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GSMArena team, 3 April, 2015

Double down


Samsung Galaxy S6 edge review: Double down

  • Comments (225)
  • User reviews
  • Galaxy S6 edge

5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360° spin, design and build quality
  3. 3. Display, connectivity, battery life
  4. 4. Edge screen, user interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony and loudspeaker, messaging
  7. 7. Multimedia - gallery, players, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera interface, still image quality
  9. 9. Video camera and quality
  10. 10. Web browser, other apps
  11. 11. Conclusion
  12.  
  13. Samsung Galaxy S6 edge specification
  14. User opinions and reviews
  15. Review comments (225)

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Performance

With the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge utilizes the same chipset as the standard S6 model - the in-house Exynos 7420. It's the first mobile chipset to be built on a 14nm fabrication process (Snapdragon 810 is on 20nm), which should reduce power usage. That in turn reduces the dreaded thermal throttling that was a major issue in the Exynos vs. Snapdragon debate recently.

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

The Exynos 7420 and Snapdragon 810 are not that different in terms of processor, both use a big.LITTLE setup with four Cortex-A57 cores at 2.1GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores at 1.5GHz. The GPU is a Mali-T760 from ARM and it shares 3GB of RAM with the processor.

With the Galaxy S6 edge we also got a retail unit of the Galaxy S6, so the benchmark scores in the charts below are taken all from the retail units of both devices.

The Galaxy S6 edge runs a 64-bit version of Android 5.0.2 and all eight of its cores are 64-bit capable. This is good for the future, but for now 32-bit apps run just fine - in fact, AnTuTu 5 offered both options. Both S6 phones returned equal scores in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes, crushing the Snapdragon opposition (805 for the Nexus 6 and Galaxy Note 4, 810 for the LG G Flex2).

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    70053
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    69396
  • HTC One M9
    51427
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    49803
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    49273
  • LG G Flex2
    47680
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    45660
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    45348
  • LG G3
    42038

The next compound test - BaseMark II 2.0, which gauges CPU, GPU, memory, system and browser performance, puts the Galaxy S6 duo at the top of the chart, on par with the LG G Flex 2, but way ahead of the competition, including the S810-powered HTC One M9.

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    1750
  • LG G Flex2
    1726
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    1674
  • HTC One M9
    1365
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    1267
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    1267
  • LG G3
    1189
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    1176
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    1160

Looking at just the CPU performance at GeekBench 3, we see a massive advantage in multicore performance. The Snapdragon 810 runs its CPU cores a little slower (0.1GHz), but that's far too little to account for the difference. Basemark OS 2.0 confirms the multi-core difference, however, it puts individual core performance as similar to the Krait 450 cores in the Snapdragon 805.

GeekBench 3 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    5215
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    5095
  • HTC One M9
    3761
  • LG G Flex2
    3604
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    3394
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    3285
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    3120
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    2970
  • LG G3
    2370

Basemark OS 2.0 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    6306
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    6173
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    6165
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    5977
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    5624
  • LG G Flex2
    5597
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    5557
  • LG G3
    5396
  • HTC One M9
    4688

Basemark OS 2.0 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    27703
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    26799
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    21841
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    21026
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    19237
  • LG G Flex2
    18856
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    18386
  • HTC One M9
    18047
  • LG G3
    16485

The Samsung Galaxy S6 edge the same screen as the S6 model, it just puts two curves around the edges. It's a QHD Super AMOLED screen - 1,440 x 2,560px - which is around 80% more pixels than a 1080p screen (like the LG G Flex2 and Moto X have). Offscreen tests normalize resolution at 1080p so you can compare raw performance, while on-screen tests predict real-world gaming performance.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    59
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    59
  • LG G Flex2
    49
  • HTC One M9
    49
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    40
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    38.9
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    27
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    27
  • LG G3
    26

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    26
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    24
  • HTC One M9
    23
  • LG G Flex2
    22
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    18.6
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    18
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    12
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    12
  • LG G3
    11

