iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S III

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL


Interesting note: With Jelly Bean, the S3 has benched 1800+....


But did I read it right that the iPhone 5 has 2x 1GHz processors while the S3 has 2 or 4x 1.5 or 2 GHz processors?

If so, talk about efficiency difference! And the battery will likely be happy too!


Different chips though. The CPU in the LTE SGS3 is a Qualcomm Snapdragon (Krait) piece. It has an 11-stage pipe.

While both CPU's are ARMv7 based, they may have different pipe depths (remember Athlon vs P4? both x86 CPU's...)

What I think is neat is the difference in performance for for the particular sections, as per my earlier post:

iPhone 5:
Integer: 1220
Floating Point: 2051
Memory: 1811
Stream: 944

SGS3 LTE (dual core):
Integer: 896
Floating Point: 2339
Memory: 1257
Stream: 440

The Apple A6 appears to do integer and streaming better, as well as having better memory bandwidth (though this may simply be due to the choice of memory chips in the device), whilst the higher clocked CPU does floating point better, which is to be expected.

What I'm curious about is what improves with Jelly Bean? I mean if guys can get 1800+ on the benchmarks with it, parts of the above are obviously being improved significantly. So I'm curious as to what those things are.

 

[rg200amp]

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL


Interesting note: With Jelly Bean, the S3 has benched 1800+....


But did I read it right that the iPhone 5 has 2x 1GHz processors while the S3 has 2 or 4x 1.5 or 2 GHz processors?

If so, talk about efficiency difference! And the battery will likely be happy too!


Different chips though. The CPU in the LTE SGS3 is a Qualcomm Snapdragon (Krait) piece. It has an 11-stage pipe.

While both CPU's are ARMv7 based, they may have different pipe depths (remember Athlon vs P4? both x86 CPU's...)

What I think is neat is the difference in performance for for the particular sections, as per my earlier post:

iPhone 5:
Integer: 1220
Floating Point: 2051
Memory: 1811
Stream: 944

SGS3 LTE (dual core):
Integer: 896
Floating Point: 2339
Memory: 1257
Stream: 440

The Apple A6 appears to do integer and streaming better, as well as having better memory bandwidth (though this may simply be due to the choice of memory chips in the device), whilst the higher clocked CPU does floating point better, which is to be expected.

What I'm curious about is what improves with Jelly Bean? I mean if guys can get 1800+ on the benchmarks with it, parts of the above are obviously being improved significantly. So I'm curious as to what those things are.


I know it's cliche, but I think this is just testament to the benefits of the same people designing the hardware and the software.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: rg200amp
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL


Interesting note: With Jelly Bean, the S3 has benched 1800+....


But did I read it right that the iPhone 5 has 2x 1GHz processors while the S3 has 2 or 4x 1.5 or 2 GHz processors?

If so, talk about efficiency difference! And the battery will likely be happy too!


Different chips though. The CPU in the LTE SGS3 is a Qualcomm Snapdragon (Krait) piece. It has an 11-stage pipe.

While both CPU's are ARMv7 based, they may have different pipe depths (remember Athlon vs P4? both x86 CPU's...)

What I think is neat is the difference in performance for for the particular sections, as per my earlier post:

iPhone 5:
Integer: 1220
Floating Point: 2051
Memory: 1811
Stream: 944

SGS3 LTE (dual core):
Integer: 896
Floating Point: 2339
Memory: 1257
Stream: 440

The Apple A6 appears to do integer and streaming better, as well as having better memory bandwidth (though this may simply be due to the choice of memory chips in the device), whilst the higher clocked CPU does floating point better, which is to be expected.

What I'm curious about is what improves with Jelly Bean? I mean if guys can get 1800+ on the benchmarks with it, parts of the above are obviously being improved significantly. So I'm curious as to what those things are.


I know it's cliche, but I think this is just testament to the benefits of the same people designing the hardware and the software.



And keep in mind, Android runs on TOP of Linux in a VM IIRC, which adds another layer to slow things down.

The snappiest phone I've ever used is still the Lumia 900, despite only being single core. The OS was just insanely responsive no matter what you asked of it. Better than Android and better than the iPhone.

 

[kb01]

I'm surprised there's so much hate for HTC phones. I have an Inspire 4G (same as Desire HD) and have been very happy with it. I got it around 18 months ago, replacing my iPhone 3G and haven't had any problems. The only reason I replaced the iPhone was because the iOS update rendered it inoperably slow.

I like the aluminum body, big screen, removable battery, takes microSD cards, accepts standard USB cables, and can act as a storage device when connected to a computer.

I'll probably replace it at the 2 year mark and make it a dedicated music player for my receiver. I'm not sure what I'll replace it with but it will have to be a phone with a removable battery and takes microSD cards.

 

[VeeDubb]

I really liked my HTC amaze build quality. It was far nicer than my Samsung Galaxy nexus. But then the Samsung is a nexus phone. If HTC would build a nexus phone, I'd be all over it.

 

[rg200amp]

Originally Posted By: VeeDubb
I really liked my HTC amaze build quality. It was far nicer than my Samsung Galaxy nexus. But then the Samsung is a nexus phone. If HTC would build a nexus phone, I'd be all over it.


HTC built the first one. I don't know why they have not continued to be the maker. . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One

 

[VeeDubb]

Me neither. Its strange. Samsung will build thenext Nexus phone as well though Sony is suppose to also release an android phone free of carrier bloatware. Google might be expanding the nexus program though that is just a rumor right now.

Btw apple closed at $701. This stock is smokin.

 

[GearheadTool]

Originally Posted By: VeeDubb
Me neither. Its strange. Samsung will build thenext Nexus phone as well though Sony is suppose to also release an android phone free of carrier bloatware. Google might be expanding the nexus program though that is just a rumor right now.

Btw apple closed at $701. This stock is smokin.


How soon until *pop?* That said.. Apple makes me want to learn the stock market.

 

[VeeDubb]

No idea when it will burst. Could be a while. Just use stop losses and set either below the 50 day sma (simple moving avg) or just below the 200 day sma depending on how much risk you want to bear. These indicators are available on any decent chart (yahoo finance, Google finance.)

 

[hypervish]

Probably a while before it goes down, considering the rumors of iPad mini and of an actual TV made by Apple.