I agree 100%, I was talking about overall smoothness. between my s4 rooted, a s5 active, and a note 3 and 4 that I have used/been around, my Iphone 5 I use as a ipod is miles smoother in the overall experience. maybe not while running countless apps, but just in the overall experience. all the androids hitched, noticeable lag that simply wasn't present on the iphone.
now, thats kind of expected for how wide of hardware android has to run on. but you cant shit on hardware if it saves battery and still does the job better(directed at other guy)
for the ram, Im curious to see how long they will last on 2gb when they upgrade to that. I know with my dads 6, its smooth as hell, but it literally has flat out crashed because to many apps are open. maybe I have a higher standard for iphones, but it crashed because a million apps where open and I assume a ram issue