will be unbeatable.
Still, LTE on the duals will kill all battery life differences.
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dual core has a longer battery life
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I disagree. 2 cores process a task longer--longer time=longer battery usage. Shorter time for 4 cores--4 cores=high battery usage. Am i making sense?
Quad core mdrr le truc qui sert a rien sur un phone, ce n'est que mon humble avis
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Quad core mdrr le truc qui sert a rien sur un phone, ce n'est que mon humble avis
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In English please. This is an International forum/community.
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In English please. This is an International forum/community.
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It's English. Just the letters are mixed up a bit...
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crnkoj said:
The dualcore one uses a qualcoomm krait cpu which is based upon cortex a15 unlike the quad exynos which is based upon the cortex a9 cores. The a15 architecture is by design depending on the task to do up to more than 100% faster as compared to the a9 in single core and single threaded tasks. So speed wise they are quite equal, while the exynos has a better gpu, the krait is made in 28nm, while the exynos is made in 32nm, so to make the story short: in theory the dualcore should be as fast as the quad, while using less power, assuming both have the same battery, the dual should last longer in theory, but i havent seen any thorough comparison tests of it until now.
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Wrong.
The krait is not pure a-15.
The exynos is not pure a-9.
If anything the both meet somewhere in the middle, the exynos is built on a smaller die than standard a-9's and a 128bit instruction set (a-15) and is fabricated using HKMG process (reduces power leakage by up to 50% if my memory serves me right)
The krait is still using the older, less efficient Lsion process and is nowhere near as good as HKMG.
Samsung have tweaked the sh*t out of the exynos 4412 and it has been around for a while, the krait is new tech, not nearly as much time to optimise it.
Now another point is that development on the US version is nowhere near the level of development for the international and has a lesser GPU and DAC.
I wouldn't trade for anything.
Well in saying that I'd like 2gb of ram, but with this SOC.
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look at this : http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_tx_t_and_v_benchmarks_are_here_promising_too-news-4722.php
in the results, the new line of sony xperias, r getting better results on benchmarks than galaxy s3. How can it be? How xperia t with almost the same specification than xperia s gets better results than galaxy s3 with his quadcore processor ?
Quad core is not yet optimized in android
Android is not ready yet for quad core
Dual core is more than enough for android (well ICS)
Because i think jellybean quad core will do better (CMIIW)
Its not just Xperia T all device that use S4 "krait" Dual Core benchmark is always better than exynos
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Its the next gen snapdragon S4 plus krait processor..u can find out about those over at their site Qualcomm Snapdragon Processors. Just because S3 and HTC ONE X has quad core doesnt make it act fast coz despite of the cores, the normal apps doesn need to use the quads. May be ull get better gaming fps and smoothness with tegra 3 but when its come to web browsing, stability and working potential the snapdragon chipsets actually does a lot of good work. Waiting for the LG Optimus G. Heard they used S4 PRO Quad Krait
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Its the next gen snapdragon S4 plus krait processor..u can find out about those over at their site Qualcomm Snapdragon Processors. Just because S3 and HTC ONE X has quad core doesnt make it act fast coz despite of the cores, the normal apps doesn need to use the quads. May be ull get better gaming fps and smoothness with tegra 3 but when its come to web browsing, stability and working potential the snapdragon chipsets actually does a lot of good work. Waiting for the LG Optimus G. Heard they used S4 PRO Quad Krait
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Quad Krait
Sounds pretty scary
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and about the difference on results between xperia t and xperia s?
conanjf said:
look at this : http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_tx_t_and_v_benchmarks_are_here_promising_too-news-4722.php
in the results, the new line of sony xperias, r getting better results on benchmarks than galaxy s3. How can it be? How xperia t with almost the same specification than xperia s gets better results than galaxy s3 with his quadcore processor ?
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Because cores != performance.
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Because it's not about number of cores.
Typically the phones with more cores run them at slower clock speeds, canceling out the difference.
It's all about getting a BALANCED spec, which includes I/O rates, flash speed, memory channels, memory bandwidth, cpu cores, cpu power management latency and literally hundreds of other factors.
Both Sony and Samsung are tier 1 manufacturers, which is why they know how to spend money in the right areas when it comes to component costs.
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and about the difference on results between xperia t and xperia s?
