The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge Review
by Joshua Ho on April 17, 2015 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Samsung
- Mobile
- Galaxy S6
- Galaxy S6 Edge
System Performance Cont'd: GPU Performance
As previously mentioned, the Galaxy S6 uses a Mali T760MP8 clocked at 772 MHz, which should provide a healthy improvement in GPU performance over the Exynos 5433. To test this, we run through our standard suite of game-style GPU benchmarks. However, there are still some CPU benchmarks present within these tests such as the 3DMark physics test. In general though, a strong GPU is needed to perform well in these tests. For those interested in an architectural deep-dive of the Mali T760, I would refer to Ryan’s article on the Midgard architecture for more information.
The Galaxy S6 starts out fairly strong in 3DMark. Overall performance is boosted by a chart-topping physics score, while pure graphics performance trails a bit. In this case the S6 is roughly on par with the iPhone 6 Plus, but would have to close quite a gap to catch up to the HTC One (M9).
BaseMark X finds the S6 the runaway winner. The phone is well ahead in both the Dunes and Hangar test, beating the next-best phones (primarily Adreno 420/430 based) by 25% or more depending on the test. The increase over the S5 is especially remarkable; Samsung has more than doubled their performance in this benchmark in barely a year.
GFXBench 3.0 is another strong showing for the S6. In both offscreen tests it's 15% or more ahead of the next closest phone, which is once again the HTC One (M9). Meanwhile compared once more to the S5, Samsung's performance has more than doubled. Consequently even the onscreen tests show significant gains, as the GPU performance gain more than outstrips the additional performance required to drive the higher resolution 1440p AMOLED display of the S6.
Overall, as we can see the performance of the S6 is in line for what is expected from its Mali T760MP8 configuration. Interestingly though the phone's performance exceeds the scaling we'd expect from adding two shader cores and increasing frequency to 772 MHz, as compared to the Exynos 5433-powered Note 4 Exynos. This suggests that the Exynos 5433's GPU was bandwidth-limited to some extent, in addition to any possible thermal throttling that would occur over the course of a GFXBench run. But I suspect we'll have to save the deep dive for a future article as I can't take the review unit apart to find out.
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FlushedBubblyJock - Friday, April 24, 2015 - link
who are you kidding, yourselves ?YEARS AGO our big gov sucked all your data, and has been ever since
retroactive and completely illegal pardons were then issued
Frankly I'd rather he laws and the reality be that the idiot criminal government never be able to get anything, and the fact that they are sucking down everything all the time means I can't wait for it to stop
It's a principle, not a crime, sheep
They have no right to anything, EVER, that's what law abiding citizens DEMAND.
yvn - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
I compared the edge to my iPhone 6 plus display and find still the display of the edge is still too saturated even in basic mode, how so...according to the benchmarks the display should be as good as the 6 plus but it was not, the color accuracy is still not as accurate??FlamingDragon810 - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
Maybe because you're so used to the washed-out colors on your iPhone 6?The S6 has the most color-accurate display on the market. It's far better than the cheap IPS display on the iPhone 6.
yvn - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
it is not true, my iPhone 6 plus display matches spot on with my calibrated iMac 27" screen via Spider 4 and Color Eyes Display Pro....so no Sir you are the one that is used to oversaturated colors on Samsung phones.....I am a full time photographer so I know a thing or two about accurate colorsFlamingDragon810 - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/200868-displayma...You're a full-time photographer who is used to washed-out colors from Apple.
Peichen - Saturday, April 18, 2015 - link
Ignore the troll. Both S6 and 6+ screen are accurate but S6 have lower white point than 6+. I am not sure about the color mode and adaptive color setting on the phone. I would suggest you wait for Erica Griffin's full review to come out on YouTube as she review color mode in detail. She only have hands-on review at the moment.generalako - Saturday, April 18, 2015 - link
You clearly don't know what the hell you are talking about. Read this review of the screen of the S6 by Displaymate (the only actual and legitimate display-tester out there): http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S6_ShootOut_1.ht...The Galaxy S6 (like the Note 4) has by far the best display out there.
" The measured Absolute Color Error for the Galaxy S6 Basic Screen Mode is just 1.6 JNCD, tied with the Galaxy Note 4 as the most color accurate display that we have ever measured for a Smartphone or Tablet, which is visually indistinguishable from perfect, and is very likely considerably better than your living room TV or any display that you own.
assasinezio34 - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
i have sold my s6 after 7 painful day.i really loved this phone.camera,screen exc..but battery life drove me crazy.returned to my iphone6 plus.Margalus - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
I have never owned an apple product, and thought I never would. But after my experiences with the s4 and the android os things might be different next time. I still don't like apple and don't really want an iphone. I am a very light user, it's mostly for phone calls. What good is a phone that on it's best day will last about 16 hours. Then on other days with occasional bugs that cause the OS to go crazy and use the battery up in 4-5 hours with no usage..UrQuan3 - Friday, April 17, 2015 - link
Overall excellent review. I still really appreciate the screen color and gamut testing. It sets Anandtech apart. What equipment are you looking for to do audio testing? In my case, I am more interested in the headphone output than the speakers as I can't use the speakers in public anyway.