The Mali-T760MP8 (eight-core) is slightly faster in general than the Adreno 430 found in the curved LG phone and even the beefy PowerVR GX6450 in the Apple iPhone 6. Playable framerates at full resolution, however, are no-go for complicated 3D games so we're guessing game makers will stick to 1080p for now.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • HTC One M9
    50
  • LG G Flex2
    48
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    39
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    38
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    29
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    28
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    27.4
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    26
  • LG G3
    20

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • HTC One M9
    24
  • LG G Flex2
    22
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    15
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    14
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    13
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    12
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    11.9
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    11
  • LG G3
    7.7

Basemark X considers only off-screen results and quite expectedly puts Galaxy S6 and S6 edge way ahead of the competition.

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    27169
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    27046
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    20901
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    20043
  • HTC One M9
    19848
  • LG G Flex2
    19360
  • Apple iPhone 6 Plus
    18297
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    12190
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    11798
  • LG G3
    10580

For web browsing performance we used the Internet app (stock web browser) as Samsung sprinkles proprietary optimization magic that's not available in Chrome or the vanilla Android browser. The Galaxy S6 edge wins the JavaScript race in Kraken 1.1 with a slim margin, less than we expected from the large lead in CPU performance.

For general web browsing BrowserMark 2.1 puts the Samsung flagship lineup second best, topped only by Apple's iPhone 6 Plus (and far ahead of the rest) despite having to render pages at QHD while the iPhone screen is just 1080p.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    3989
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    4154
  • LG G Flex2
    4621
  • Apple iPhone 6 Plus
    4650
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    5181
  • HTC One M9
    5500
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    5968
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    6088
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    6260
  • LG G3
    7632

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Apple iPhone 6 Plus
    3389
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    2718
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    2702
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
    2232
  • LG G Flex2
    2086
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    2066
  • HTC One M9
    1681
  • Motorola Moto X (2014) Lollipop
    1562
  • LG G3
    1453
  • Motorola Nexus 6
    1447

We also ran AndroBench - a popular storage benchmark, which gauges the read and write performance of sequential and random operations. Samsung promised the new UFC 2.0 storage in Galaxy S6 and S6 edge is 2.7x faster in random read than the one used on the Galaxy S5. We found it to be even better - the Galaxy S6 did 20000+ IOPS (input-output operations per second) at random read compared to 4800 IOPS of the Galaxy S5 on the same test. That's 3.25x times better.

And before you ask, all tested devices were on Android Lollipop. Also all tests were ran with h/w encryption turned off - which is the default setting under Android Lollipop.

Sequential Read, MB/s

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    321.44
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    311.05
  • LG G3
    239.68
  • HTC One M9
    239.19
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4
    212.45
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    206.85

Sequential Write, MB/s

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    145.19
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    139.20
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4
    126.69
  • HTC One M9
    123.97
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    56.31
  • LG G3
    39.53

Random Read, MB/s

MB/s, Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    77.58
  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    76.79
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4
    22.10
  • LG G3
    21.81
  • HTC One M9
    20.27
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    18.79

Random Write, MB/s

MB/s, Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
    20.20
  • Samsung Galaxy S6
    19.76
  • HTC One M9
    13.93
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 4
    10.71
  • LG G3
    9.42
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    6.91

The Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (and S6 for that matter) is the fastest mobile phone you can have at the moment and with 64-bit support in place this should remain the case for some time to come. The flagship offers top notch performance for any use case and may not be surpassed in 2015, looking at just the 5" size (obviously the Note 5 is coming and should be a bit faster).

Next Page » 6. Phonebook, telephony and loudspeaker, messaging
5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360° spin, design and build quality
  3. 3. Display, connectivity, battery life
  4. 4. Edge screen, user interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony and loudspeaker, messaging
  7. 7. Multimedia - gallery, players, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera interface, still image quality
  9. 9. Video camera and quality
  10. 10. Web browser, other apps
  11. 11. Conclusion
  12.  
  13. Samsung Galaxy S6 edge specification
  14. User opinions and reviews
  15. Review comments (225)

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