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GSMArena team, 12 September 2014

Not your usual suspect


Sony Xperia Z3 Compact review: Not your usual suspect

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  • User reviews
  • Xperia Z3 Compact

5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Gallery, music and video players, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera and video recording
  9. 9. Web browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Sony Xperia Z3 Compact specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (350)

Sony Android

Synthetic benchmarks

The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact sports a MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 chipset with a quad-core 2.5GHz Krait 400 CPU and Adreno 330 graphics. Apart from the 2GB of RAM (down from 3GB), it's the exact same configuration you'll find on the Sony Xperia Z3, so we're expecting flagship-grade performance. The latest Android 4.4.4 KitKat build should also provide optimizations to the web browser.

First off, we'll be testing the CPU and overall benchmarks. Geekbench 3 tests the processor in a variety of usage scenarios, and although the Z3 Compact doesn't top the charts, it ranks alongside the current top flagships. Basemark OS 2 also tracks processor performance and even provides individual scores for single-core and multi-core processing. Basemark 2's overall score also factors in graphics performance, which is why it's higher.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

  • HTC One (E8)
    3229
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    3214
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    3011
  • Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
    2968
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    2856
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    2856
  • OnePlus One
    2663
  • HTC One mini 2
    1526
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    1123
  • LG G2 mini
    1123

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • OnePlus One
    1196
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    1167
  • HTC One (E8)
    1146
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    1082
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    1080
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    915
  • HTC One mini 2
    517
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    419

Basemark OS II (single-core)

Higher is better

  • HTC One (E8)
    2579
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    2579
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    2415
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    2282
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    2253
  • OnePlus One
    2213
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    1353
  • HTC One mini 2
    1304

Basemark OS II (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    15096
  • OnePlus One
    10234
  • HTC One (E8)
    10219
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    10063
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    10063
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    10044
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    5283
  • HTC One mini 2
    5182
Moving on to graphics performance, again we find the 720p display does the Z3 Compact a fair share of favors. The great onscreen numbers shown from the Adreno 330 GPU are brought down to earth in the offscreen tests, where the 1080p resolution evens out with the flagship competition. Basemark X also runs at its native 720p resolution, which is why we see such high numbers

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    31.3
  • OnePlus One
    28.3
  • HTC One (E8)
    28
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    27.8
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    27.4
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    27.2
  • Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
    22
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    6.7
  • HTC One mini 2
    5.8
  • LG G2 mini
    5.8

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    48.4
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    41.3
  • Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
    34
  • OnePlus One
    30
  • HTC One (E8)
    29.9
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    28.7
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    28.1
  • LG G2 mini
    14.9
  • HTC One mini 2
    11
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    9.3

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    13.4
  • HTC One (E8)
    12.3
  • OnePlus One
    12.1
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    11.8
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    11.8
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    11.7
  • Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
    9
  • HTC One mini 2
    1.7

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    25.4
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    25.3
  • Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
    17
  • OnePlus One
    12.9
  • HTC One (E8)
    12.9
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    12.2
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    11.7
  • HTC One mini 2
    3.8

Finally, we come to JavaScript and HTML 5 performance where we have Mozilla's Kraken 1.1 and Rightware's BrowserMark 2.1. JavaScript performance seems comes in at around the middle of the pack, but the HTML5-intensive Browsermark test was where the Z3 Compact really shined.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    4911
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    6043
  • HTC One (E8)
    6460
  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    6480
  • OnePlus One
    7008
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    7041
  • HTC One mini 2
    15684
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    15885

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
    1500
  • Galaxy S5 (Snapdragon 801)
    1398
  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha
    1364
  • HTC One (E8)
    1362
  • OnePlus One
    1339
  • Sony Xperia Z2
    1224
  • HTC One mini 2
    945
  • Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
    861

The Z3 Compact's flagship pedigree really stands out in these performance benchmarks. Not only is the Z3 Compact able to run with the big boys in every aspect, what's even more notable is how much better it is than other compact flagships. The likes of the HTC One mini 2, Samsung Galaxy S5 mini, and LG G2 mini are clearly a step behind the Xperia Z3 Compact, and should be considered as being in a separate category.

Next Page » 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
5. Performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, design and controls
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Performance
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging
  7. 7. Gallery, music and video players, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera and video recording
  9. 9. Web browser, other apps
  10. 10. Conclusion
  11.  
  12. Sony Xperia Z3 Compact specification
  13. User opinions and reviews
  14. Review comments (350)

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