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XS Use S3 processor, No Ext Memory, no LTE, 12mp camera
While XT S4 processor, Ext Mem, LTE support, and 14mp camera
If you talking about benchmark
Its pretty far i think thanks to the S4
But the downside is the illumination bar
I really love that bar. if xperia T have that bar i will upgrade without thinking anymore
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Quad Krait
Sounds pretty scary
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The new gen S4 PRO comes in two form, Dual and Quad..LG Optimus G went with the Quad 1.5GHz and a shattering 320GPU. Its gona be pretty fast in 3D rendered games for sure and as its Qualcomm then u can very easily bet that there battery consumption will be less than usual Quads
Qualcomm doesn't use reference ARM Design. they just get the license for A9/A15.
They have their own Design like Apple with their SoC.
The Sony Xperia S has the MSM8660 which is a Snapdragon S3 (45nm, Single Channel RAM, Andreno 220 GPU).
The Sony Xperia T has the MSM8260a which is a Snapdragon S4 (28nm, Dual Channel RAM, Andreno 225 GPU).
The difference is also in the architecture.
S3 = Scorpion: This is the own Design of Qualcomm which is compareable with ARM Cortex A9
S4 = Krait: This is also designed by Qualcomm and is compareable with ARM Cortex A15
The performance of Snapdragon SoC's is incredible. Its not just, that Android is not yet optimized for Quad-Core SoC's but also the Design.
There are already benches available showing the APQ8064 which is a Quad-Core with Andreno 320 GPU. There is no compareable SoC at the moment and if I'm not wrong the LG Optimus G will get this SoC (Q1/Q2 2013).
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Qualcomm doesn't use reference ARM Design. they just get the license for A9/A15.
They have their own Design like Apple with their SoC.
The Sony Xperia S has the MSM8660 which is a Snapdragon S3 (45nm, Single Channel RAM, Andreno 220 GPU).
The Sony Xperia T has the MSM8260a which is a Snapdragon S4 (28nm, Dual Channel RAM, Andreno 225 GPU).
The difference is also in the architecture.
S3 = Scorpion: This is the own Design of Qualcomm which is compareable with ARM Cortex A9
S4 = Krait: This is also designed by Qualcomm and is compareable with ARM Cortex A15
The performance of Snapdragon SoC's is incredible. Its not just, that Android is not yet optimized for Quad-Core SoC's but also the Design.
There are already benches available showing the APQ8064 which is a Quad-Core with Andreno 320 GPU. There is no compareable SoC at the moment and if I'm not wrong the LG Optimus G will get this SoC (Q1/Q2 2013).
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For better GPU performance, i have seen Qualcomm betting more on MSM8960 than any other. I am waiting for S4 PRO MSM8960T chipset review (will surely be used over TABS only) lets see what it got. Didnt read nor know anything about APQ8064 model and i dont think dat we will get to know about that chipset unless LG releases their Optimus G. Xperia T has the AP series from S4 PLUS but S4 PRO is a total new ball game . Am guessing that the next gen S4 chips can easily be overclocked to 2GHz+ as my Xperia-S is already running on 1.78GHZ smoothly and its a Dual Core S3 . LG announced 2GB of ram for the Optimus G so, basically, 2GHz+ of overclocked QUAD PROCESSOR with 2GB ram is a must have for any enthusiast android developer/user. And if they manufacturer make it to a perfection than for sure its a must kept for the next 2/3 years as android for quads, wont be developed before that time but WITHIN that time. That 320GPU is already like a cherry on top so for now, am just keeping my fingers crossed to know how the battery will perform :fingers-crossed:. Then again, thats just my prediction and thoughts . As is said before, Qualcomm already won my faith over their chipsets . More like Dejavu ..More power work yet less power consumed
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Quad core is not yet optimized in android
Android is not ready yet for quad core
Dual core is more than enough for android (well ICS)
Because i think jellybean quad core will do better (CMIIW)
Its not just Xperia T all device that use S4 "krait" Dual Core benchmark is always better than exynos
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If in future quadcore will be good for android then s3 not gonna be outdated soon
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If in future quadcore will be good for android then s3 not gonna be outdated soon
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It's not only quadcore + Android not optimized to be the reason that Xperia T and other new Krait S4 CPU powered phones are better then Samsung's S3.
The S3 is powered by the tegra 3, and tegra 3 isn't the newest CPU anymore. It's just the fact that the S4 processor from Qualcomm is newer and better optimized then tegra 3.
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It's not only quadcore + Android not optimized to be the reason that Xperia T and other new Krait S4 CPU powered phones are better then Samsung's S3.
The S3 is powered by the tegra 3, and tegra 3 isn't the newest CPU anymore. It's just the fact that the S4 processor from Qualcomm is newer and better optimized then tegra 3.
