The Nexus 6 Review
by Brandon Chester on November 12, 2014 1:00 PM ESTGPU Performance
CPU benchmarks in the mobile world are still somewhat poor and can be hard to use to compare devices across different operating systems and hardware platforms. Thankfully, GPU benchmarks are less influenced by a device's operating system and are more helpful in comparing different devices. Like all Snapdragon 805 devices, the Nexus 6 uses an Adreno 420 GPU clocked at 600MHz.
The GPU performance of the Nexus 6 is what is expected from Qualcomm's Adreno 420. Offscreen benchmarks run at 1080p show significant performance gains over the previous generation. Like with the Galaxy Note 4, the increased display resolution causes onscreen benchmarks to give roughly the same performance as 1080p devices that use the Adreno 330.
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Chaser - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
If battery life matters there are better choices besides both those phones.Shftup - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Hi, can you validate the build, etc:Android Version: 5.0
Build Number: LRX21I
Kernel Version: 3.10.40-gb2ab3cc
Thanks
Kensei - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Is the Nexus 6 meant to be the next version of the Nexus 5.... or will there be an update to the Nexus 5 down the road?meowmanjack - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Were you able to test wireless charging at all? I'm curious if Motorola included an alignment magnet near the coil so it plays nice with the Nexus 5's wireless charging pad.mpokwsths - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
I don't see NAND benchmarks. In all previous reviews they were present. Could it be because of the performance doubling that Lollipop brought (in all the Nexus devices) using the same Androbench app? When, in a previous review, I mentioned that, the answer I got was "it is probably a dev preview incompatibility". Now we have the final Lollipop release...mpokwsths - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Or maybe that performance if only under Lollipop accurate???To the readers that haven't heard anything about that:
http://www.anandtech.com/comments/8613/the-samsung...
Brandon Chester - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
If you read the Misc section you'll see that the results were inaccurate when I tried to test, as in they were insanely slow, not fast.p-zilla - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Brandon, this is almost definitely due to having disk encryption on. Can you encrypt a Nexus 5 and do a comparison?tipoo - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Look at the Ars Technica review. Storage performance isn't looking that hot, slower sequential reads probably are responsible for some of the slowness opening apps.Chaser - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - link
Imagine all the people that pre-ordered this phone. I recently bought the Sony Xperia Z3. Amazing phone with unprecedented battery life. Mostly because Sony's designers made a smart move and didn't fall for the Quad HD hype bandwagon. It has a brilliantly bright and vivid display and in the tradition of Sony, absolutely outstanding audio quality that I can take in the shower with me if I choose :)