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GSMArena team, 1 July 2013

Uncharted waters


Samsung Galaxy S4 Active review: Uncharted waters

  • Comments (67)
  • User reviews
  • I9295 Galaxy S4 Active

6. Synthetic benchmarks
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. 360-degree spin, design and handling, display
  3. 3. Controls, battery life
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Air and motion gestures, Smart Screen, S Voice and Google Now
  6. 6. Synthetic benchmarks
  7. 7. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  8. 8. Gallery, music and video players, audio quality
  9. 9. Still and video camera
  10. 10. Connectivity, web browser, S apps
  11. 11. Organizer, Google Maps and Play, Samsung Apps and Hub
  12. 12. Conclusion
  13.  
  14. Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active specification
  15. User opinions and reviews
  16. Review comments (67)

Samsung Android

Synthetic benchmarks

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active packs a Snapdragon 600 chipset with four Krait 300 cores clocked at 1.9GHz, 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 GPU. Those are exactly the same specs as the I9505 Galaxy S4 has, so we're expecting identical results, within a margin of error.

Benchmark Pi pretty much describes the performance - single-threaded tasks fly on the Krait 300 core, clocked higher than the competition. By the way, the I9500 Galaxy S4 with Exynos 5 Octa posted a score very similar to its Snapdragon 600 based siblings.

Linpack actually showed an advantage for the Galaxy S4 Active, but the difference is only about 4%. Geekbench 2 also showed a similar score, within 5%. As far as CPU performance - both single and multithreaded - is concerned, the Galaxy S4 Active is one of the fastest handsets you can buy.

Benchmark Pi

Lower is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    130
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    132
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    132
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    147
  • HTC One
    151
  • Sony Xperia Z
    264
  • HTC Butterfly
    266
  • Oppo Find 5
    267
  • HTC One X+
    280
  • LG Optimus G
    285
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    305
  • HTC One X (Tegra 3)
    330
  • LG Optimus 4X HD
    350
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    359
  • Nexus 4
    431

Linpack

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    818
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    791
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    788
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    743
  • HTC One
    646
  • Sony Xperia Z
    630
  • HTC Butterfly
    624
  • LG Optimus G
    608
  • Oppo Find 5
    593
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    214.3
  • Nexus 4
    213.5
  • HTC One X+
    177.7
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    175.5
  • HTC One X
    160.9
  • LG Optimus 4X HD
    141.5

Geekbench 2

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    3324
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    3227
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    3046
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    3040
  • HTC One
    2708
  • Sony Xperia Z
    2173
  • HTC Butterfly
    2143
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    1845
  • LG Optimus G
    1723
  • LG Optimus 4X HD
    1661
  • iPhone 5
    1601

In full system benchmarks AnTuTu and Quadrant the Galaxy S4 Active scored a little lower than the regular Galaxy S4, which means performance isn't perfectly identical (there are small differences in the firmwares the two phones run, which probably explains it). Still, it's not something you're likely to notice in real-life usage.

AnTuTu

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    26275
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    24716
  • HTC One
    22678
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    21363
  • Sony Xperia Z
    20794
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    20056
  • HTC Butterfly
    19513
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    15547
  • Oppo Find 5
    15167

Quadrant

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    12446
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    12376
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    12105
  • HTC One
    11746
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    11346
  • Sony Xperia Z
    8075
  • HTC One X+
    7632
  • LG Optimus G
    7439
  • Oppo Find 5
    7111
  • HTC One X
    5952
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    5916
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    5450
  • Nexus 4
    4567

GLBenchmark 2.5 and 2.7 were run in 1080p offscreen mode, so results can be compared against other devices, but for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active that's the native resolution too. The 2.5 version of the benchmark put the S4 (Snapdragon 600) and S4 Active on equal ground, while there was a 1fps difference in 2.7. Either way, there are no smartphones (Android or otherwise) that score higher, so you won't have any problems with games.

To verify that, we ran Epic Citadel, which uses the popular Unreal Engine 3. The S4 Active scored very close to the 60fps limit, meaning there were very few occasions when gaming won't be at 60fps.

GLBenchmark 2.5 Egypt (1080p off-screen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    43
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    41
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    41
  • HTC One
    37
  • Oppo Find 5
    32
  • Google Nexus 4
    32
  • Sony Xperia Z
    31
  • Sony Xperia ZL
    31
  • Sony Xperia SP
    31
  • Apple iPhone 5
    30
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    30
  • LG Optimus G
    21
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    17
  • HTC One X
    11

GLBenchmark 2.7 T-Rex (1080p off-screen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    17.1
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    17.1
  • Apple iPad 4
    16.8
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    16
  • Google Nexus 10
    13.9
  • LG Optimus G
    13.9
  • Sony Xperia Z
    13.5
  • Sony Xperia Tablet Z
    13
  • Sony Xperia ZL
    12.8
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    4.9

Epic Citadel

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    59.8
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    57.5
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    57.1
  • HTC One
    56.4
  • Sony Xperia Z
    55.6
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    54.2
  • Nexus 4
    53.9
  • Asus Padfone 2
    53.4
  • LG Optimus G
    52.6
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    41.3
  • Oppo Find 5
    38.6

JavaScript performance proved to be inexplicably lower than what the regular S4 has to offer. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is still a very fast device, but not as fast as it should be on this test. The BrowserMark score was within 5% of the regular S4 score.

Vellamo, which runs a whole battery of web tests, reports all is good in terms of performance, but it's a finicky benchmark, the Galaxy Note II still holds the crown there (granted it only had to render pages at 720p instead of 1080p).

SunSpider

Lower is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    804
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    810
  • Samsung Ativ S
    891
  • Apple iPhone 5
    915
  • Nokia Lumia 920
    910
  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    972
  • HTC One X+
    1001
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    1011
  • Motorola RAZR i XT890
    1059
  • HTC One
    1124
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    1196
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    1192
  • Sony Xperia Z
    1336
  • LG Optimus G
    1353
  • HTC Butterfly
    1433
  • Nexus 4
    1971
  • Oppo Find 5
    2045

BrowserMark 2

Higher is better

  • LG Optimus G
    2555
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    2438
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    2338
  • HTC One
    2262
  • Sony Xperia Tablet Z
    2170
  • Sony Xperia ZL
    2107
  • Sony Xperia Z
    2093
  • LG Optimus G Pro
    1801
  • Oppo Find 5
    1797
  • Nexus 4
    1794
  • Nokia Lumia 920
    1774
  • Google Nexus 10
    1773
  • HTC Butterfly
    1475
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    1247

Vellamo

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Note II
    2418
  • HTC One
    2382
  • Sony Xperia Z
    2189
  • HTC One X (Tegra 3)
    2078
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
    2060
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
    2056
  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
    1936
  • HTC Butterfly
    1866
  • Oppo Find 5
    1658
  • Samsung Galaxy S III
    1641
  • LG Optimus 4X HD
    1568
  • LG Optimus G
    1522
  • Nexus 4
    1310
Next Page » 7. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
6. Synthetic benchmarks
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. 360-degree spin, design and handling, display
  3. 3. Controls, battery life
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Air and motion gestures, Smart Screen, S Voice and Google Now
  6. 6. Synthetic benchmarks
  7. 7. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  8. 8. Gallery, music and video players, audio quality
  9. 9. Still and video camera
  10. 10. Connectivity, web browser, S apps
  11. 11. Organizer, Google Maps and Play, Samsung Apps and Hub
  12. 12. Conclusion
  13.  
  14. Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active specification
  15. User opinions and reviews
  16. Review comments (67)

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  • User reviews
  • I9295 Galaxy S4 Active

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