Common Galaxy S4 uses Exynos 5410 and Snapdragon 600 SoCs, which we have also done I9500 and I9505 Comparative test of. With the launch of Snapdragon 800, Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 LTE-A based on MSM8974 in time The mobile phone was also evaluated for the first time.
The first test was BrowserMark. The Galaxy S4 LTE-A did not improve much compared with the original Galaxy S4, but the second place winner, Vega IRON (namely Fantai A870) ▼, surprised people
The common web page Javascript test Sunspider, Galaxy S4 LTE-A performance is very powerful, has exceeded the A15 architecture Galaxy S4 ▼
Geekbench 2, Galaxy S4 LTE-A also led the way in running points, greatly surpassing other mobile phones ▼
Looking at the breakdown, we can see that the advantages of Galaxy S4 LTE-A are mainly RAM ▼
Next is the popular Anthare 3D. Under onscreen test, the Adreno 330+1080P combination still failed to win the iPhone 5. Of course, it is still a lot ahead of other Android ▼
However, after the off screen, the situation has reversed. The Galaxy S4 has surpassed the Galaxy S4 LTE-A, and it is estimated that A15 has frequency reduction in Onscreen (I personally measured that I9500 can reach about 9000). So we can think that the performance of Galaxy S4 LTE-A and Galaxy S4 is basically the same in Anthare 3D ▼
GFXBench 2.7.2， This test Galaxy S4 LTE-A is enough to stand out from the rest of the world (Tegra 4 tested by me is only 16fps in Offscreen) ▼
The Galaxy S4 LTE-A still performed well in the Icestorm test of 3DMark, and its graphics scores greatly exceeded those of mobile phones using Adreno 320 and SGX544MP3, but its physical effects were not as good as those of other high-end mobile phones. I guess it was a problem of frequency reduction and optimization ▼
The result of Icestorm Extreme test is the same. The graphics score of Galaxy S4 LTE-A is much higher than that of other mobile phones, while the physical score of Galaxy S4 is much higher than that of Galaxy S4 LTE-A ▼
Playwares also tested the frequency reduction problem of MSM8974. Through 13 times of rabbit running and observing the score change chart, we can see that the frequency reduction problem of Snapdragon 800 is also worthy of our attention ▼
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From the test of playwares, the GPU of Snapdragon 800 shows the dominant performance, while the CPU performance is commendable. The only suspense is how serious its frequency reduction problem is and how much it will affect our daily use. We will also get the Galaxy S4 LTE-A soon, and we can pay attention to our detailed evaluation for further testing.
