The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review
by Joshua Ho on September 17, 2014 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Motorola
- Android
- Mobile
CPU and General Performance
By now, the choice of SoC has become a major focus in every smartphone. While it may not be clear how to use more compute with every generation, it’s generally accepted that stronger CPU and GPU performance is better, especially if it means that there is a power advantage in race to sleep tasks. In the case of the new Moto X we see a Snapdragon 801 SoC with CPU clocked at 2.5 GHz and a GPU clocked at 578 MHz. At this point, there's really not too much to talk about in this SoC as we've reviewed multiple devices with the same exact part.
Currently, our test suite relies upon a combination of browser and gaming benchmarks to get a good idea of total performance. However, it’s important to note that the Android results are only comparable to other Android phones as the stock browser will have specific optimizations that aren’t found in Chrome. We’ll start with the browser benchmarks first.
In the browser benchmarks, we see that the new Moto X falls right where we expect it to for the Snapdragon 801. It's plenty fast, and I don't expect any differences in CPU performance between Snapdragon 801 and 805 devices. This is unlikely to be a point of differentiation until Snapdragon 810 and beyond come into play. We'll take a look at Basemark OS II next, which is a general system performance benchmark.
Here, we once again see that there's not much different in terms of performance. We'll turn to the gaming benchmarks next to get a good idea of what to expect from the GPU.
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knightspawn1138 - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link
We all know that nobody is allowed to release a review of an Apple product until the ghost of Steve Jobs has had a chance to convince the reviewer that there's something groundbreaking about a phone that's following all the same trends as the rest of the smartphone field (bigger display, less power draw from a smaller, more efficient SoC, and more room for a larger battery). And he has yet to convince me that a smartphone is worth Apple's price without expandable memory.darwinosx - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link
You don't know anything about iPhones.Most Android devices don't have expandable memory.
The latest iPhones goes to 128GB of fast and reliable contagious memory.
Google does not want Android phones to have expandable memory because they know it sucks.
Why did you post if you don't know anything?
sprockkets - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link
Speak for yourself apple troll. All you ever do is troll any article dealing with Android.GFY.
Kenneth2011 - Thursday, September 18, 2014 - link
I don't think I want any contagious memory, reliable or otherwise... My own is quite enough, thank you.probedb - Thursday, September 18, 2014 - link
No phone has expandable memory that I know off, you can't just put a couple of sticks of DDR3 in a phone. Some Android phones have a memory card slot, that's it.lypanov - Thursday, September 25, 2014 - link
I just wanted to inform you that as blatantly nonsensical as your claims are, and as bad as the products you defend are for many use cases... it's not possible to get cooties from iPhones.alex2 - Friday, September 19, 2014 - link
That is so not true. I have no idea where you get your info from.. The device is not even out for testing yet. That's the real reason. Not the shit android fanboy info you just spat out. Jesus.. That's a new low... Also, remember that you started this when it wasn't even called for. And no, I'm not an apple fanboy in case you get the idea to reply with that juvenile nonsense. Writing this from my Moto G!DeciusStrabo - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link
Anand surely could have hooked up his old site with a few phones...Review embargo for pre-release phones all the sites Apple likes have gotten has been lifted today.
ruggia - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link
it's quite rare for Anandtech to release mobile reviews at the day of embargo lift (including this one)good things take time. it always has.
dsraa - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link
Seriously no cares that you are 'first'. Even if you are being sarcastic, which is how your comment reads, it still doesn't matter, and no-one still cares....and yes I took the time to write this, but only because I am generally annoyed at this current trend of idiots who still think commenting 'first' is actually col, and to gloat about, as if it really matters........Then there's the slight slight possibility that you made the comment just to annoy others, which for that I can see the valid logic. :)