iOS 9 on iPhone 6 spotted in benchmark results

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iOS 9 on iPhone 6 spotted in benchmark results

Apple typically announces new iOS versions at the WWDC, which is scheduled for June every year. While there's about four months to go, the first benchmark coming from an iOS 9 running on an iPhone 6 have hit the Basemark OS II database.

Performance seems to be on par, except for the web score. Keep in mind that WWDC is some time away and even when it comes Apple will release a version to developers only, the consumer update is even further out. So the numbers are likely to change until the new version hits users' iPhones.

iOS 8		iOS 9		Difference
Total	1620.94	Total	1600.06	-1%
Memory Group 2.0	942.79	Memory Group 2.0	948.44	1%
System Group 2.0	3107.1	System Group 2.0	3190.69	3%
Graphics Group 2.0	2348.77	Graphics Group 2.0	2327.42	-1%
Web Group 2.0	1088.54	Web Group 2.0	930.62	-17%

There's just the one result in the database for now and no score for Basemark X, the graphics benchmark. Anyway, the best changes about a new iOS version are typically new features, rather than increased performance.

Samsung Exynos 7420 goes through Geekbench 3.0

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Samsung Exynos 7420 goes through Geekbench 3.0

The Samsung Exynos 7420 chipset has been tested in the Geekbench 3 benchmark, likely residing in a prototype Galaxy S6 unit. The SoC aced the benchmark test scoring 5478 and 1520 points in the multi-core and single-core tests, respectively.

In comparison, the Exynos 5433 with 1.9GHz CPU clock scores on average 4000 points in the multi-core test. GeekBench reports that the CPU in the Exynos 7420 is clocked at 1.5GHz, but that's likely the speed of the slower, Cortex-A53 cores.

However, it's not all sunshine and roses, because the HTC Nexus 9 and the Nvidia Tegra K1 have a fighting change against the Galaxy S6 prototype that was likely the host of the Exynos 7420. In the single-core testing, the Tegra K1 and its dual-core 2.5GHz Denver CPU score 1895 points.

Additionally, the benchmark result page reports the test device to spot 3GB of RAM and run Android 5.0 Lollipop. Earlier, the Galaxy S6 was reported to also be available with 4GB of RAM. Further speculations suggest a 5.5-inch QHD (1440×2560 pixels) display, 20MP main camera, and 5MP front-facing snapper. We'll surely find out more about the Galaxy S6 during MWC 2015 in March.

Project Spartan browser benchmarks: pretty solid performance

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Project Spartan browser benchmarks: pretty solid performance

A technical preview of Windows 10 was made available for download and now benchmarks of Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer Project Spartan web browser are available.

Done by AnandTech, the benchmark results reveal that Project Spartan is noticeably faster than Internet Explorer 11 and in some tests even outruns Chrome and Firefox.

Project Spartan is put JavaScript and HTML5 tests including Sunspider, Octane, Kraken, Oor Online, WebXPRT and HTML5Test. You can check out the results from the testing below.

Benchmark	IE Old	IE Experimental	Chrome 40	Firefox 35	Percentage Change
Sunspider (lower is better)	149.7ms	144.6ms	260.9ms	220.1ms	3.4%
Octane 2.0 (higher is better)	9861	17928	17474	16508	81.8%
Kraken 1.1 (lower is better)	3781.2ms	2077.5ms	1992.8ms	1760.4ms	45.1%
WebXPRT (higher is better)	913	1083	1251	1345	18.6%
Oort Online (higher is better)	1990	2170	5370	3900	9%
HTML5Test (higher is better)	339	344	511	449	1.5%

In the JavaScript oriented Kraken and Google Octane 2.0, Project Spartan scores a massive boost by 45.1% and 81.8%, respectively. It comes a lot closer to Google Chrome than Internet Explorer has ever been. However, the HTML5 compatibility of the new browser still needs a lot of work as it comes at 344 points, whereas Chrome and Firefox have 511 and 449 points, respectively.

Microsoft is still heavily developing the browser, so it’s bound to become better as Windows 10 travels the road to its final build.