May 24
A new Sony Xperia smartphone going by the model number D2403 has surfaced by way of some benchmarks. By looking at the specs in the benchmarks, it seems this unannounced … Continue reading
Mar 31
HTC has confessed that its new HTC One is able to detect benchmark testing tools and throw more resources at them, although rather than fudge the issue as Samsung did when it was rumbled pulling the same trick, HTC says this "High Performance Mode" is actually a feature.
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Jan 28
The nearly mythical Nokia X may be so close to release that Benchmark numbers are starting to appear online. The handset is also known as Nokia Normandy and under the codename Nokia RM-980. Typically, benchmark start appearing online when the device’s software is pretty much done, and optimizations are somewhat in place. Company employees are usually careful not to leak any names, but if the Benchmark numbers start to appear on sites like Rightware.com (the high-profile benchmark developer behind BaseMark X), it may indicate that units have started to go out of the Nokia inner-circle and into a second tier of people who are not as diligent (carriers, retail partners, government entities…) (more…)
Nokia X Android Handset Benchmark Spotted original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 14
The tom’s Hardware team had their hands on a Lenovo ThinkVision 28 which is an Android display powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra K1 chip (aka Tegra 5), and ran some benchmarks on it. We posted a short teaser earlier, but here are the charts, courtesy of tom’s hardware, followed by my comments: (more…)
Tegra K1 Benchmarks On Lenovo Device Wow Observers original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 05
This article was written on August 11, 2011 by CyberNet.
A lot of reviews for browsers reference a lot of performance and standards compatibility tests, such as the SunSpider or Acid3 tests. There is another test available to help you figure out how well your browser supports HTML5 already. The site is HTML5Test.com and scores the browser out of a possible 450 points.
The problem is that the HTML5 specifications hasn’t been finalized and so browser makers don’t have a full set of standards to work off of yet. Many of them are already working hard at incorporating many of the special elements for audio, video, forms, geolocation, WebGL, storage, and more.
My screenshot above is from the four major Windows browsers, and Chrome takes the cake with a score of 328 while Internet Explorer is lagging behind (duh) with a score of 141. It’s exciting to see Chrome so far out in the lead because that means other browsers like Opera and Firefox will definitely push hard to catch up.
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Oct 04
Samsung has been in a bit of hot water over alleged benchmarking shenanigans this week. Reports surfaced claiming that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 exaggerates performance when popular benchmarking applications are running. We performed our own testing and found that Samsung isn’t the only smartphone maker that might be exaggerating performance. The Galaxy Note 3 […]
Oct 02
Samsung has been blamed before for fudging the Galaxy S4
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Oct 01
After pulling the same dirty trick with the Galaxy S4, Samsung has been caught rigging the Galaxy Note 3 to perform better in benchmark tests than it does anywhere else. It’s like all Samsung phones are on performance enhancing drugs or something.
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Oct 01
Samsung reportedly boosting Galaxy Note 3 benchmark performance by 20 percent
Posted in: Today's Chili
Samsung drew criticism for inflating the benchmark scores of Exynos devices earlier in the year, but the company appears undaunted; it’s reportedly boosting test numbers for other hardware as well. Ars Technica has discovered that the Snapdragon 800-based Galaxy Note 3 (and possibly the new Note 10.1) includes code that runs all CPU cores at full speed during certain benchmarks. The tweak gives the smartphone a minimum 20 percent higher score in any affected app, or enough to claim an artificially large advantage over an LG G2 using a similar chip. There may also be a graphics boost, Ars says. We’ve asked Samsung for its take on the findings. Whether or not the company responds, we don’t envy its position — it’s hard to form an alliance devoted to accurate mobile benchmarking when you’re accused of doctoring results.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Ars Technica
Oct 01
Apple’s Phil Schiller Takes A Jab At Samsung For Note 3 Benchmark ‘Shenanigans’
Posted in: Today's Chili
SVP of worldwide marketing at Apple, Phil Schiller, takes a jab at Samsung through Twitter today. He sent out a tweet linking to an article which delves into alleged benchmarking adjustments made by Samsung in its latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 3. Various adjustments have allegedly been made in the Note 3 so as to boost its benchmarking scores. Schiller’s tweet, which contains the link to the article, says just one word: “shenanigans.”
This is an obvious jab at Samsung, which is one of the main rivals that Apple is taking head-on in the global market. This isn’t exactly the first time that Samsung has been accused of making adjustments in its devices in order to improve their benchmarking scores. Back in July a number of reports surfaced online which claimed that the Galaxy S4 would run its graphics processor at a higher frequency in some benchmarks, thus inflating the actual graphics processing power by 11.04 percent. Samsung responded by saying that the S4 had been designed to allow maximum GPU frequency of 533MHz, while the maximum frequency had been lowered to 480MHz for certain gaming apps that may cause an “overload.” If you’re interested in reading more about the benchmark optimization drama Samsung was caught in back then, do check out our detailed assessment of the entire situation.
Apple’s Phil Schiller Takes A Jab At Samsung For Note 3 Benchmark ‘Shenanigans’ original content from Ubergizmo. 
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