Without trying one out, I’d like to know how much faster one of the better phones (perhaps a new Galaxy S7) will perform relative to my Galaxy Prevail LTE. Not talking internet speed limitations, but application performance. I’m looking for razor quick performance when navigating apps even if I have many apps going at once.
My phone seems ok until I add a certain amount of apps. I’d like it to never become sluggish especially when switching between apps, and I know that I can buy a phone with a lot more memory on-board to handle that to a great extent, but I’d also like to know how much faster a newer processor and other hardware advancements would be (from an human-observational standpoint, not gigaherz measurements).
G930A , the S7, benchmarked at 9.3K
G360, representing prevail, benchmark at 2.3k
So … 3.something times faster, if your usage is like passmark’s.
They seem to have realised that 4 core’s will do. 8 cores affect each other too much , and you may as well devote the power and silicon to getting 4 cores running faster.
Given the complexity of hardware component configurations (e.g. the cpu must work together with other components which can slow the whole process down), I wonder if 3x cpu speeds result in 3x actual user interface speeds
But that still only goes so far. Go to a cell phone store and play with them yourself to feel the difference. As someone who just upgraded from a LG G2 (3900) to a Nexus 6p (6900), it definitely feels faster but is still what I would call “laggy”, especially with multiple apps open in the background – no matter what Google claims about multitasking, even in the latest Android.