The ASUS ROG Phone II Review: Mobile Gaming First, Phone Second
by Dr. Ian Cutress on September 30, 2019 11:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Mobile
- Asus
- Qualcomm
- Smartphones
- ROG
- RGB
- Snapdragon 855 Plus
- ROG Phone II
GPU Performance
As always with the GPU testing we do here, how a device ends up in the results is pretty much equally impacted by the SoC microarchitecture and GPU itself as it is by other factors such as software thermal throttling configurations as well as the hardware design of the phone – whether it can properly dissipate the heat from the SoC to the body of the phone.
We’re testing the ROG Phone II both in the default mode as well as the X Mode to determine any differences.
In the Physics test of 3DMark we see a difference in the reported peak performance of the RP2 depending on whether X Mode is on or off. Oddly enough, this has zero impact on the sustained performance scores as they end up nigh identical, pointing out that the X Mode doesn’t look to have any large impact on the thermal throttling of the phone, at least on the side of the CPU.
In the graphics tests, the ROG Phone II is dominating and is clearly posting the highest performance among any smartphone out there when it comes to its sustained performance. The device is able to distinguish itself from the rest thanks to the increased GPU frequency of the Snapdragon 855+ SoC.
Furthermore, the phone doesn’t look like it throttles much at all on the GPU side of things, and the behaviour is similar to that of the OPPO Reno 10x and the OnePlus 7 Pro. Of course, this also comes at a cost of extremely high device temperatures again – the phone’s internal temperature sensor in ASUS’s own monitoring tools showcased temps of in excess of 55°C, and the phone would burn through one’s finger if held at the hottest spots.
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
75 Comments
View All Comments
Doc Rob - Monday, September 30, 2019 - link
the only reason I do not buy one of the ROG phones is simply I NEED wifi calling on tmobile.. I do no want to try and use other apps etc.. allow the use of voLTE and WIFI calling and it would open the market up for many more consumers.Kishoreshack - Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - link
Volte is enabled & WiFi Calling tooyou might have got wrong memo
TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, December 26, 2019 - link
Not in the USA it isntPeachNCream - Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - link
Alternatively, if you use Skype you can pay a fairly minimal amount of money to get a phone number and that will work both over WiFi and cellular data as a VoIP phone. It may fill your needs and mitigate the need for native WiFi calling support on the device.Kishoreshack - Monday, September 30, 2019 - link
@iancutress Where is the Display Analysis?Very sad you skipped on it
s.yu - Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - link
There's also a ton of mistakes in the spec sheet.It's 128/8GB or 1TB/12GB, there is no 256GB variant but there seems to be a 512GB one.
It's UFS3.0 not 2.1.
There are two C ports, which is highly unique but not noted.
Possibly other mistakes.
Death666Angel - Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - link
Probably some copy-paste issues in the table. And the second USB C port is mentioned on the first page below the picture of the connector.s.yu - Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - link
Yeah it was most certainly noted elsewhere, but the spec sheet should be comprehensive.Kishoreshack - Monday, September 30, 2019 - link
Why there is no display analysisNever seen Anandtech such an important aspect
Kishoreshack - Monday, September 30, 2019 - link
Ian Cutress you should have let Andrei do the display analysis or the review itselfhalf review is never expected from Anandtech