The Meizu MX4 Pro ditches the MediaTek chipset of its predecessor and has instead opted for the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5430, built around a 20nm processor and ARM's big.LITTLE architecture. It has four Cortex-A15 cores clocked at 2GHz and four Cortex-A7's at 1.5GHz each. Graphics are handled by the Mali T628 MP6/600MHz GPU and there's a stocky 3 gigs of RAM.
The CPU performance of the Exynos chip starts off impressively. GeekBench 3 ranks the MX4 Pro at second place among the many phones in the chart, interestingly just behind the Meizu MX4.
AnTuTu 5 gives the MX4 Pro a third place behind the Snapdragon 805-yellding Motorola Nexus 6 and the Samsung Galaxy Alpha, the latter using the same Exynos 5 Octa chip as the subject of this review.
Basemark OS II is where the Meizu MX4 Pro loses serious ground. In the overall test the MX4 Pro only makes it to the bottom of the table but is still above the Samsung Galaxy Alpha, the Huawei Ascend Mate7 and Meizu's own MX4.
Single and multi-core performance is rated in last and second-to-last place, though.
GeekBench 3
Higher is better
Meizu MX4 3556
Meizu MX4 Pro 3386
Motorola Nexus 6 3285
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 3214
Oppo Find 7 3178
Xiaomi Mi 4 3175
Huawei Ascend Mate7 3165
Oppo Find 7a 3093
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2925
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 2884
Oppo N3 2704
OnePlus One 2663
LG G3 - EU version 2563
AnTuTu 5
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 51905
Motorola Nexus 6 49803
Meizu MX4 Pro 48489
Meizu MX4 46922
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 46824
Huawei Ascend Mate7 41510
LG G3 - EU version 39905
Oppo N3 39245
Basemark OS II
Higher is better
Motorola Nexus 6 1509
Xiaomi Mi 4 1324
Oppo N3 1280
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 1222
Oppo Find 7 1212
OnePlus One 1196
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 1181
LG G3 - EU version 1126
Oppo Find 7a 1057
Meizu MX4 Pro 922
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 915
Huawei Ascend Mate7 830
Meizu MX4 695
Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 4031
Oppo Find 7 2606
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2588
Oppo Find 7a 2580
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 2579
Xiaomi Mi 4 2573
Oppo N3 2417
Huawei Ascend Mate7 2334
OnePlus One 2213
LG G3 - EU version 2213
Motorola Nexus 6 1967
Meizu MX4 Pro 1891
Meizu MX4 1729
Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 15096
Huawei Ascend Mate7 15012
Meizu MX4 12268
Oppo Find 7 10391
Oppo Find 7a 10256
OnePlus One 10234
Motorola Nexus 6 9915
LG G3 - EU version 9611
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 9604
Xiaomi Mi 4 9508
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 9446
Oppo N3 9320
Meizu MX4 Pro 7399
The next installment of tests measures the GPU performance or in other words gaming and video playback. With its Mali GPU, the Meizu MX4 Pro didn't really crush the boards. The less-intensive T-Rex test showed an almost stutter-free 26 fps on the offscreen 1080p run. The on-screen version however uses the native resolution of 1536 x 2560px, resulting in a less impressive 17fps.
The Manhattan test is about twice as taxing and we got half the framerate compared to T-Rex. Both framerates are consistent with many of the MX4 Pro's direct rivals but still nowhere near a smooth 30fps.
Finally, Basemark X shows its own score for gaming prowess. The MX4 Pro edged out its predecessor but failed to match the heavyweights in the smartphone space.
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 44.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 41.7
Motorola Nexus 6 38.9
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 31.3
Oppo Find 7a 28.4
OnePlus One 28.3
Oppo Find 7 28
Xiaomi Mi 4 27.6
LG G3 - EU version 27.2
Meizu MX4 Pro 26
Meizu MX4 22.7
Huawei Ascend Mate7 16.4
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 48.4
OnePlus One 30
Oppo Find 7a 28.8
Xiaomi Mi 4 28.2
Motorola Nexus 6 27.4
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 26.4
Meizu MX4 21.3
LG G3 - EU version 20.5
Oppo Find 7 19.9
Huawei Ascend Mate7 17.4
Meizu MX4 Pro 17
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 18.6
Motorola Nexus 6 18.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 18.5
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 13.4
Meizu MX4 Pro 13
OnePlus One 12.1
Xiaomi Mi 4 11.6
LG G3 - EU version 11.4
Oppo Find 7a 11.4
Oppo Find 7 11.1
Huawei Ascend Mate7 8
Meizu MX4 7.9
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 25.3
OnePlus One 12.9
Motorola Nexus 6 11.9
Oppo Find 7a 11.4
Xiaomi Mi 4 11.3
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 11.2
Huawei Ascend Mate7 8.5
Meizu MX4 Pro 7.8
Meizu MX4 7.4
LG G3 - EU version 7.2
Oppo Find 7 6.7
Basemark X
Higher is better
Motorola Nexus 6 20901
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 18684
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 18297
Oppo Find 7 14968
OnePlus One 13129
LG G3 - EU version 11552
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 11065
Oppo N3 10168
Meizu MX4 Pro 9111
Meizu MX4 8324
Huawei Ascend Mate7 6501
Finally, we come to the JavaScript benchmark Kraken 1.1 by Mozilla. It evaluates the JavaScript performance by the web browser. It relies not only on the hardware under the hood, but also on the software optimization made by the manufacturer. The Meizu MX4 Pro ranks last in this test.
Kraken 1.1
Lower is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 4650
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 4911
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 5351
Huawei Ascend Mate7 5567
Motorola Nexus 6 6088
Xiaomi Mi 4 6137
Oppo Find 7 6363
Oppo N3 6460
Oppo Find 7a 6660
LG G3 - EU version 6987
OnePlus One 7008
Meizu MX4 9408
Meizu MX4 Pro 10193
While synthetic benchmarks can give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from a given hardware rig, we wouldn't go as far as saying that it's truly applicable as a practical measurement for recent high-end smartphones and their performance.
Each of the phones in the tables above offer outstanding performance without hiccups or stutters in just about any scenario you'd use them for.
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