Apple’s New Product iPhone 6 GPU Benchmark Test shows It Is Behind The Curve

iPhone 6 which is released recently is using the latest Apple’s A8 chip with dual-core 1.4GHz Cyclone CPU and an unknown GPU. GPU chip is a chip whose task is for calculation of graphical output to the monitors. It is mainly used for gaming purposes. There is rumour that the graphics unit in A8 is the PowerVE GX6650, the next generation of the one that is used in iPhone 5S (PowerVR G6430).

Apple claims that with the new chip, it means the device will have up to 25 percent faster CPU performance and up to 50 percent faster graphics while maintaining a decent battery life even while powering larger and more pixel-rich display.

The first Apple iPhone 6 A8 GPU chip was put on a test. It was tested from the GPU testing Basemark X suite. The result shown that iPhone 6 scores a higher points from its predecessor at 21,204 points whereas iphone 5S scores 20,253 points.

Looking at the Basemark X result, we can assume that Apple has chosen hexa-core PowerVR G6630 instead since the performance is not really up to the expectation. When compared with other product from another company, such as Samsung Galaxy S5, it scores at 23,501 points with Adreno 330 GPU and screen of higher 1080p resolution.

For the other newly released product iPhone6 plus, we hope that Apple will put in a better GPU chip to produce a better quality of display on a bigger screen.

 

Apple’s New Product iPhone 6 GPU Benchmark Test shows It Is Behind The Curve

"Sustained performance” and 84x faster processor in upcoming Apple A8

A new iPhone means that another new processor from Apple. This year brings the A8 processor, that is that the second generation 64-bit SoC, and as per usual, the chip carries enactment boosts that ought to possess iOS consumers happy. Apple privileges that the new A8 processor is “up to 84x faster” (which may be a little bit of a cheat, as a result of it’s compared to the first iPhone of 2007), and adds new “sustained performance”.

The A8 chip uses a 20-nanometer producing method that makes it 17% smaller than the A7; however it has nearly doubled the quantity of transistors. The A7 had “over 1 billion” transistors, where the A8 choices 2 billion. As stated before, the “up to 84x faster” claim does not imply all that abundant given the comparison, however what’s easier to grasp is that the A8 encompasses a 25% quicker processor and 50% quicker GPU compared to the A7, as per Apple.

Beyond the producing changes, Apple has side one thing referred to as “sustained performance”, as a result of Apple says that conventionally, processors can lose performance over time. Phil Schiller demonstrated this with a chart showing performance dipping over 20 minutes of use, however Apple forgot to label the Y axis, therefore the chart does not actually mean something. However, with “sustained performance”, the A8 can allegedly be able to run at full power while not burning your hand, which might be terribly nice.

The game demoes that followed displayed games that had up to one hundred animated characters on screen at a time, with exciting frame rates, nevertheless textures and shading that won’t quite up to console level so far, still somewhat imposing for a mobile device. Testing can show whether or not the new “sustained performance” can place successful on battery life, except for currently Apple is saying battery life that’s a minimum of on par with the iPhone 5s.

"Sustained performance” and 84x faster processor in upcoming Apple A8

WSJ report confirms Apple receiving A8 processor from TSMC

Well, with days moving ahead, it seems news for the iPhone are rolling more and more. According to a recent report from the Wall-Street Journal, the Cupertino giant has already started receiving the its next A8 processors for the upcoming iPhone 6 from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. In addition to this, the companies have likely joined hands for working on other projects as to making a nanometer chip manufacturing technology which TSMC plans to unveil next year in 2015.

The recent publication from WSJ shows that Apple and TSMC are working together on manufacturing forward thinking ships. This could be a great news for the Taiwanese chip-maker as it could possibly make up for the research investment required for the same which could ultimately boost up their revenue considerably. Analysts have predicted that 10% of the company’s revenue could be fetched itself from Apple’s order.

There had been previously this news that the Taiwanese chip-maker had already started the production of a 20-nanometer A8 chip. Reports also showed that many engineers from the company were moved to Apple headquarters to ensure the quality of production.

Moreover, recent reports coming out of China and Taiwan show that 68 million iPhone 6 orders for 2014 have already been kept. This is really a sizeable amount as last year in 2013 Apple managed to achieve a score of 51 million sales for its iPhone 5s. However, for the moment it is still unclear as to whether the 68million includes both iPhone 6 with 4.7inch and 5.5inch together or individually. Well, with the release date getting closer we will surely get you up with more surpises coming out. Stay tuned to Doi-Toshin!

source: WSJ

 

WSJ report confirms Apple receiving A8 processor from TSMC