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Synthetic benchmarks
The Samsung Galaxy S4 we're previewing is the one with the Snapdragon 600 chipset. We're as curious as you are to know about the Exynos 5 Octa, but we'll have to wait for wider benchmark support anyway.
Still, four Krait 300 cores clocked at 1.9GHz with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 GPU should offer top notch performance.
The Galaxy S4 edges out the HTC One and LG Optimus G Pro in single-threaded (Benchmark Pi) and multi-threaded (Linpack) performance, both these handsets use the same chipset but with the CPU clocked at 1.7GHz.
Benchmark Pi
Lower is better
Samsung Galaxy S4 134
LG Optimus G Pro 147
HTC One 151
Sony Xperia Z 264
HTC Butterfly 266
Oppo Find 5 267
HTC One X+ 280
LG Optimus G 285
Samsung Galaxy Note II 305
HTC One X (Tegra 3) 330
LG Optimus 4X HD 350
Samsung Galaxy S III 359
Meizu MX 4-core 362
Nexus 4 431
Linpack
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S4 749
LG Optimus G Pro 743
HTC One 646
Sony Xperia Z 630
HTC Butterfly 624
LG Optimus G 608
Oppo Find 5 593
Samsung Galaxy Note II 214.3
Nexus 4 213.5
Meizu MX 4-core 189.1
HTC One X+ 177.7
Samsung Galaxy S III 175.5
HTC One X 160.9
LG Optimus 4X HD 141.5
Geekbench 2 is a cross-platform benchmark, which allows us to compare the Galaxy S4 against the iPhone 5 and the difference is double. The HTC One and Optimus G Pro lag behind the S4 too, though we should not that they are using an older version of Android (4.1.2 vs. 4.2.2).
Geekbench 2
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S4 3227
LG Optimus G Pro 3040
HTC One 2708
Sony Xperia Z 2173
HTC Butterfly 2143
Samsung Galaxy S III 1845
LG Optimus G 1723
LG Optimus 4X HD 1661
iPhone 5 1601
Moving on to compound benchmarks, AnTuTu puts the Galaxy S4 on top while Quadrant found basically no difference between the S4 and the G Pro (but the HTC One somehow lagged behind).
AnTuTu
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S4 23607
HTC One 22678
Sony Xperia Z 20794
LG Optimus G Pro 20056
HTC Butterfly 19513
Samsung Galaxy S III 15547
Oppo Find 5 15167
Quadrant
Higher is better
LG Optimus G Pro 12105
Samsung Galaxy S4 12028
HTC One 11746
Sony Xperia Z 8075
HTC One X+ 7632
LG Optimus G 7439
Oppo Find 5 7111
HTC One X 5952
Samsung Galaxy Note II 5916
Samsung Galaxy S III 5450
Meizu MX 4-core 5170
Nexus 4 4567
Now let's look at the GPU benchmarks. We ran GLBenchmark 2.5 in 1080p off-screen mode, which is also the native screen resolution for the flagships. The Galaxy S4 came out ahead of the HTC One here, which leads us to suspect that the GPU has been overclocked too.
The S4 also topped the Epic Citadel chart, though it's getting too close to the software 60fps limit to show much of a difference. Still, this benchmark uses Unreal Engine, which is sometimes used in high-end 3D mobile games and shows real-world performance.
GLBenchmark 2.5 Egypt (1080p off-screen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S4 40
HTC One 34
Asus Padfone 2 31
Oppo Find 5 30
Sony Xperia Z 29
LG Optimus G 29
HTC Butterfly 27.9
Apple iPhone 5 27
Nexus 4 26
Samsung Galaxy Note II 17
Samsung Galaxy S III 15
HTC One X+ 12
HTC One X 9
Epic Citadel
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S4 57
HTC One 56.4
Sony Xperia Z 55.6
LG Optimus G Pro 54.2
Nexus 4 53.9
Asus Padfone 2 53.4
LG Optimus G 52.6
Samsung Galaxy S III 41.3
Oppo Find 5 38.6
Finally, JavaScript and HTML5 performance proved good but not as good as Samsung managed with the Galaxy Note II. We used the Android Browser for the test rather than Chrome, which also comes preinstalled.
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