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GSMArena team, 01 June 2015

Two phones, one soul


Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5) and Idol 3 (4.7) review: Two phones, one soul

  • Comments (33)
  • Idol 3 (5.5)
  • Idol 3 (4.7)

5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, hardware overview
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface, other apps
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Telephony, messaging, multimedia, audio quality
  7. 7. Still and video camera
  8. 8. Conclusion
  9.  
  10. alcatel Idol 3 (5.5) specification
  11. alcatel Idol 3 (4.7) specification
  12. Review comments (33)

Alcatel Android

Performance

The Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5) features Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 chipset with 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU and quad-core 1GHz Cortex-A53 CPU. The GPU is Adreno 405, while the RAM is 2GB.

The 4.7" variant of the smartphone features a less capable Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 SoC. The latter packs 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, Adreno 306 GPU, and 1GB of RAM.

GeekBench 3 test, which gauges the multi-core CPU performance. The devices perform in line with their similarly-equipped competitors in the segment.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

  • Meizu m1 note
    3988
  • OnePlus One
    2663
  • Oppo R7
    2620
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    2460
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    2451
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    2423
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    2375
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    1447

AnTuTu 5 paints a similar picture. Once again, the Idol 3 (5.5) displays similar performance as other Qualcomm Snapdragon 615-equipped devices we have tested in the past.

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    42301
  • Meizu m1 note
    39224
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    32217
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    29907
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    28756
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    22321

Basemark OS II is another all-round benchmark that gives an overall score along with single and multi-core performance among others. We focus on the overall score and the dedicated CPU scores.

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    1196
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    1094
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    883
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    814
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    762
  • Meizu m1 note
    715

Basemark OS II (single-core)

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    2213
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    1819
  • Meizu m1 note
    1754
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    1674
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    1462
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    1453

Basemark OS II (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Meizu m1 note
    12848
  • OnePlus One
    10234
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    8592
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    6906
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    6467
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    5600

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    13129
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    12565
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    5105
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    4953
  • Meizu m1 note
    4617
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    1578

GFXBench and its various benchmarks put the Adreno 405 GPU to the test. The Idol 3 (5.5) didn't shatter any records - it performed yet again in line with its rivals that pack the same GPU.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    28.3
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    27
  • Meizu m1 note
    15
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    15
  • Oppo R7
    15
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    14.9
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    14.2
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    5.2

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    30
  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    27
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    25.8
  • Meizu m1 note
    16
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    15.1
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    15
  • Oppo R7
    14.8
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    9.5

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    13
  • OnePlus One
    12.1
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    5.84
  • Meizu m1 note
    5.8
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    5.8
  • Oppo R7
    5.7
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    5.7
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    1.8

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    13
  • OnePlus One
    12.9
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    12.2
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    6
  • Oppo R7
    5.9
  • Meizu m1 note
    5.7
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    5.7
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    2.7

BrowserMark 2.1 and Kraken 1.1 test the JavaScript performance of the smartphone.

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    1486
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    1437
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    1437
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    1343
  • OnePlus One
    1339
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    1171
  • Meizu m1 note
    536

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML review
    6360
  • OnePlus One
    7008
  • Archos 50 Diamond
    12110
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua (final)
    13609
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (4.7)
    14246
  • Meizu m1 note
    15055
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    18124

In our real-life experience, both Alcatel Idol 3 models never felt underpowered.

Next Page » 6. Telephony, messaging, multimedia, audio quality
5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, hardware overview
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface, other apps
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Telephony, messaging, multimedia, audio quality
  7. 7. Still and video camera
  8. 8. Conclusion
  9.  
  10. alcatel Idol 3 (5.5) specification
  11. alcatel Idol 3 (4.7) specification
  12. Review comments (33)

Reviews Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5) and Idol 3 (4.7) reviewPage 5
  • Comments (33)
  • Idol 3 (5.5)
  • Idol 3 (4.7)

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