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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dunemessiah - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
No GPU comparisons to Tegra K1?snake2332 - Thursday, October 23, 2014 - link
Probably because the K1 is considered a tablet-only technology for now, at least until it shows up in a phone/phablet.the snob - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
Could Amadtech include a more detailed analysis of the display technology of future phone reviews?I felt that in this regard, reviews from Displaymate trumps Anandtech. But while Displaymate reviews are more specialised and offer much more infomation, their reviews tend to be for popular phones which can generate hits and publicities for themselves. It might be Anadtech's interest to up their depth in this regard.
But other than that, I must say I am enjoying Post-Anand Anandtech as much as before. Good job Joshua, I hope Anadtech will go a long ways in their review contributions.
the snob - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
I kept spelling "Anandtech" wrongly, my most sincere apologies! : )edwardjames2014 - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
Actually, a lot of people were wrong about big phones. When Samsung first came out with the Note in 2011,I wasn’t the only one who laughed at the idea of a 5.3-inch smartphone. But I was wrong.This is trendency! The Note 4 is the most comfortable large-screened phone, Case for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 htt p://www.ca secoco.com/?031fackamato - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
Can we please get the OnePlus One in the charts as well?tralalalalalala40 - Saturday, October 18, 2014 - link
vapor phones? who cares about a phone with 10k users worldwide?Phantasmal - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
Is there the latency shot charts/graphs in the article because I don't seem to see them. Thanks.SydneyBlue120d - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
I'd like to know more about audio quality and about the MDM9x35 real world performance. Thanks.heartinpiece - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
Will you be reviewing the Exynos version as well?If i'm not mistaken, it sports a A53+A57 (but running 32bit Android)