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Anonymous, 10 Feb 2017Performance per watt of consumption would be a better indicator of performance and battery lifeyes
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Performance per watt of consumption would be a better indicator of performance and battery life
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Enigmatic N, 09 Feb 2017So, Snapdragon 430 is shit, right? I have a phone which has SD430 ;_;If you got it cheap enough, it's still ok :) But of course not if you got Nokia 6
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Great article.
But what about intel atom & nvidia tegra? Although there are very less phones using these chipsets but they are worth mentioning.
- consumersmartphone
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Enigmatic N, 09 Feb 2017So, Snapdragon 430 is shit, right? I have a phone which has SD430 ;_;but i can tell you, nokia 6 is different. i recommend it if you can get it below usd250. go to nokia 6 page and read some comments there.
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- PUn1
Very good list and info is very useful. I would appreciate it a lot if you have the analysis done for power consumption on different chipsets. This would help a lot also.
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Anonymous, 10 Feb 2017Yeah.. You can get the SD625/SD650 chipset with that price.. Aaand you also get: 1. Regular ... moreDude, I'm a tester. I'm testing Nokia 6 almost 2 weeks. Read my comment/review in Nokia 6 page. LOL i've got mi 5 for USD225, please dont compare with Nokia 6.
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L337, 08 Feb 2017Oh, and a fan war broke out in the comments. Well, they haven't learned from the stupidity that was the console wars.
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consumersmartphone, 09 Feb 2017lol with Nokia 6 price people can get SD650 or SD625 which more faster, smooth, extremely effi... moreYeah.. You can get the SD625/SD650 chipset with that price..
Aaand you also get:
1. Regular lame quality 13MP camera instead of 16MP PDAF great quality NOKIA camera
2. 2GB RAM instead of 4GB RAM
3. 16GB internal storage instead of 64GB storage
4. No fingerprint instead of fast and accurate NOKIA fingerprint
5. Regular dull LCD instead of NOKIA's ClearBlack LCD
6. Regular timid speaker instead of NOKIA's Dolby stereo speakers
7. Cheap plastic body instead of double anodized aluminum unibody
And most importantly,
8. Cheap China quality instead of NOKIA's legendary built quality
Buying a smartphone is about the whole package instead of just the SOC..
If you want to spend all your money on SOC in disregard everything else by all means please do so.. Because all you do all day is just benchmark benchmark and benchmark
If people like me who use the phone for imaging, socializing and a few casual game then I'd better off spending on camera and storage and SD430 is enough for me
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Enigmatic N, 09 Feb 2017Just as I thought, Snapdragon 430 is shitwell, it is a 4xx series, and snapdragon 4xx are for budget phones..except for the 415. that's like a 615 for some reason.
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Well.. I've been following GSMArena since 2005. During initial few years, I didn't leave a single article unread as I am an avid tech freak. But over the time my visits reduced as I got busier.
Today I noticed this article on homepage and decided to take a look and I got hooked. I have to say, the fineness and simplicity in it has same good old charm. Gsmarena hasn't changed in a decade for good. Reading this made me feel same passion and love for technology I had years ago. Plus it familiarised me with newer technologies and naming conventions used today. I'm a geek again. Thanks so much. Keep up with these articles and make them the highlights in a dedicated section. GSMArena is the Wikipedia of Mobile world. :-)
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Hello friends I have to ask you something ..does putting more ram and higher processing power really helps a device run smooth? Does os optimization is not necessary? We see many pc running on 2gb ram and run smooth. Putting more ram and higher processing speed affect battery life in long run. Just for curiosity I ask. Sorry for my bad english .
- Vegetaholic
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Amazing guide, it should be done long time ago, at least now all major chipset are listed so anyone can compare their phone by processing power. Please you must add apple A chipset too! Even they are ahead of Android by mile(single core) but it would be nice to compare them all
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Commendable effort in putting this together. Looking forward to more such comparative pieces...
However...
Why use Geekbench 3 multi core scores? It makes it really misleading as it reflects the best case scenario with ALL the cores operating at full throttle. In real life such a scenario is pretty rare if at all.
One example is the fact that Snapdragon 625 rates higher than the Snapdragon 652/650 despite the following:
CPU: 4 or 2 A72 cores as opposed to only A53 cores - Big difference in single threaded performance which affects real life usability in a big way
GPU: Adreno 510 as opposed to Adreno 505 - 20-30% better in GPU based benches.
Memory: Dual Channel memory/More bandwidth as opposed to SIngle channel memory/Half the bandwidth or thereabouts.
Now, despite ALL those factors, the SD 625 scores higher than SD 652/650 in Geekbench 3 multicore!! The only aspect in which it is superior is the fabrication process which is 14nm finfet, which means I will grant you better battery performance for the 625.
Many more such examples. Using a better/more reflective benchmark will make this article even better than what it is and give more accurate results.
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