The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review
by Joshua Ho on October 15, 2014 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Samsung
- Android
- Mobile
- Galaxy Note 4
GPU Performance
While CPU benchmarks are currently a bit poor in nature, our GPU benchmarks are definitely more helpful when comparing between devices and across platforms. In the case of the Galaxy Note 4 with a Snapdragon 805 we see the same Adreno 420 GPU clocked at 600 MHz that is also used in the Galaxy S5 LTE-A so performance should be relatively similar.
Once again, the Galaxy Note 4's GPU performance line up quite closely with what we expect from the Adreno 420. However, due to the higher 1440p resolution the performance improvements from the Adreno 420 are relatively small or none at all unless the application renders at 1080p.
NAND Performance
While NAND performance is generally an area where it's important to avoid dipping too low, there's are some cases that seem to improve in responsiveness with faster NAND, such as updating apps in the background while doing other tasks or similar cases where data committed to NAND becomes relatively random. In order to test this we use Androbench with some custom settings.
As one can see in the test results, Samsung continues to stay near the front of the pack when it comes to NAND performance. One shouldn't expect storage performance to become a bottleneck on this device.
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reininop - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
I agree on some points. When he describes in one sentence how the UI is "surprisingly functional", it implies some degree of expectation that the UI was broken before he even reviewed it. In the next sentence, he then describes the much more functional Iphone 6 software stack.I have not used either so the statement maybe be completely factual, but I have to take it with a grain of salt when there is obvious bias in the previous statement.
grayson_carr - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
Doesn't he say the Note 4 software is more functional, but the iPhone 6 Plus software is more polished? I would have to agree with that having used both phones.theduckofdeath - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
All other sites are complaining about the lack of polish for the iPhone 6 plus, that nothing is optimised for the large display. In contrast, everything is optimised for the large display on the Note 4. So, yeah, I agree with the OP. Anandtech has been suffering from acute RDF for several years.tralalalalalala40 - Saturday, October 18, 2014 - link
10 thousand+ apps have already updated on iOS to support large display in iP6. Apps will catch up much faster than expected.melgross - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
Um, about the same.tralalalalalala40 - Saturday, October 18, 2014 - link
zug zug the battery is better because it has more Li ions zug zugreality: battery life depends of efficiency of calculations
clumsyalex - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
Hey these photos/videos were taken at UCLA!kmmatney - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
Yep! I spent many years there getting my BS and MS in Materials Science (1988 - 1994). The building on the right didn't exist when I was there. I think that's Sproul Hall in the distance.kokono - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
Why Apple is still faster??It has only a double core cpu and no RAM..
melgross - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
Different philosophy. Instead of using four weak cores, they use two strong ones. Comlanies using eight cores generally are using four BIG, and four LITTLE. All of those cores are weaker yet. There's just so much you can do with similarly sized chips.