Built upon a Snapdragon 805 chipset with a quad-core 2.7GHz Krait 450, 3GB of RAM and the Adreno 420 graphics-processing unit the Motorola Nexus 6 should be a true benchmarks champ. We've found that the new Android version helps too.
In the CPU benchmark section, the Nexus 6 posted the high scores on a consistent basis. It is one of the most capable devices out there in terms of sheer oomph.
GeekBench 3
Higher is better
Meizu MX4 3556
Motorola Nexus 6 3285
Huawei Ascend Mate7 3165
Motorola Droid Turbo 3080
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2925
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 2884
Sony Xperia Z3 2860
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 2709
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2435
AnTuTu 5
Higher is better
Motorola Nexus 6 49803
Motorola Droid Turbo 47067
Meizu MX4 46922
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 46824
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 42460
Huawei Ascend Mate7 41510
Sony Xperia Z3 40393
Xiaomi Redmi Note 32487
Basemark OS II
Higher is better
Motorola Nexus 6 1509
Motorola Droid Turbo 1345
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 1222
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 1181
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 1120
Sony Xperia Z3 1109
Huawei Ascend Mate7 830
Meizu MX4 695
Xiaomi Redmi Note 452
Basemark X
Higher is better
Motorola Nexus 6 20901
Motorola Droid Turbo 18971
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 18684
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 18297
Sony Xperia Z3 12637
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 11875
Meizu MX4 8324
Huawei Ascend Mate7 6501
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2974
The Basemark OS II (multi-core) section is where the chipset fell slightly short from some of its competitors. The single-core performance produced similar results too.
Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better
Huawei Ascend Mate7 15012
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12771
Meizu MX4 12268
Motorola Droid Turbo 10146
Motorola Nexus 6 9915
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 9604
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 9446
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 9332
Sony Xperia Z3 8792
Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 4031
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 2588
Motorola Droid Turbo 2351
Huawei Ascend Mate7 2334
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 2216
Sony Xperia Z3 2114
Motorola Nexus 6 1967
Meizu MX4 1729
Xiaomi Redmi Note 1701
The Adreno 420 GPU is a highly capable unit, so it does a good job of handling the millions of pixels on tap. See its scores below.
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 44.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 41.7
Motorola Droid Turbo 40.9
Motorola Nexus 6 38.9
Sony Xperia Z3 27.7
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 27.2
Meizu MX4 22.7
Huawei Ascend Mate7 16.4
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9.8
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z3 29.3
Motorola Nexus 6 27.4
Motorola Droid Turbo 26.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 26.4
Meizu MX4 21.3
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 19.5
Huawei Ascend Mate7 17.4
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13.3
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 18.6
Motorola Nexus 6 18.6
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 18.5
Motorola Droid Turbo 18
Sony Xperia Z3 12
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 11.3
Huawei Ascend Mate7 8
Meizu MX4 7.9
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z3 12.7
Motorola Nexus 6 11.9
Motorola Droid Turbo 11.4
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 11.2
Huawei Ascend Mate7 8.5
Meizu MX4 7.4
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 6.9
The device did a solid job in the Kraken 1.1 JavaScript benchmark. The same goes for the BrowserMark 2.1 test.
Kraken 1.1
Lower is better
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 4650
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 5351
Huawei Ascend Mate7 5567
Motorola Droid Turbo 5763
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 6072
Motorola Nexus 6 6088
Sony Xperia Z3 6355
Meizu MX4 9408
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12416
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
Motorola Droid Turbo 1487
Motorola Nexus 6 1447
Huawei Ascend Mate7 795
Meizu MX4 720
Xiaomi Redmi Note 588
Motorola Nexus 6 packs highly capable hardware, coupled with OS, which has been greatly optimized in comparison to past versions. You will not be lacking in processing power regardless of the circumstances.
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