For some, simply knowing the new [iPhone 5] is twice as fast as the last iPhone is enough. But some of us want numbers. We want to know how much faster. Sure, Apple typically brings experience to a spec fight, but it's the specs that drive the experience. It's the engine in the meticulously appointed car. It's the stats behind the championship team. It's the science behind the art.
So with that in mind we ran the iPhone 5 through a whole battery of benchmarks, and to give it some context we put it up head to head, device to device against the iPhone 4S, iPad 3, and added in scores for the Samsung Galaxy S3 and a sampling of other competing phones.
Here's the results:
Environment
Pulling a device out of the box and running benchmarks is fine but it doesn't necessarily give real world results. Odds are the first thing you'll do is load up your iPhone 5 with the usual suspects - apps, games, contacts, calendars, reminders, music, video, etc..
So for this test I restored an iCloud backup to my iPhone 5 that's already on my iPad 3 and iPhone 4S so they're both loaded with tons of the same data. It seems a little more practical than comparing it straight out of the box. All devices were also running the iOS 6 public release candidate.
As a preface, the only thing I did before performing any of these benchmarks was close out all apps from the multitasking tray. At the time either the benchmarking app was the only thing running or Safari in order to obtain the benchmarks.
Geekbench
When it comes to Geekbench, we used the iOS app Geekbench 2 in order to benchmark. Higher numbers are better in this instance. Geekbench looks at all kinds of information across the entire system resulting in an entire system benchmark. Included data is integer, floating point, memory, and stream performance. Geekbench takes all these scores and gives you an average for the entire system.
iPhone 5
The iPhone 5 scored between 1500 and 1650 each time we ran the rest. The average of 5 consecutive tests was 1615. We performed the test after killing every app and hard rebooting the device.
iPhone 4S
Just like the iPhone 5, before performing benchmarks I made sure to kill everything from the multitasker and do a hard reboot. After 5 consecutive tests, the average was around 635. Much lower than the iPhone 5 when it comes to system benchmarks.
iPad 3
The iPad 3 outperforms the iPhone 4S but doesn't come close to the iPhone 5 in terms of Geekbench results. Our average result on Geekbench was around 750 after 5 consecutive tests. All apps were closed except for the Geekbench 2 iOS app and a hard reboot was performed.
The A5X processor obviously performs significantly better than the iPhone 4S' standard A5 but when it comes to the A6, the iPhone 5 wins each and every time.
Other devices
If you're wondering how it stacks up against other devices that have been benchmarked using Geekbench, here are some reference numbers from some popular non-Apple devices on the market.
- Samsung Galaxy S III - 1543
- Motorola Droid Razr M - 1480
- HTC One X - 1821
Sunspider
While Geekbench looks at your system as a whole, Sunspider will exclusively measure Javascript performance on your device via a test done through your web browser.
In the case of Sunspider, a lower number is better since it's measuring your device's response time in milliseconds for each test. After running each test 5 times, Sunspider will give you an average number of time (in milliseconds) that it took your device to complete the test.
iPhone 5
I ran Sunspider on my iPhone 5 three times and each time I ended up around the 915 to 920 ms mark. While running the test I had no other app open on the device other than the native Safari browser.
iPhone 4S
Just like the iPhone 5, we ran the rest three times on the iPhone 4S will nothing open but Safari and after another hard reboot. All three tests resulted in a time of around 1800 ms.
When it comes to rendering Javascript, it's quite obvious the iPhone 5 can handle it and process it almost twice as fast as the iPhone 4S can.
iPad 3
Same routine as before, after a reboot and Safari being the only app open, the iPad 3 faired better than the iPhone 4S with an average score of around 1450 ms. It isn't a huge difference when it comes to rendering Javascript and probably not one that many users would even notice.
When compared to the iPhone 5, the A5X chipset can't hold its own against the A6 any longer. It's obvious the iPhone 5 is an all around faster device when it comes to system and rendering benchmarks.
Other devices
Here's some average benchmarks for other popular devices on the market and how they score with Sunspider on average. Remember, the lower the number the better.
- Samsung Galaxy S 3 - 1442
- HTC One X - 1735
- Nokia Lumia 900 - 6800
HTML5Test.com
HTML5Test.com does nothing more than measure how well your browser supports and handles HTML5 content. While it isn't as in-depth as tests like Sunspider and Geekbench, it's still worth taking a look at.
iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, & iPad 3
Considering the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, and iPad 3 all run the same version of iOS and support the same native Safari browser within it, all three devices scored a total of 360 points plus 9 bonus points. HTML5Test.com uses a 500 point scale.
Other devices
Here's how a couple other devices stacked up when it came to HTML5 compatibility and support.
- Blackberry 10 - 447 plus 10 bonus points
- Windows Phone 8 - 300 plus 6 bonus points
- Android 4.0 - 280 plus 3 bonus points
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