# How much faster are new cellphones vs Galaxy Prevail LTE **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 16, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-faster-are-new-cellphones-vs-galaxy-prevail-lte/754908 "2016-05-16T11:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clarence01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@Clarence01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarence01)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-faster-are-new-cellphones-vs-galaxy-prevail-lte/754908/1 "2016-05-16T11:04:59Z")
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). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-faster-are-new-cellphones-vs-galaxy-prevail-lte/754908/2 "2016-05-16T12:13:45Z")
[http://www.androidbenchmark.net/passmark\_chart.html](http://www.androidbenchmark.net/passmark_chart.html) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Clarence01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@Clarence01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarence01)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-faster-are-new-cellphones-vs-galaxy-prevail-lte/754908/3 "2016-05-16T13:31:07Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > [PassMark Android Benchmark Charts](http://www.androidbenchmark.net/passmark_chart.html) > > 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 ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-faster-are-new-cellphones-vs-galaxy-prevail-lte/754908/4 "2016-05-16T23:17:25Z")
> [@Clarence01](#): > > 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 The benchmarks aren’t just CPU speed. PassMark is synthetic and measures artificial tasks like CPU chores, disk writes/reads, memory, and graphics: [PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile - Android and Apple iPhone Benchmark Software](http://www.passmark.com/products/pt_mobile.htm) PCMark for Android is a bit more representative, measuring real-world tasks like web browsing or video or text editing: [http://d1ejs5fxm96rib.cloudfront.net/pcmark-android-technical-guide.pdf](http://d1ejs5fxm96rib.cloudfront.net/pcmark-android-technical-guide.pdf) 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.