Benchmarks Show Galaxy S8 With Snapdragon 835 Is a Much Faster Android Handset (hothardware.com)

MojoKid writes: Samsung recently launched the Galaxy S8 series of Android smartphones to much fanfare but only recently did the handsets begin to arrive in market for testing and review. Though the high-polish styling of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ may or may not appeal to you, few would argue with its claims of significant performance gains and improved battery life. As it turns out, in deep-dive testing and benchmarking, the Galaxy S8 series is significantly faster than any other Android handset on the market currently, especially when it comes to graphics and gaming workloads. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor on board the GS8 is currently a Samsung exclusive, though it's expected to arrive in other handsets later this year. The Adreno 540 graphics engine on board the new Snapdragon chip is roughly 25% faster than the previous generation 820/821 series, though the chip is only about 10 percent faster in standard CPU-intensive tasks. Regardless, these are appreciable gains, especially in light of the fact that the new Galaxy S8 also has much better battery life than the previous generation Galaxy S7 series. The Samsung Galaxy S8 (5.8-inch) and Galaxy S8+ (6.2-inch) are expected to arrive at retail this week and though pricing is carrier-dependent, list for roughly $720 and $850 respectively, off contract.

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So a newer processor is faster?

[EzInKy]

That is been the case all of my life.

Old

[youngone]

The summary reads a lot like the PC magazines I used to read 20 years ago, where any tiny increase in performance was worthwhile.

Thank goodness we're at the stage where any x64 processor from the last few years will be plenty good enough for most people, and benchmarks are largely meaningless

I am looking forward to the day when it's the same with phones.

Re:Old

[rtb61]

The only one I bother with now, is does it come with a user removable battery. Trying to switch off a ringing smart phone is really annoying and seems to take forever. Ripping off the back and flicking out the battery is so much more satisfying and affirmative. Problem with data adding all sorts of things into a smart phone, it doesn't know when to STFU, switch off one thing, another kicks in, sometimes the fucking thing just refuse to switch off, you hold down that button and nothing, well, actually a whole bunch of annoying things continue to happen. Rip, flick is so much more guaranteed and just so satisfying (also it goes straight back to normal state without reconfiguring and enabling and switch it off and switch it back on seems to be the most effective way to manage buggy software, https://www.google.com.au/sear... 3000 results and in quotes so a real problem).

Re:Old

[Namarrgon]

I recall a PC magazine article from 1981 questioning the value of these new 16 bit microprocessors - what did we need them for? WordStar and Visicalc ran perfectly well on a Z-80 with CP/M, so surely additional speed was pointless for most people.

Re: Old

[Anne Thwacks]

I have a J7, with dual sim, huge removable battery, SD card slot, etc. I do miss the "Note" feature but the curved screen edge is a serious no-no if you want something to draw schematics on.

Samsung also make models Ax to Xx, Yx, and Zx, for a wide range of "x". You can avoid the Sx without any significant pain. They could probably slim down the range without losing a lot of customers.

If you want significant computing power, used Sun M series mainframes cost under $1,000. I admit that that a 42U rack probably won't fit in your pocket, and the fans deliver 80dB background noise, but if you want cheap computing power, you probably need to make some concessions. Personally, I am willing to go without the extreme compute power on my Smart phone in the interests of battery life.

Incremental improvements...

[drew_92123]

That's all they're making, not because they can't do better, rather there's not much profit in it... All of humanity is being held back by greed. If not for greed medical science would have already advanced our average life spans well into the triple digits with immortality just around the corner... but nooooooo..... we're all gonna die young because of a few greedy pricks.

Still slower than iphone 7

[Anonymous Coward]

Tested for real world usage and its slower than an iphone 7 https://youtu.be/OX4JucpvbJM

Re: Still slower than iphone 7

[Anonymous Coward]

In the real world, people don't load apps one after another like that.

Try this speed test, send an email with two attachments. Or this one, set an mp3/acc as a ring tone. Or sync your phone via nfc with a Bluetooth speaker.

Re:Still slower than iphone 7

[gravewax]

that is your idea of real world usage? WTF? are you on acid while using your phone?