Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) Performance Preview: Qualcomm Mobile Development Tablet Tested
by Brian Klug on June 18, 2013 8:00 PM ESTBasemark X
Basemark X is a new addition to our mobile GPU benchmark suite. There are no low level tests here, just some game simulation tests run at both onscreen (device resolution) and offscreen (1080p, no vsync) settings. The scene complexity is far closer to GLBenchmark 2.7 than the new 3DMark Ice Storm benchmark, so frame rates are pretty low:
Once again we see absolutely tremendous increases in performance if we look at Basemark X. Adreno 330 improves performance over Adreno 320 by 95%, the advantage over PowerVR SGX 544MP3 is also quite impressive. Snapdragon 800 also holds a 41% performance advantage over Apple's A6X in the iPad 4 (PowerVR SGX 554M4).
Epic Citadel
Epic's Citadel benchmark gives us a good indication of lighter workload, v-sync limited performance at native resolution. At 1080p, the Snapdragon 800 MDP/T offers over 50% better performance than the Snapdragon 600 based platforms. Granted we're comparing to smartphones here so there's some thermal advantage playing to the 800's favor.
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Glindon - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
I wonder how Rouge is going to compare to this. My guess is Apple will ship a rouge powered iPhone and iPad before devices start shipping with Qualcomm.xTRICKYxx - Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - link
Do you mean Rogue?Glindon - Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - link
Doh! Yeah, Rogue.MrCommunistGen - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
*Drool* I also love the level of transparency we're getting from Qualcomm even compared to a product cycle or two ago.bleh0 - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
From what I'm seeing here this an amazing chip overall. That GPU really surprised me but I'm gonna wait till the battery life/power draw can be tested.nunomoreira10 - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
if this thing keeps it´s power restrained to 3-4 watts the gpu perfomance per watts is astonishing.Alketi - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
Wow, crushing performance. Two things stand-out.1. It's beating it's almost doubling it's closest Android competitor on some benchmarks.
2. A 1-year old Apple chip is still killing some benchmarks.
Way more exciting than the ~15% x86 gains / year.
One thing's for sure, the upcoming ARM-based HTPC's are going to absolutely kick ass.
jeffkro - Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - link
The hardware is getting there for ARM HTPC but we need an Android OS with DVR functionality.karasaj - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
And this is why I'm dying to get an internship with Qualcomm next summer... they're going to become the Intel of mobile :)tuxRoller - Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - link
They already are. Look at they're market cap.