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GSMArena team, 24 July 2015

Flashy performer


Sony Xperia C4 Dual review: Flashy performer

  • Comments (85)
  • User reviews
  • Xperia C4 Dual

5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Retail package, 360° spin, body and design, controls
  3. 3. Display, connectivity, battery life
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging and text input
  7. 7. Gallery, video and music players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Web browsers, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Sony Xperia C4 Dual specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (85)

Sony

Synthetic benchmarks

A midrange phone arrived at the office without a Snapdragon 615 inside, for a change. The Sony Xperia C4 is powered by the Mediatek MT6752 SoC, which also relies on the same Cortex-A53 CPU cores as in the S615, only in this case all 8 of them can simultaneously be clocked as high as 1.7GHz, should the need for top performance arise.

The octa-core processor is coupled with a Mali-T760MP2 GPU and 2GB of RAM, which should be serious improvements over the Adreno 305 and single gig inside the Xperia C3.



The battery of tests starts as usual with Geekbench 3.0, which measures RAW CPU performance. Mediatek's True octa-core concept shines here and the C4 posts a beastly score, unmatched among its rivals in the midrange. Even the Acer Liquid Jade S, which packs the same chipset, is not on par with the Sony offering. Year-old major flagships Samsung Galaxy S5, LG G3 and Sony Xperia Z2 are nowhere near that standard.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    4242
  • Meizu m1 note
    3988
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    3557
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    3386
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    3120
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    2922
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    2880
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    2856
  • Oppo N3
    2704
  • OnePlus One
    2663
  • HTC Desire 820
    2586
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    2451
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    2375
  • LG G3
    2370
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    2336
  • vivo X5Max
    2291
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    2172
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    1468

The popular Antutu benchmark has become an industry standard for overall performance, and it evaluates CPU, graphics, memory and storage, the lot. Another great performance here, the Xperia C4 smokes the S615 bunch, which hovers around the high 20,000s to low 30,000s, with only the Xiaomi Mi 4i somewhat higher. The Xperia C4 is on par with the S801-equipped Galaxy S5, but is bested by the highest specced Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML with an Intel Atom Z3580 inside.

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    48489
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    48361
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    46307
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    45348
  • LG G3
    42038
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    39637
  • Oppo N3
    39245
  • Meizu m1 note
    39224
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    34491
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    32217
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    31436
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    29907
  • vivo X5Max
    29630
  • HTC Desire 820
    27070
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    21562

The Xperia C4 fails to dominate in Basemark OS II 2.0, though it still scores higher than its S615 rivals, the Galaxy A7 being over 100 points behind.

Single core-performance is led by the Snapdragon 801s, though they rely on an entirely different quad-core architecture and thus obviously pack more punch per core. The Xperia C4 is then ahead of the S615s, with the only exception of the Xiaomi Mi 4i, which beats it by a hair.

Unsurprisingly the Xperia C4 leads the way in the multi-core test, with S615 devices a mile behind.

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

  • Oppo N3
    1241
  • OnePlus One
    1230
  • LG G3
    1189
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    1160
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    939
  • Meizu m1 note
    880
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    863
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    858
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    813
  • HTC Desire 820
    728
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    725
  • vivo X5Max
    656
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    580
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    296

Basemark OS 2.0 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    5557
  • LG G3
    5396
  • Oppo N3
    5341
  • OnePlus One
    5108
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    3118
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    3008
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    2900
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    2628
  • Meizu m1 note
    2617
  • vivo X5Max
    2580
  • HTC Desire 820
    2546
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    2480
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    2438
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    1818

Basemark OS 2.0 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    24035
  • OnePlus One
    19625
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    19237
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    18968
  • Oppo N3
    16774
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    16640
  • LG G3
    16485
  • Meizu m1 note
    14565
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    13521
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    13167
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    12080
  • HTC Desire 820
    10275
  • vivo X5Max
    8327
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    7551

Graphics performance is less exciting but mostly adequate. The results are not what they initially appear though, as the top spots are occupied mostly by the 2014 flagships, which benefit from their superior GPUs. And then if the C4 is bested by S615 device, it's in the onscreen routines where the Xperia M4 Aqua, Acer Liquid Jade S and HTC Desire 820 are favored by their lower 720p resolution.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    30
  • OnePlus One
    28.3
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    27.2
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    27
  • LG G3
    26
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    26
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    15
  • Meizu m1 note
    15
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    15
  • vivo X5Max
    15
  • HTC Desire 820
    15
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    15
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    14.9
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    14.2
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    14
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    11
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    5.3

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    30
  • OnePlus One
    30
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    28.7
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    28
  • HTC Desire 820
    26
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    25.8
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    25
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    22
  • LG G3
    20
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    17
  • Meizu m1 note
    16
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    15.1
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    15
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    15
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    14
  • vivo X5Max
    14
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    9.6

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    13
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    13
  • OnePlus One
    12.1
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    12
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    11.7
  • LG G3
    11
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    6.2
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    6
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    5.84
  • Meizu m1 note
    5.8
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    5.8
  • vivo X5Max
    5.7
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    5.7
  • HTC Desire 820
    5.7
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    4.9
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    3.7
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    1.8

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    12.9
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    12.2
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    12.2
  • HTC Desire 820
    12
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    12
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    12
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    10
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    7.8
  • LG G3
    7.7
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    6.4
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    6.2
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    6
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    5.8
  • Meizu m1 note
    5.7
  • vivo X5Max
    5.7
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    4.7
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    3.9

Moving on to browser benchmarks, things don't look all that well for the Xperia C4. Even though it's running nothing but Chrome, thus supposedly avoiding blunders by the manufacturer's software engineers, the C4 is consistently trailing, both in the JavaScript-focused Kraken 1.1 and the broader BrowserMark 2.1.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    5057
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    5968
  • Oppo N3
    6460
  • OnePlus One
    7008
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    7041
  • LG G3
    7632
  • Meizu MX4 Pro
    10193
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    11410
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    11439
  • vivo X5Max
    11967
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    12266
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    13462
  • HTC Desire 820
    13568
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    13609
  • Meizu m1 note
    15055
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    15815
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    18124

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy S5
    2066
  • Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580) retail
    1853
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
    1655
  • LG G3
    1453
  • Xiaomi Mi 4i
    1396
  • Samsung Galaxy E7
    1344
  • Alcatel Idol 3 (5.5)
    1343
  • OnePlus One
    1339
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    1224
  • Acer Liquid Jade S
    1175
  • Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
    1171
  • HTC Desire 820
    991
  • Sony Xperia C4 Dual
    793
  • Oppo N3
    730
  • vivo X5Max
    607
  • Meizu m1 note
    536

All in all, the Sony Xperia C4 proves to be a capable performer, with strong results in processor benchmarks and above average graphics for its class. It does have its weak spot, and that's browser performance, though.

Next Page » 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging and text input
5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Retail package, 360° spin, body and design, controls
  3. 3. Display, connectivity, battery life
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging and text input
  7. 7. Gallery, video and music players, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Web browsers, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Sony Xperia C4 Dual specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (85)

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  • User reviews
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