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S3 powered by Tegra 3? Where did you read that? It has either the Quad Core Exynos or Dual Core S4 Krait in some models variations.
krabappel2548 said:
It's not only quadcore + Android not optimized to be the reason that Xperia T and other new Krait S4 CPU powered phones are better then Samsung's S3.
The S3 is powered by the tegra 3, and tegra 3 isn't the newest CPU anymore. It's just the fact that the S4 processor from Qualcomm is newer and better optimized then tegra 3.
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LOL S3 have Quad Core Exynos .. Tegra 3 is for HTC ONE X and Xperia T came with S4 Plus Dual Core Krait which actually has beaten S3 and HTC both to some serious extent. Hell, HTC ONE S beats one x to some serious level BOTTOM LINE : Qualcomm holds the authentic brain power for androids
I am really confused.
When I test my brand new Samsung S3 LTE with 2gb of RAM my scores are usually 12500.
When I compare it from the Antutu list of phones against Samsung S3 (normal version with 1gb RAM) the score is about 16000.
??? Why is that?
Sorry if I am posting to the wrong place.
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I am really confused.
When I test my brand new Samsung S3 LTE with 2gb of RAM my scores are usually 12500.
When I compare it from the Antutu list of phones against Samsung S3 (normal version with 1gb RAM) the score is about 16000.
??? Why is that?
Sorry if I am posting to the wrong place.
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Benchmarks are unreliable is why see multiple posts on the subject .
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hrcoprco said:
I am really confused.
When I test my brand new Samsung S3 LTE with 2gb of RAM my scores are usually 12500.
When I compare it from the Antutu list of phones against Samsung S3 (normal version with 1gb RAM) the score is about 16000.
??? Why is that?
Sorry if I am posting to the wrong place.
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Thry could be using mods such as custom roms and kernels for example.
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this is because samsung galaxy 3 LTE has a dual core and regular galaxy 3 has a quad core processor
hahayesimsam said:
this is because samsung galaxy 3 LTE has a dual core and regular galaxy 3 has a quad core processor
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do you mean i9305?you're joking, right?
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5001&idPhone2=4238
Hardware and design
The S III comes in two distinct variations that differ primarily in the internal hardware. The international S III version has Samsung's Exynos 4 Quad system on a chip (SoC) containing a 1.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 central processing unit (CPU) and an ARM Mali-400 MP graphics processing unit (GPU). According to Samsung, the Exynos 4 Quad doubles the performance of the Exynos 4 Dual used on the S II, while using 20 percent less power. Samsung had also released several 4G LTE versions—4G facilitates higher-speed mobile connection compared to 3G—in selected countries to exploit the corresponding communications infrastructures that exist in those markets.[44] Most of these versions use Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 SoC featuring a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU and an Adreno 225 GPU. The South Korean and Australia versions are a hybrid of the international and 4G-capable versions.
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Hardware and design
The S III comes in two distinct variations that differ primarily in the internal hardware. The international S III version has Samsung's Exynos 4 Quad system on a chip (SoC) containing a 1.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 central processing unit (CPU) and an ARM Mali-400 MP graphics processing unit (GPU). According to Samsung, the Exynos 4 Quad doubles the performance of the Exynos 4 Dual used on the S II, while using 20 percent less power. Samsung had also released several 4G LTE versions—4G facilitates higher-speed mobile connection compared to 3G—in selected countries to exploit the corresponding communications infrastructures that exist in those markets.[44] Most of these versions use Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 SoC featuring a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU and an Adreno 225 GPU. The South Korean and Australia versions are a hybrid of the international and 4G-capable versions.
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oh lol you meant this haha my bad
yupe, many devices out there to make us spend much more hahaahahahah
How long you guys think it'll be until US carriers get phones with octa core processors? I'm thinking of getting the S4 but I don't want to get the quad core US version and then a couple months later, octa core phones start coming out.
What's the point of octa-core exactly? I don't understand what real life benefits it can have over the quad core SnapDragon 600 processor being used in the competition's flagships. IMHO it's completely gimmicky and silly for present times. I understand your view, I would want the higher version too if I'm paying for it, but I feel the S4 on the whole is silly and doesn't bring anything new to the table other than gimmicky stuff. Its looks don't help either.
Good read - http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=396
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Completely agree with the above comments.. Even if you have an Octa core working in your device, only four cores will be working at a time.. and the latest benchmarks scores from the galaxy s4 shows that the qualcom 600 seris scores more than the exynos Octa.. So its juts a mere number game by Samsung.. at least at this point of time.. the quadrant score for the Qualcom 600 in HTC one is in the range of 12000.. Any of the current (i believe for at least another year) will work like a charm with this processor..