Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Antutu & Geekbench Scores Blow Away the Competition

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has recently been spotted in not one but two popular benchmarks – Antutu and Geekbench. This time, not only are the specifications of the device revealed, but we also have the benchmark scores to go by. Honestly, we expected the Samsung Galaxy S6 to be one the most powerful Android devices at launch, but the Galaxy S6 Edge benchmark scores on these two popular benchmarks put it on another level altogether when it comes to performance. The Galaxy S6 managed to set new performance records in both the benchmarks.

The Samsung SM-G925W8 was put through the Antutu benchmark and managed to score an incredible 60,978 on the benchmark. This is not just the highest score recorded on the benchmark yet, but also significantly higher than anything else on the market currently. So if you were worried about Samsung not using the Snapdragon 810 chipset on the Galaxy S6, you can put all those worries to rest now. The Exynos 7420 chipset on the Galaxy S6 Edge has proved to be an absolute beast and is likely to maintain a lead over the Snapdragon 810 and other mobile chipsets currently available in other benchmarks as well. In the Antutu test, the Exynos 7420 is reported to bring major gains as far as graphics performance goes, which is great news as the Quad HD resolution and also a heavy TouchWiz UI should be no problem for the chip to handle.

The Antutu benchmark leak also reveals most of the specifications of the Galaxy S6 Edge. Unlike the older Antutu benchmark leak where the Galaxy S6 display was reported to be 5.5-inches, the latest leak suggests that the Galaxy S6 Edge will come with a 5.1” size display with Quad HD 2560 x 1440 resolution. This translates to a mind-boggling pixel density of 576PPI, the highest pixel density among smartphone displays yet. The RAM has been reported to be 3GB and not 4GB as was reported earlier. The internal storage was reported to be 32GB, similar to the previous leak. As for the cameras, the Galaxy S6 Edge includes a 20MP camera at the back and a 5MP front-facing camera according to the benchmark.

The Galaxy S6 Edge impressed in the Geekbench benchmark as well. The model that went through the Geekbench test was the the SM-G925P variant of the S6 Edge. In the single-core test the smartphone managed to score 1492 while in the multi-core test it scored 5077 points. Although not as impressive as the earlier leaked Geekbench score of the Exynos 7420, the scores are still very impressive and higher than almost every other mobile device available in the market currently. Its closest rival, the Apple iPad Air 2, manages a score of 4532 in the same test. However, when it comes to the single-core test, a few devices like the Google Nexus 9 do score slightly higher. Overall though, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (and the Galaxy S6) are shaping up to be truly impressive smartphones and may enjoy a slight lead over other flagship smartphones with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, at least as far as benchmark performance is concerned.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge are expected to be announced at Samsung’s UNPACKED event scheduled to be held on March 1 in Barcelona.

Alleged Sony Xperia Z4 Spotted in Geekbench Running Android 5.0.2

We first heard that the Sony Xperia Z4 could be unveiled at CES in January, and then it was rumored that the flagship might arrive at Mobile World Congress in March. The latest reports are indicating that the Sony Xperia Z4 release date will not be at MWC. But we aren’t hearing to talk about the Smartphone’s launch, but about its latest cameo.

A Sony-made smartphone codenamed 78YB16RC98PW62B1 has been spotted by the folks at blogofmobile.com in Geekbench database. Even though the codename is unusual for a Sony smartphone, all clues point that it’s the yet-unannounced Xperia Z4.

According to the Geekbench entry, the smartphone is running Android 5.0.2 Lollipop, while being underpinned by a Qualcomm processor. The motherboard is marked as “msm8994″ which checks out with the code of the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 chipset. I remind you that the SoC is based on quad-core ARM Cortex A57 and quad-core A53 with 64-bit support and an Adreno 430 GPU. The latest leak also revealed that the smartphone will integrate 3 GB of RAM.

If the rumors prove true, then the Xperia Z4 should have the same screen size and resolution as its predecessor, the Xperia Z3. Design-wise, the new flagship should be similar to the last three members of the Xperia Z tribe.

Unfortunately, there is no way to verify the veracity of the report; therefore we are recommending you to take it with a pinch of salt. After all, nothing is official until Sony says so.