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.
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