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GSMArena team, 31 August 2014

Going fast


Motorola Moto G 4G review: Going fast

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  • User reviews
  • Moto G 4G

5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and handling, controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Multimedia: gallery, players, FM, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Web browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Motorola Moto G 4G specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (50)

Motorola Android

Synthetic benchmarks

Motorola Moto G 4G is running on an LTE-enabled mid-range Snapdragon 400 chipset. It offers four Cortex-A7 CPU cores, Adreno 305 graphics and 1GB of RAM. We've already seen the chipset in action on lots of smartphone, including the original Moto G, so it's clearly a quite popular choice. And rightfully so as it delivers a snappy performance in everyday use and quite acceptable gaming as well.

Starting off with the CPU benchmarks, the Moto G 4G posted a great result on the multi-core GeekBench 3 cross-platform benchmark. The Moto G 4G matched the performance of the Moto G, LG G2 mini and even bettered Xperia M2.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

  • HTC One mini 2
    1526
  • HTC Desire 816
    1510
  • Sony Xperia T3
    1373
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    1359
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    1175
  • LG G2 mini
    1123
  • Motorola Moto G
    1120
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    1106
  • Sony Xperia M2
    1074
  • Motorola Moto E
    611

AnTuTu is a compound benchmark, which also takes into account RAM and GPU performance. The Moto G 4G numbers are quite good, slightly better than the Moto G, LG G2 mini and HTC One mini 2.

AnTuTu 4

Higher is better

  • HTC Desire 816
    21580
  • Sony Xperia T3
    20282
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    19896
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    18829
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    18047
  • HTC One mini 2
    17883
  • Sony Xperia M2
    17808
  • LG G2 mini
    17362
  • Motorola Moto G
    17214
  • Motorola Moto E
    12880

Basemark OS II is another all-round benchmark. It gives an overall score along with single, multi-core performance, math performance and more. We focus on the overall score and the dedicated CPU scores. The Motorola Moto G 4G overall rating is OK - on par with the competition. The singe-core and multi-core performance put it very close to the Snapdragon 400-powered HTC One mini 2 an Sony Xperia M2.

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • Motorola Moto G
    559
  • Sony Xperia T3
    535
  • HTC Desire 816
    520
  • HTC One mini 2
    517
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    495
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    452
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    434
  • Sony Xperia M2
    298
  • Motorola Moto E
    116

Basemark OS II (single-core)

Higher is better

  • HTC Desire 816
    1739
  • Sony Xperia T3
    1465
  • HTC One mini 2
    1304
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    1192
  • Sony Xperia M2
    1164
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    1131
  • Motorola Moto E
    1110

Basemark OS II (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • HTC Desire 816
    7071
  • Sony Xperia T3
    5759
  • HTC One mini 2
    5182
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    5012
  • Sony Xperia M2
    4927
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    4887
  • Motorola Moto E
    2637

The graphics benchmark results did come OK. The GFXBench tests - both off-screen and on-screen variants - reflected above average performance. It did better on the off-screen tests but falls behind the lower resolution devices on the on-screen tests such as the Sony Xperia M2, M2 Aqua and LG G2 mini.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    6
  • Sony Xperia T3
    5.9
  • Sony Xperia M2
    5.9
  • HTC Desire 816
    5.9
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    5.8
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    5.8
  • LG G2 mini
    5.8
  • HTC One mini 2
    5.8
  • Motorola Moto G
    5.6
  • Motorola Moto E
    4.5

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    15.5
  • Sony Xperia M2
    15.4
  • LG G2 mini
    14.9
  • Motorola Moto E
    11.2
  • Sony Xperia T3
    11.2
  • HTC One mini 2
    11
  • HTC Desire 816
    11
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    10.9
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    10.8

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia M2
    1.9
  • Sony Xperia T3
    1.8
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    1.7
  • HTC One mini 2
    1.7
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    1.7
  • HTC Desire 816
    1.7
  • Motorola Moto E
    1.4

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia M2
    6.9
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    6.9
  • Motorola Moto E
    4.9
  • Sony Xperia T3
    4.2
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    4.1
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    4
  • HTC Desire 816
    3.9
  • HTC One mini 2
    3.8

The BrowserMark 2.1 tests HTML 5 performance, while Mozilla's Kraken 1.1 is JavaScript-centric. The Motorola Moto G 4G managed a great score in BrowserMark and came on par with its siblings on Kraken.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • HTC Desire 816
    13564
  • Sony Xperia T3
    13738
  • HTC One mini 2
    15684
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    16118
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    16129
  • Motorola Moto E
    17213
  • Sony Xperia M2
    18047

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia T3
    978
  • HTC One mini 2
    945
  • Motorola Moto G 4G
    911
  • Sony Xperia M2
    903
  • Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
    883
  • Motorola Moto E
    784
  • HTC Desire 816
    774

Moto G 4G and its Snapdragon 400 chipset offers good overall performance. It may not top any charts, but what's really matters is real-life usage and it is great. The Android OS is as smooth as butter with no lag whatsoever, while most of the popular games run just fine.

Next Page » 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and handling, controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Multimedia: gallery, players, FM, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Web browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Motorola Moto G 4G specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (50)

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