All Things Android - Apps, Phones, Tablets - Discussion

[Johnny T]

I shall embarrass myself with my rust bucket.

Qualcomm MSM 7200A running @ 576Mhz (HTC Magic with 32A chipset)
Android 2.2 (CM6.0.0 RC3, JIT enabled)

Score: 381 (best of 2 runs)

Linpack: 3.917


EDIT: Flipfire I wonder how your score you be if you were running android 2.2 with JIT.

[Pai]

What scores are you guys in froyo getting in Quadrant?

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My SGS Eclair 2.1 rooted, no OC

Woah. I just got my Samsung Vibrant (US T-mobile). How are you able to get 2300? I just did a full benchmark and only scored around 950+ which is just slightly above the Samsung Galaxy score shown in the result.

To OP: Great topic, I was just wonder what are some of the best apps for android since it is my first android and first smart phone.

[flipfire]

Only reason im getting high scores is because the SGS has a crazy gpu in it, its nearly faster than a PS2 & XBOX combined in terms of gfx crunching power. See here for a 2010 smartphone comparison

[Pai]

But my vibrant is basically a rebranded sgs. I am on 2.1 but unrooted.Oh, did you happen to apply the "lag fix"?

[Step666]

Only reason im getting high scores is because the SGS has a crazy gpu in it, its nearly faster than a PS2 & XBOX combined in terms of gfx crunching power. See here for a 2010 smartphone comparison

You're aware that those figures have never been confirmed? One Android fan site published them as a rumour and everyone else has just run with it.
Certainly, the Galaxy S family benchmark better than Snapdragon-based handsets when it comes to graphics stuff but nothing that backs up the claimed triangles/sec figures.

Also, you're referencing a comparison sheet that claims the Evo 4G has a front-facing camera that is capable of 720p @30fps and a main camera that can only do 720p @25fps...

[flipfire]

^ Well ive only read a few articles like this one that seems to say so. Personally id like to benchmark it to confirm but i dont know of any app.

I like this video too:

But my vibrant is basically a rebranded sgs. I am on 2.1 but unrooted.Oh, did you happen to apply the "lag fix"?

Yup definitely do the one click lag fix and it will jump to 2000+ and get rid of all the choppiness.

I updated the firmware, rooted then did the lag fix. I got the firmware with the no carrier bloatware.

[H.A.L. 9000]

Only reason im getting high scores is because the SGS has a crazy gpu in it, its nearly faster than a PS2 & XBOX combined in terms of gfx crunching power. See here for a 2010 smartphone comparison

I remember that one It was debunked. They're using the "Triangle's" per second instead of the proper "Polygons/sec". It lets them get away with astronomically high numbers. The GPU with the Hummingbird in the Galaxy S is:

PowerVR SGX540 (28 MPolys/s, 1Gpx/s@200MHz, Max Memory Band (GB/s) 4.2GB/s)

Not too dissimilar to the GMA500 from Intel or the GPU in the iPad/iPhone 4:

PowerVR SGX535 (14 MPolys/s, 1Gpx/s@200MHz)

[flipfire]

I guess your right there.. Futuremark needs to make some 3Dmark android apps soon

Anyway that NOVA game and its pretty good, its similar to Crysis. Its $4.99 here. Backbreaker Football is another good game for $1, it was originally from the iphone.

[Step666]

Even ignoring the relative merits of different ways of measuring performance, I'm sure I'd read a few comments/articles etc plain-up questioning whether the quoted figure is even accurate.
Some guy from Samsung supposedly said it performed to this incredible level without any sort of proof, it could be a lie, a mistake, a misquotation. I mean, if it was that much better, wouldn't Samsung have built some sort of statue in front of Apple's HQ already?

Not to take anything away from the Galaxy S and it's siblings, they are still ahead of Snapdragon-based handsets in terms of performance, there's no denying that.


Personally though, I'm holding out in hope of the Dell with the 720p screen.

[Pai]

Yup definitely do the one click lag fix and it will jump to 2000+ and get rid of all the choppiness.

I updated the firmware, rooted then did the lag fix. I got the firmware with the no carrier bloatware.

Thanks Flipfire. I did the lag fix and the phone is alot snappier now, and my qudrant score is now averaging around 2200.