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GSMArena team, 14 June 2014

Have a break!


Motorola Moto E review: Have a break!

  • Comments (196)
  • User reviews
  • Moto E

5. Benchmarks and performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design and build quality, display
  3. 3. Controls, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Benchmarks and performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Galleries, players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Web browser, other pre-installed apps
  10. 10. Final words
  11.  
  12. Motorola Moto E specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (196)

Motorola Android

Synthetic benchmarks

Motorola Moto E is running on the Snapdragon 200 budget chipset. It offers two Cortex-A7 CPU cores, Adreno 302 graphics and 1GB of RAM. This should provide about half the raw power the quad-core Moto G has under the hood, but hopefully the lower resolution will make up for the loss.

Starting off with the CPU benchmarks, the Moto E posted an OK result on the multi-core GeekBench 3 cross-platform benchmark. While the score pales in comparison to the latest Krait processors, the Moto E matched the performance of the similarly powered Galaxy Core LTE and Ace 3.

Geekbench 3

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    3011
  • Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
    2968
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3
    2937
  • Sony Xperia Z Ultra
    2670
  • LG Nexus 5
    2453
  • HTC One (M8)
    2367
  • LG G2
    2243
  • Huawei Ascend P7
    1895
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    1869
  • HTC One mini 2
    1526
  • LG Optimus G
    1465
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    1359
  • Alcatel One Touch Hero
    1321
  • Huawei Ascend P6
    1315
  • LG Nexus 4
    1288
  • LG G2 mini
    1123
  • Motorola Moto G
    1120
  • Sony Xperia C
    1079
  • Sony Xperia M2
    1074
  • Oppo R819
    1047
  • HTC One mini
    887
  • Samsung Galaxy Core LTE
    647
  • Motorola Moto E
    611
  • Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
    564
  • Nokia X
    421

AnTuTu is a compound benchmark, which also takes into account RAM and GPU performance. The Moto E numbers are quite good, a whisker below than the quad-core Cortex-A7-powered Xperia C.

AnTuTu 4

Higher is better

  • HTC One (M8)
    37009
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    36018
  • LG G2
    35444
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800
    31109
  • HTC Desire 816
    21580
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    19896
  • HTC One mini 2
    17883
  • Sony Xperia M2
    17808
  • LG G2 mini
    17362
  • Motorola Moto G
    17214
  • LG Optimus G
    16943
  • Oppo Find 5
    15167
  • Sony Xperia C
    13948
  • Motorola Moto E
    12880
  • HTC One mini
    11434
  • Sony Xperia M
    9902
  • Nokia X
    7514

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 Moto E overall rating is quite poor, the singe-core performance is on par with other Cortex-A7-based chipsets, while the multi-core performance is, quite expectedly, twice as low as that by the quad-core Cortex-A7 phones.

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • LG G Pro 2
    1140
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    1082
  • Oppo Find 7a
    1057
  • HTC Desire 816
    520
  • HTC One mini 2
    517
  • HTC Desire 816 (anti-cheat)
    468
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    434
  • Sony Xperia M2
    298
  • Motorola Moto E
    116

Basemark OS II (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Oppo Find 7a
    2580
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    2415
  • LG G Pro 2
    2401
  • HTC Desire 816
    1739
  • HTC One mini 2
    1357
  • Sony Xperia M2
    1164
  • Motorola Moto E
    1110

Basemark OS II (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Oppo Find 7a
    10256
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    10063
  • LG G Pro 2
    9802
  • HTC Desire 816
    7071
  • Sony Xperia M2
    4927
  • HTC One mini 2
    4889
  • Motorola Moto E
    2637

The graphics benchmark results turned out better than we expected. The GFXBench tests - both off-screen and on-screen variants - reflected a performance level, which is very close to the Moto G and HTC One mini 2 scores. The lower qHD screen resolution surely helped here as the Moto E has some 40% less pixels to draw than the Moto G.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • HTC One (M8)
    28.4
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    27.8
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800
    26.3
  • LG G2
    22
  • Sony Xperia M2
    5.9
  • HTC Desire 816
    5.9
  • LG G2 mini
    5.8
  • HTC One mini 2
    5.8
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    5.8
  • HTC One mini
    5.6
  • Motorola Moto G
    5.6
  • Motorola Moto E
    4.5
  • Sony Xperia C
    2.8

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • HTC One (M8)
    30.1
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    28.1
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800
    26.7
  • LG G2
    23.1
  • Sony Xperia M2
    15.4
  • LG G2 mini
    14.9
  • Motorola Moto E
    11.2
  • HTC One mini 2
    11
  • HTC Desire 816
    11
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    10.9
  • Alcatel Idol X+
    10.6
  • Sony Xperia C
    7.3

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    11.8
  • HTC One (M8)
    11.1
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800
    9.9
  • Sony Xperia M2
    1.9
  • HTC One mini 2
    1.7
  • HTC Desire 816
    1.7
  • Motorola Moto E
    1.4

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • HTC One (M8)
    11.9
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    11.7
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800
    10
  • Sony Xperia M2
    6.9
  • Motorola Moto E
    4.9
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    4.7
  • Sony Xperia T2 Ultra
    4.1
  • Samsung Galaxy Grand 2
    4.0
  • 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 E managed a good score in BrowserMark but rather poor in Kraken, though botch scores are close to the Snapdragon 400-powered Sony Xperia M2 and HTC One mini 2.

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    1398
  • LG G Pro 2
    1346
  • Oppo Find 7a
    1327
  • LG Nexus 5
    1286
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    1224
  • HTC One mini 2
    945
  • Sony Xperia M2
    903
  • Motorola Moto E
    784
  • HTC Desire 816
    774

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    6043
  • LG G Pro 2
    6578
  • Oppo Find 7a
    6660
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    7041
  • LG Nexus 5
    7148
  • HTC Desire 816
    13564
  • HTC One mini 2
    15684
  • Motorola Moto E
    17213
  • Sony Xperia M2
    18047

Motorola Moto E and its Snapdragon 200 chipset offer good overall performance for its price and specs, even though its scores are quite uninspiring as numbers. What really matters is real-life usage - we certainly had a few cases where the Moto E froze or experienced some hiccups (the Camera app being the main culprit), we still feel the smartphone delivers a snappy performance for its price range. The Android KitKat OS is responsive, web browsing as quick as you would expect, popular games run fine and you can't ask for much more at this price point .

Next Page » 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
5. Benchmarks and performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design and build quality, display
  3. 3. Controls, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Benchmarks and performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Galleries, players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Web browser, other pre-installed apps
  10. 10. Final words
  11.  
  12. Motorola Moto E specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (196)

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  • User reviews
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