Samsung's recent announcement of the Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor for some versions of its Galaxy 4 smartphone may lead to disappointment for some. But new benchmark tests prove that the Snapdragon 600 processor scores high results, even beating the popular Apple iPhone 5.
The iPhone 5 features a custom-made 1.3 GHz dual-core Apple A6 that's manufactured by Samsung and is an improvement on the A5 chip, which used more power. iPhone users were extremely happy with the speed and fluidity of the phone and Apple managed to offer consumers double the processing speed shown in the A5 chip.
As reported by Macrumors, recent benchmark results show that the 1.9 GHz Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor blows the A6 out of the water. In a Geekbench 2 test comparison among various phones, the iPhone 5 received a score of 1596. The Galaxy S4 test results trumped the iPhone 5 with a score of 3163, almost double — Apple fanboys should be jealous.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 will reportedly feature the 1.6 GHz Exynos 5 Octa eight-core processor for select regions. Markets such as the U.S., Canada and Sweden will see the Galaxy S4 with the 1.9 GHz Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor instead. With benchmarks that beat some of the most popular smartphones on the market today, the Snapdragon 600 has excellent performance capabilities.
A smartphone is only as good as its hardware and its ability to function seamlessly and make your life that much easier. Consumers are hip these days and look at phone specs, just as they would do when buying a computer. The first question that usually comes to mind is what processor the phone runs on. Although the Exynos eight-core processor boasts power management qualities, the 1.9 GHz Snapdragon 600 quad-core is a heavy duty processor that beats most phones in performance. Apple may have to do what it did with the A5 chip and double the performance of the chip for the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6 just to catch up with Samsung.
