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Intel Merrifield SoC benchmark scores online
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/31/2012 02:04 PM | 25 comment(s) ]
Interesting, some benchmark score of Intel's Redhookbay, which is equipped with a dual-core Merrifield SoC (for smartphones), hit the web. In the graphics performance NenaMark2 benchmark the chip reaches a score of 58.30 fps (but that might be limited due to a 60 FPS cap). In the more general AnTuTu benchmark it scores 31612 points (!) and that is nearly three times as much as the Exynos 4412 based Samsung Galaxy S III and the Tegra 3 based HTC One X.
Redhookbay is shown as running Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean, with a 1280 x 720 resolution display and the multi-core Merrifield, which scored 31,612 on AnTuTu benchmark. The processor is between 1.6GHz and 2GHz. The reported GPU is a PowerVR SGX 544MP. Unlike the Medfield, Merrifield offers 4G LTE support.
So far, performance tests of the demo handsets have been impressive, but power consumption is also a critical factor and Intel has yet to disclose full details of Medfield's performance in this critical area.
The Intel Merrifield SoC is anticipated to be revealed in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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#4491044 Posted on: 12/31/2012 11:51 PM
Out of battery will come next after famious out of memory.
Well sayd tsunami.
Out of battery will come next after famious out of memory.
Well sayd tsunami.
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#4491089 Posted on: 01/01/2013 01:48 AM
Don't put too much stock in the idea of massive power consumption, the current - quite old - Intel smartphone chips are very competitive with current generation ARM equivalents and there's no reason to expect that this chip wouldn't compare well to A15-based ARM designs.
Say what you will about Intel but they are industry leaders in both design and manufacturing, have almost unlimited funds compared to ARM and haven't gone wrong since the P4.
Don't put too much stock in the idea of massive power consumption, the current - quite old - Intel smartphone chips are very competitive with current generation ARM equivalents and there's no reason to expect that this chip wouldn't compare well to A15-based ARM designs.
Say what you will about Intel but they are industry leaders in both design and manufacturing, have almost unlimited funds compared to ARM and haven't gone wrong since the P4.
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#4491092 Posted on: 01/01/2013 02:02 AM
smartphone makers seem to ignore 2 important components....memory and battery. All the processing power in the world doesn't make up for lack of memory or lack of battery.
smartphone makers seem to ignore 2 important components....memory and battery. All the processing power in the world doesn't make up for lack of memory or lack of battery.
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#4491097 Posted on: 01/01/2013 02:11 AM
Basically this, while Intel is getting better at battery efficiency, they only beat ARM variants with a single-core SoC. Not sure if Intel can keep the power consumption down with multiple cores.
I agree with everyone about battery, I rather trade better battery life over super performance. Performance is important but battery life should be paramount.
Companies like Intel, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Broadcom and etc. need to focus on designing better baseband radios than focus on SoC performance. They all do baseband radios and SoCs, they should make the former much more energy efficient. While displays eat the most battery, baseband radios are probably 2nd on that list. They eat battery like no tomorrow.
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smartphone makers seem to ignore 2 important components....memory and battery. All the processing power in the world doesn't make up for lack of memory or lack of battery.
Basically this, while Intel is getting better at battery efficiency, they only beat ARM variants with a single-core SoC. Not sure if Intel can keep the power consumption down with multiple cores.
I agree with everyone about battery, I rather trade better battery life over super performance. Performance is important but battery life should be paramount.
Companies like Intel, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Broadcom and etc. need to focus on designing better baseband radios than focus on SoC performance. They all do baseband radios and SoCs, they should make the former much more energy efficient. While displays eat the most battery, baseband radios are probably 2nd on that list. They eat battery like no tomorrow.
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#4491113 Posted on: 01/01/2013 03:19 AM
waits for the day the power goes out, and everyone has nothing to do* cause our technology just got paper weighted.
Phones went from phones to being lil computers to people cant live with out them. technology is great bad also bad all at the same time. Would love one of them new phones,but i barely use the phone i have so why get new one.
waits for the day the power goes out, and everyone has nothing to do* cause our technology just got paper weighted.
