Apple's new A8X processor dominates the benchmarks

[solosdk]

Apples new A8X processor has been found to have been geekbenched, showing a triple-core processor (for the first time since 2011 from dual-core) clocked at 1.5Ghz and contains 2GB of RAM

The benchmark shows that the A8X single-handedly beats the new iPhone 6's in single-core and multi-core processing.

Google has recently announced their new Nexus 9 with Tegra K1, which has also been benchmarked.

See the results for yourselves:

and now a Nexus 9 comparison

As you can see, the A8X is one multi-core monster indeed.

Now awaiting GPU benchmarks which I suspect will, again, annihilate any other mobile SoC.

[thekeemo]

I wouldnt say it 'dominates' when theres at least one device over it

[Aniallation]

wow i care so much

[connorpiper]

How does multi-platform benchmark work with phones?

I'm pretty sure it's not balanced considering that iOS is much lighter. 

 

Also, the 801 is just a overclocked 800 with 4K video capability. So the brand new phone is against the CPU from Q3 2013. 

Just wait till the 810 in the Xperia Z4. 

[LemonSpice]

well great but i am still raging about the i watch and how everyone thinks my pebble is an iwatch jesus 

[Flight1sim]

will we see an actual real world difference?

I would say maybe in some applications like camera, and boot/login times, but other than that, I dont see phones required to get any faster for the near future.

But of course, the industry must go on

[hal9001]

Some more benchmarks of the Air 2 absolutely wrecking it!

[solosdk]

I wouldnt say it 'dominates' when theres at least one device over it

I don't see any device scoring higher?

[solosdk]

will we see an actual real world difference?

I would say maybe in some applications like camera, and boot/login times, but other than that, I dont see phones required to get any faster for the near future.

But of course, the industry must go on

We're talking about tablets here, with some phone inclusion, but mainly tablets.

[thekeemo]

I don't see any device scoring higher?

was looking at the iPhone not the new iPad, but still doesnt really matter when apple limits their capabilities

[Flight1sim]

We're talking about tablets here, with some phone inclusion, but mainly tablets.

well I meant tablets as well, (had a brain fart) but now that I think about it, I guess only Graphics performance has to improve every gen because of the higher resolution displays a lot of manufacturers are showing off

[solosdk]

was looking at the iPhone not the new iPad, but still doesnt really matter when apple limits their capabilities

What do you mean by that?

[connorpiper]

Some more benchmarks of the Air 2 absolutely wrecking it!

 

Against Apples own limited device tree though.

[connorpiper]

*plays BF4 on iPhone*

 

yeah umm really who cares it's a cell phone not a gaming rig or a supercomputer. It's to call people and kill time with flash games, that's it. Angry Birds and your boss, 7 days a week. My two-year-old Samsung Galaxy Reverb can do that, so what's the applicable difference with this?

 

Well, at least for android, we can just run our current flagships on the 801 CPU. (4 Cores, 2.5GHz)

[SkilledRebuilds]

Just like the Dual>Triple core shift for AMD Desktops WAY WAY WAY back... The X3, over the X2 ring a bell anyone?

[solosdk]

*plays BF4 on iPhone*

 

yeah umm really who cares it's a cell phone not a gaming rig or a supercomputer. It's to call people and kill time with flash games, that's it. Angry Birds and your boss, 7 days a week. My two-year-old Samsung Galaxy Reverb can do that, so what's the applicable difference with this?

The A8X is only on the iPad, which you can presume that it can be used as a more "hardcore" gaming device than a mobile phone. With the new Metal API instead of OpenGL, there's more performance and better graphics too.

[thekeemo]

What do you mean by that?

how walled in apple devices are

[solosdk]

how walled in apple devices are

Meh I think iOS 8 is great. Nothing "walled in" about it. I can browse the Internet fine, I can watch media fine, I can download great apps and games. What's bad about that? Nothing. You can do the same on Android.

[thekeemo]

Meh I think iOS 8 is great. Nothing "walled in" about it. I can browse the Internet fine, I can watch media fine, I can download great apps and games. What's bad about that? Nothing. You can do the same on Android.

I dont count that as 'open' but im not here to argue about it

[Misanthrope]

Great that it dominates benchmarks since there's like nothing else other than benchmarks that require horsepower on a fucking phone

[qwertywarrior]

i wonder how good stock quad A57 are in big little config

 

also triple core

ahh the  days of triple AMD cpus good times

people used to unlock the 4th core since they weren't fused off

[SeanBond]

I would still take a one plus one at a 3rd of the cost any day. It still puts a whoopin on the 6+ in multithreaded. 

[Tonylu1595]

Yes, it dominates against other apple products. But that 3 cores and 2gb of ram though.

[Mew]

so the iPhone 6, a dual core, is faster than the Galaxy s5, a quad core. Seems like I was right all along, Apple's dual cores>Snapdragon quad cores. Haters come at me.

[Psykomantis00]

How does multi-platform benchmark work with phones?

I'm pretty sure it's not balanced considering that iOS is much lighter. 

 

 

 

You're basically saying "these tests aren't fair because android runs more shittily than iOS".