We've seen previously -- through some preliminary benchmarks -- that the quad-core LTE variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that's UK-bound is damn quick, but even that is blown away by the octa-core beast that Samung's pumping out for elsewhere. Read More >>
Featured comment by ian1175:
"Exactly ! I often wonder why they put all these cores and whatever in smartphones ? And then i remember they are running android os which seems to nee..." More »
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is going to come in two variants, a 4-core and an 8-core version, and while we don't yet know how kick-arse powerful the 8-core beast is going to be, we do have benchmarks for the Qualcomm 4-core Snapdragon 600-powered variant. Yes, even with just four cores, this thing is going to be the fastest phone out there. Read More >>
Lenovo revealed its K900 model at CES last week, proudly boasting of the power delivered by its next-gen Intel Atom mobile processor. And some benchmark numbers show it could well be the most powerful phone yet built. Read More >>
We're still not sure why Apple ditched its yearly refresh cycle for the iPad, other than trying to homogenise the iDevice line with its new Lightning Connector, but it did. And now benchmarks have shown that the new 'new iPad' is more than twice as powerful than the iPad 3. This thing is a beast. Read More >>
The folks at Mac Mini Vault have benchmarked and torn down the new Mac Minis. The Mac Mini's £499, 2.5GHz Core i5 Ivy Bridge configuration racked up a Geekbench score of 7433 straight out of the box. That's impressive considering last year's Sandy Bridge i5 Mac Mini refresh has a standing average of 6323 on the Geekbench. Read More >>
The gurus of camera benchmarks at DXO Labs just published their review of the Nikon D600, rating its 24-megapixel senor the third best of all time behind the two different versions of the Nikon 800. Where's the top Canon? All the way down at number thirteen. Ouch. Read More >>
We got hints from an early Geekbench result that the iPhone 5 was going to be flying. It seems that Apple's really has worked some magic, both with iOS 6 and its custom silicon, to make the iPhone 5 absolutely blazing at crunching Javascript. Browsing on the iPhone 5 is going to be lightning quick. Read More >>
Intel's hot new next-gen chipset looks like it'll be making an appearance in Apple's computer ranges rather soon, with Ivy Bridge processors popping up in some Apple tech benchmarks. Read More >>
Featured comment by Happyal:
"About time they had a fresh design, but if it's the same old design just made thinner, it's not going to look any different when they are using them i..." More »
Just when we though the HTC One X was the next phone for us (and the rest of the world), power tests of HTC's slightly smaller HTC One S arrive and throw our upgrade plans into crisis. Read More >>
Featured comment by osama.tamtom:
"I'm a big Fan of HTc and i waited too much for some thing ..and I'm happy withthis realse but thay cant gave any micro Sc slot in this phone which is ..." More »
Apple made some bold claims about its new A5X chip, claiming it would give a 4x graphical boost over Nvidia's Tegra 3. At the same time, the Tegra 3 is a powerhouse of computational processing. So lets put 'em to the test. Read More >>
An early benchmark from the device itself has apparently confirmed what we thought – Apple’s kitted out the new iPad with 1GB of RAM, but kept the clock speed of its CPU at 1GHz. Read More >>
Featured comment by Guthy:
"Damn my biggest complaint about my ipad is having web pages auto reload when switching between tabs on safari because of a lack of ram. Hopefully thi..." More »
During Apple's Super Tablet 16 this week, Tim Cook boasted of processing performance that kicks Nvidia's Tegra 3 in the face. By a factor of four. Don't believe the hype—ever. Read More >>
Featured comment by Harry:
"Although I agree with the article and Nvidia that benchmarks are often subjective and in-house ones are rarely reliable there are a few points for App..." More »
Futuremark, arbiter of all synthetic benchmarks that upend message boards and LAN party envies around the globe, is ready to make you feel bad about your rig all over again: 3DMark for Windows 8. But there's a twist! Read More >>
Featured comment by benedict.morrissey:
"'That means everything from your next skinny (Windows 8 ) tablet to the 16-core trillion dollar, water-cooled gaming machine of your dreams will be in..." More »
The iPhone 4S is faster than the iPhone 4. How much faster? And how much faster than its non-Apple kin? We did some benchmark bench pressing to find out. Feel the burn! Read More >>
AnandTech has dug up some apparent benchmarks for the iPhone 4S, which they found around different benchmarking sites and believe to be true. Judging from the numbers, it seems like it'll be one of the most powerful mobile devices around. Read More >>