Phones went from phones to being lil computers to people cant live with out them. technology is great bad also bad all at the same time. Would love one of them new phones,but i barely use the phone i have so why get new one.
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#4491115 Posted on: 01/01/2013 03:23 AM
Basically this, while Intel is getting better at battery efficiency, they only beat ARM variants with a single-core SoC. Not sure if Intel can keep the power consumption down with multiple cores.
I agree with everyone about battery, I rather trade better battery life over super performance. Performance is important but battery life should be paramount.
Companies like Intel, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Broadcom and etc. need to focus on designing better baseband radios than focus on SoC performance. They all do baseband radios and SoCs, they should make the former much more energy efficient. While displays eat the most battery, baseband radios are probably 2nd on that list. They eat battery like no tomorrow.
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The number of people who buy a phone for the battery life are almost non-existent. Battery life isn't sexy, battery life doesn't sell.
Basically this, while Intel is getting better at battery efficiency, they only beat ARM variants with a single-core SoC. Not sure if Intel can keep the power consumption down with multiple cores.
I agree with everyone about battery, I rather trade better battery life over super performance. Performance is important but battery life should be paramount.
Companies like Intel, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Broadcom and etc. need to focus on designing better baseband radios than focus on SoC performance. They all do baseband radios and SoCs, they should make the former much more energy efficient. While displays eat the most battery, baseband radios are probably 2nd on that list. They eat battery like no tomorrow.
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The number of people who buy a phone for the battery life are almost non-existent. Battery life isn't sexy, battery life doesn't sell.
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#4491134 Posted on: 01/01/2013 04:28 AM
Don't know who you've been talking to but the #1 complaint I hear about phones these days is about the short battery life and forgetting chargers at home.
This is from regular people and tech savvy people, they all want a phone that lasts longer on a single charge.
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The number of people who buy a phone for the battery life are almost non-existent. Battery life isn't sexy, battery life doesn't sell.
Don't know who you've been talking to but the #1 complaint I hear about phones these days is about the short battery life and forgetting chargers at home.
This is from regular people and tech savvy people, they all want a phone that lasts longer on a single charge.
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#4491156 Posted on: 01/01/2013 05:30 AM
If my HTC Trophy can last 5 days (and it actually has) on a single charge without using the battery saver feature.....there's no reason other "smartphones" can't last at least full 2 days without using a battery saver feature. My Samsung Galaxy Stellar needs that feature enabled to get past 1 day..... My Trophy hasn't been charged in 3 days and it's battery indicator is showing 49% battery remaining with an estimated time remaining of 2days 23hrs....
If my HTC Trophy can last 5 days (and it actually has) on a single charge without using the battery saver feature.....there's no reason other "smartphones" can't last at least full 2 days without using a battery saver feature. My Samsung Galaxy Stellar needs that feature enabled to get past 1 day..... My Trophy hasn't been charged in 3 days and it's battery indicator is showing 49% battery remaining with an estimated time remaining of 2days 23hrs....
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#4491168 Posted on: 01/01/2013 06:18 AM
I can talk on my phone for 1 hr a day and it will still last a minimum of 2 weeks. If I don't talk on it I don't have to charge it for over a month easy. Gotta love old phones that can't even get online and only a 1.2 mp camera
I can talk on my phone for 1 hr a day and it will still last a minimum of 2 weeks. If I don't talk on it I don't have to charge it for over a month easy. Gotta love old phones that can't even get online and only a 1.2 mp camera
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#4491226 Posted on: 01/01/2013 10:53 AM
@Hilbert - actually, your score comparison with the s3 and one x is slightly inaccurate.
recently, antutu updated their scoring system to accomodate for the differences between a9, krait and a15 cores. so the scores are now different.
my note 2 now scores 18300, a galaxy s3 scores 16301, and a htc one x scores 14022.
so the new intel chip is only about twice as fast as the s3. still a big difference though.
