The HTC Desire Eye is powered by the now widely used Snapdragon 801 chipset. It utilizes the Krait 400 CPU with a maximum clock rate of 2.3GHz. The CPU is joined by a snappy Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of RAM.
Our opening benchmark is GeekBench 3, which is a multi-thread CPU benchmark. The HTC Desire Eye did great and matched the best performers in our chart - the Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy S5.
GeekBench 3
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 3011
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2925
HTC Desire Eye 2911
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 2884
Sony Xperia Z3 2860
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 2709
OnePlus One 2663
LG G3 - EU version 2563
HTC One (M8) 2367
The new compound AnTuTu 5 benchmark however shows a rather underwhelming result - close to the rest of the recent Snapdragon 801 smartphones but still a step behind.
AnTuTu 5
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 46824
HTC One (M8) 44020
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 43164
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 42460
Sony Xperia Z3 40393
HTC Desire Eye 40296
LG G3 - EU version 39905
The Basemark OS II gives an overall CPU score to the chipset but also breaks down the single and multi-core performance of smartphones. The HTC Desire Eye matched the overall and CPU performance of the other Snapdragon 801-powered smartphones.
Basemark OS II
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 1222
OnePlus One 1196
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 1181
HTC One (M8) 1126
LG G3 - EU version 1126
HTC Desire Eye 1122
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 1120
Sony Xperia Z3 1109
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 1082
Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 4031
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2588
HTC Desire Eye 2478
HTC One (M8) 2428
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 2415
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 2216
OnePlus One 2213
LG G3 - EU version 2213
Sony Xperia Z3 2114
Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better
OnePlus One 10234
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 10063
HTC One (M8) 9860
LG G3 - EU version 9611
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 9604
HTC Desire Eye 9495
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 9446
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 9332
Sony Xperia Z3 8792
The HTC Desire Eye utilizes the same Adreno 330 GPU as the rest of the 2014 flagship gang. Unfortunately, the Desire Eye off-screen performance for some reason is behind the curve and its scores place it at the bottom of our charts.
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 44.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 41.7
HTC One (M8) 28.4
OnePlus One 28.3
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 27.8
Sony Xperia Z3 27.7
LG G3 - EU version 27.2
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 27.2
HTC Desire Eye 23.4
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 18.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 18.5
OnePlus One 12.1
Sony Xperia Z3 12
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 11.8
LG G3 - EU version 11.4
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 11.3
HTC One (M8) 11.1
HTC Desire Eye 10.3
The actual on-screen performance turned out better, just a whisker below the 1080p Snapdragon 801 devices. You will notice that QHD smartphones such as the LG G3 and the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro occupy the bottom of the chart due to their high resolution screens being more taxing on the GPU.
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) 30.1
OnePlus One 30
Sony Xperia Z3 29.3
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 28.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 26.4
HTC Desire Eye 24.6
LG G3 - EU version 20.5
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 19.5
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
OnePlus One 12.9
Sony Xperia Z3 12.7
HTC One (M8) 11.9
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 11.7
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 11.2
HTC Desire Eye 10.9
LG G3 - EU version 7.2
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 6.9
The GPU-intensive BaseMark X benchmark also puts the HTC Desire Eye behind the Snapdragon 801 competition.
Basemark X
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 18684
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 18297
OnePlus One 13129
Sony Xperia Z3 12637
HTC One (M8) 12396
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 11875
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 11744
LG G3 - EU version 11552
HTC Desire Eye 10249
The raw web browsing performance of the HTC Desire Eye is also quite uninspiring, the smartphone once again fell to the bottom of our charts in both the JavaScript Kraken test and the compound BrowserMark 2.1.
Kraken 1.1
Lower is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 4650
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 5351
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 6043
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 6072
Sony Xperia Z3 6355
LG G3 - EU version 6987
OnePlus One 7008
HTC One (M8) 10296
HTC Desire Eye 11093
BrowserMark 2.1
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 3389
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2208
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 1543
Sony Xperia Z3 1533
LG G3 - EU version 1474
Samsung Galaxy S5 (S801) 1398
OnePlus One 1339
HTC One (M8) 1069
HTC Desire Eye 1009
HTC Desire Eye is boasting a flagship Snapdragon 801 chipset that should give it enough raw power for everything. Unfortunately the GPU and web browsing scores turned out lower than expected, though not enough to give you troubles. The real-life performance is as snappy as it gets and we had no problems running whichever apps we tried. And if you don't like the performance of the default web browser, you can always opt for Chrome.
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