There are many uses on the market APQ8064 Xperia Z is a recently launched 1080P full HD flagship, which also uses APQ8064 platform, and its overall performance is at the top level. How about its performance in actual use? Let's test the hardware performance of Xperia Z through some theoretical tests and practical application tests.

Sony Xperia Z parameters

Model: Sony L36h

CPU: Qualcomm S4 PRO APQ8064 Quad Core 1.5GHz

Operating system: Android 4.1.2

Screen: 5 inch 1920 * 1080 resolution TFT screen

SIM card type: microSIM

Storage space: 16GB (supporting TF card expansion)

RAM：2GB

Connection: Bluetooth ®, Wi Fi ® IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, Micro USB, 3.5mm audio interface

Camera: 13 million pixel stack F/2.2 aperture, 2 million front.

Battery: 2330mAh, non detachable

Others: NFC

Size: 139x71x7.9mm

Weight: 146g

From the configuration point of view, Xperia Z is the same as other flagship phones APQ8064+1080P With such "conventional" configuration, we know that Sony has always had a good level of optimization. How will Xperia Z perform this time?

Theoretical score

Scores can only give us a reference, which does not represent the absolute performance of mobile phones. Because many mobile phones have "high scores but low energy", here we also use some objective test software to make a preliminary evaluation of Xperia Z's performance.

Antu rabbit evaluation

In fact, the evaluation of Anthare is "entertaining", but it is still instructive to compare its performance with the same SoC. The performance of Xperia Z is at the normal level of APQ8064, successfully surpassing 20000 ▼

3D evaluation of Anthare

Anthura 3D test is a special test that Anthura separates the 3D performance evaluation in Anthura's evaluation. The performance measurement of the mobile phone GPU is relatively objective. Xperia Z performs normally in this software. The resolution is lower than other 1080P handsets due to the virtual key. ▼

GLBenchmark

A professional GPU test software that can objectively measure the computing performance of GPU. Xperia Z performs well in this test, playing the normal level of Adreno 320 ▼

Vellamo

Vellamo is a software launched by Qualcomm to test the HTML performance of web pages. The score of Xperia Z is relatively high, and the performance of HTML5 has reached 2200 ▼

Web page test

With the popularity of large screen mobile phones, many mobile users are accustomed to using mobile phones to browse web pages, so we value the performance of web pages. Since browser testing is closely related to the performance of the browser itself, Chrome Beta V26 is used for testing.

Sunspider

Sunspider is a test to measure the browsing performance of web Javascript. The lower the score, the better. Xperia Z's performance is average, at 1300ms level ▼

Google V8 Javascript

This test is similar to Sunspider in nature, but less authoritative than Sunspider. Xperia Z's performance is general ▼

Video soft solution test

As usual, the author still uses a 1080P 60fps ref=16 video as a test item. The number of frames decoded by BSPlayer 1.8 software is about 24 frames, which also reaches the average level of APQ8064 ▼

Game Test

The current 3D large-scale games have high requirements for the GPU capability of mobile phones, especially some games with high requirements are called "hardware killers", especially the recently launched Top Speed 17, Real Racing 3 and Blade Slinger, which pose a major problem for the GPU capability of mobile phones. Back to the mobile phone itself, Xperia Z uses the Adreno 320 GPU with a 1080P (virtual keys take up a certain amount of screen space, so the game resolution is actually less than 1080P) screen. How will it behave in the game?

Top Speed Car 17

EA's classic racing game has the highest picture quality and high load in mobile games. Xperia Z only has 21 frames, so it doesn't run smoothly ▼

Real Racing 3

The newly launched high quality racing game of EA company has very high requirements for GPU. Xperia Z only has an average level of 20 frames, and its operation is not smooth ▼

Wild drag racing 7 (1.0.5)

The reason why the 1.0.5 version is emphasized is that this latest version has re evaluated the image quality of the Qualcomm GPU. In the past, the Qualcomm GPU was in low special effects, but this time it finally turned over. Adreno 320 has excellent image quality in this version of Wild Racing 7. Of course, good picture quality brings higher requirements for performance. Xperia Z basically reaches the playable range ▼ at about 27 frames on average in this game (there will be a certain gap between different scenes and runways)

Blade Slinger

This is a newly launched action game, which is known as the best picture quality of mobile games. From the picture, it is indeed the best player of mobile games. Adreno 320's special effects in this game are also extremely excellent, and the frame performance is also good, which can meet the smooth requirements ▼

wild blood

Blood of the Wild is a great action game in 2012. However, due to the poor optimization of Android devices, no device can run smoothly so far. The number of frames of Xperia Z can not escape the curse of Android in this game, with only an average of 24 frames ▼

Modern Warfare 4

Since this game has not been updated as the Wild Racing 7, the support for Adreno 320 is still insufficient, and the overall image quality is at a relatively low level, so Adreno 320 can also cope with the 1080 level, with an average frame number of more than 30 ▼

Temple Escape: Wizard of Devil Kingdom

This is the latest version of the classic parkour game Temple Escape, which has greatly improved the image compared with the previous one, and also pulled down many mobile phones with poor GPU performance. Xperia Z performs well in this game, maintaining the full frame level for a long time ▼

temperature

The temperature control of APQ8064 mobile phones is not so good. We also tested the temperature of Xperia Z. After running the large game for half an hour, the surface temperature reached about 40 degrees Celsius (mobile phones are empty) ▼

Endurance

For the 5-inch 1080P+high-frequency quad core processor, the 2330Ah battery is a little insufficient. In practical use, Xperia Z's endurance performance is moderate. After 40 minutes of games, it dropped from 92% to 67% ▼

After about 35 minutes of web browsing, from 67% to 56% ▼

summary

From the performance of 1080P+APQ8064 devices and Xperia Z tested in the past, we are not surprised by this combination. In terms of general performance, the performance of APQ8064 is basically satisfactory, but the performance in the game test is not satisfactory. Some games with high special effects have experienced serious problems after being upgraded to 1080P resolution. For 1080P devices, there is no "performance surplus". What we need to solve now is the improvement of GPU performance. Even the Snapdragon 600 has almost no improvement in graphics performance compared with APQ8064. Therefore, we expect the actual performance of Exynos 5410, Tegra 4, Z2580 and other GPUs with relatively strong SoCs.

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