Sony Xperia M2 is running on the Snapdragon 400 mid-range chipset. It offers four Cortex-A7 CPU cores, Adreno 305 graphics and 1GB of RAM. We've already seen the S400 in action on the Motorola Moto G, the Sony Xperia T2 Ultra, the HTC Desire 816, the HTC One mini 2 and several others so it's clearly a quite popular choice. And rightfully so as it delivers a snappy performance in everyday use and quite acceptable gaming as well.
Starting off with the CPU benchmarks, the Xperia M2 posted an OK result on the multi-core GeekBench 3 cross-platform benchmark. While the score pales in comparison to the latest Krait processors, the Xperia M2 matched the performance of the Moto G and Xperia C and bettered that of the first-gen Krait and Cortex-A9 devices.
Geekbench 3
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S5 3011
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 2968
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 2937
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 2670
LG Nexus 5 2453
HTC One (M8) 2367
LG G2 2243
Huawei Ascend P7 1895
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 1869
HTC One mini 2 1526
LG Optimus G 1465
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 1359
Alcatel One Touch Hero 1321
Huawei Ascend P6 1315
LG Nexus 4 1288
LG G2 mini 1123
Motorola Moto G 1120
Sony Xperia C 1079
Sony Xperia M2 1074
Oppo R819 1047
HTC One mini 887
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE 647
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 564
Nokia X 421
AnTuTu is a compound benchmark, which also takes into account RAM and GPU performance. The Xperia M2 numbers are quite good, slightly better than the quad-core Cortex-A7-powered Moto G, much better than the Xperia C, but below the Xperia T2 Ultra.
AnTuTu 4
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) 37009
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 36018
LG G2 35444
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800 31109
HTC Desire 816 21580
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 19896
HTC One mini 2 17883
Sony Xperia M2 17808
LG G2 mini 17362
Motorola Moto G 17214
LG Optimus G 16943
Oppo Find 5 15167
Sony Xperia C 13948
HTC One mini 11434
Sony Xperia M 9902
Nokia X 7514
Basemark OS II is another all-round benchmark. It gives an overall score along with single, multi-core performance, math performance and more. We focus on the overall score and the dedicated CPU scores. The Sony Xperia M2 overall rating is quite poor, but the singe-core and multi-core performance put it very close to the Snapdragon 400-powered HTC One mini 2.
Basemark OS II
Higher is better
LG G Pro 2 1140
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 1082
Oppo Find 7a 1057
HTC Desire 816 520
HTC One mini 2 517
HTC Desire 816 (anti-cheat) 468
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 434
Sony Xperia M2 298
Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better
Oppo Find 7a 2580
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 2415
LG G Pro 2 2401
HTC Desire 816 1739
HTC One mini 2 1357
Sony Xperia M2 1164
Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better
Oppo Find 7a 10256
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 10063
LG G Pro 2 9802
HTC Desire 816 7071
Sony Xperia M2 4927
HTC One mini 2 4889
The graphics benchmark results didn't come out peachy. The GFXBench tests - both off-screen and on-screen variants - reflected some very poor performance. It did better on the on-screen tests than the Xperia T2 Ultra, which has the same chipset but packs a higher resolution 720p display.
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) 28.4
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 27.8
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800 26.3
LG G2 22
Sony Xperia M2 5.9
HTC Desire 816 5.9
LG G2 mini 5.8
HTC One mini 2 5.8
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 5.8
HTC One mini 5.6
Motorola Moto G 5.6
Sony Xperia C 2.8
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) 30.1
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 28.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800 26.7
LG G2 23.1
Sony Xperia M2 15.4
LG G2 mini 14.9
HTC One mini 2 11
HTC Desire 816 11
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 10.9
Alcatel Idol X+ 10.6
Sony Xperia C 7.3
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 11.8
HTC One (M8) 11.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800 9.9
Sony Xperia M2 1.9
HTC One mini 2 1.7
HTC Desire 816 1.7
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) 11.9
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 11.7
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 S800 10
Sony Xperia M2 6.9
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 4.7
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 4.1
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 4.0
HTC Desire 816 3.9
HTC One mini 2 3.8
The BrowserMark 2.1 tests HTML 5 performance, while Mozilla's Kraken 1.1 is JavaScript-centric. The Sony Xperia M2 managed a good score in BrowserMark but rather poor in Kraken.
BrowserMark 2.1
Higher is better
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 1398
LG G Pro 2 1346
Oppo Find 7a 1327
LG Nexus 5 1286
Sony Xperia Z2 1224
HTC One mini 2 945
Sony Xperia M2 903
HTC Desire 816 774
Kraken 1.1
Lower is better
Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801) 6043
LG G Pro 2 6578
Oppo Find 7a 6660
Sony Xperia Z2 7041
LG Nexus 5 7148
HTC Desire 816 13564
HTC One mini 2 15684
Sony Xperia M2 18047
Sony Xperia M2 and its powered Snapdragon 400 chipset offer good overall performance, though the GPU benchmarks are quite uninspiring. What's really matters is real-life usage and it is great. The Android OS is as smooth as butter with no lag whatsoever, while most of the popular games run just fine.
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