@Hilbert - actually, your score comparison with the s3 and one x is slightly inaccurate.
recently, antutu updated their scoring system to accomodate for the differences between a9, krait and a15 cores. so the scores are now different.
my note 2 now scores 18300, a galaxy s3 scores 16301, and a htc one x scores 14022.
so the new intel chip is only about twice as fast as the s3. still a big difference though.
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#4491282 Posted on: 01/01/2013 01:37 PM
I care more about battery life than about pure performance, that´s why i´ve bought an Xperia Ray that lasts an entire week on a single charge on light duty, of course.
But like some people already said performance sells more than anything else even if that performance only shows up in benchmarks...
As for Intel SOCs, sooner or later they are going to get it right and then ARM and their partners better watch out.
I care more about battery life than about pure performance, that´s why i´ve bought an Xperia Ray that lasts an entire week on a single charge on light duty, of course.
But like some people already said performance sells more than anything else even if that performance only shows up in benchmarks...
As for Intel SOCs, sooner or later they are going to get it right and then ARM and their partners better watch out.
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#4491480 Posted on: 01/01/2013 07:42 PM
It also depends on the signal strength of the area you're in. For example, since I'm with a regional carrier, signal's not at full bars everywhere, thus requiring the baseband to use more power to sustain a signal. Your baseband will erode any power savings that you attain by taxing the processor less (baseband consumes much more power than your SoC anyways).
This same can be said on nationwide carriers in Canada as well, unless you live in the city core (which I don't), signal is not perfect which affects battery life too.
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If my HTC Trophy can last 5 days (and it actually has) on a single charge without using the battery saver feature.....there's no reason other "smartphones" can't last at least full 2 days without using a battery saver feature. My Samsung Galaxy Stellar needs that feature enabled to get past 1 day..... My Trophy hasn't been charged in 3 days and it's battery indicator is showing 49% battery remaining with an estimated time remaining of 2days 23hrs....
It also depends on the signal strength of the area you're in. For example, since I'm with a regional carrier, signal's not at full bars everywhere, thus requiring the baseband to use more power to sustain a signal. Your baseband will erode any power savings that you attain by taxing the processor less (baseband consumes much more power than your SoC anyways).
This same can be said on nationwide carriers in Canada as well, unless you live in the city core (which I don't), signal is not perfect which affects battery life too.
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#4491492 Posted on: 01/01/2013 08:08 PM
It also depends on the signal strength of the area you're in. For example, since I'm with a regional carrier, signal's not at full bars everywhere, thus requiring the baseband to use more power to sustain a signal. Your baseband will erode any power savings that you attain by taxing the processor less (baseband consumes much more power than your SoC anyways).
This same can be said on nationwide carriers in Canada as well, unless you live in the city core (which I don't), signal is not perfect which affects battery life too.
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I live rather close to a Verizon (my cell carrier) tower so signal strength isn't an issue.
It also depends on the signal strength of the area you're in. For example, since I'm with a regional carrier, signal's not at full bars everywhere, thus requiring the baseband to use more power to sustain a signal. Your baseband will erode any power savings that you attain by taxing the processor less (baseband consumes much more power than your SoC anyways).
This same can be said on nationwide carriers in Canada as well, unless you live in the city core (which I don't), signal is not perfect which affects battery life too.
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I live rather close to a Verizon (my cell carrier) tower so signal strength isn't an issue.
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#4491522 Posted on: 01/01/2013 08:56 PM
Don't know who you've been talking to but the #1 complaint I hear about phones these days is about the short battery life and forgetting chargers at home.
This is from regular people and tech savvy people, they all want a phone that lasts longer on a single charge.
Yep but it doesn't sell, it's something everyone complains about later on but never really thinks about when buying one.
Don't know who you've been talking to but the #1 complaint I hear about phones these days is about the short battery life and forgetting chargers at home.
This is from regular people and tech savvy people, they all want a phone that lasts longer on a single charge.
Yep but it doesn't sell, it's something everyone complains about later on but never really thinks about when buying one.
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All this power has to come at the expensive of battery life which is already an issue with alot the current phones. Interesting none the less