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iPhone 4S Geekbench Benchmarks ~68% Faster than iPhone 4

The first GeekBench benchmarks for the iPhone 4S seem to be rolling in. At present, two iPhone4,1 (4S) benchmarks have been posted and seem, at first glance, to be legitimate.

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The listed specs show a dual core processor that resembles the results from from the iPad 2 which also shares an A5 processor. Free RAM appears to be in-line with what we believe (512MB) and the benchmarks line up with known devices.

The iPhone 4S receives a total Geekbench score of ~622. This falls slightly below the iPad 2 scores of 749, but well above the iPhone 4 benchmarks of 370. So, the new iPhone seems to benchmark about 68% faster than the iPhone 4, and about 17% slower than the iPad 2.

The iPhone 4S A5 processor is likely underclocked (800MHz) as compared to the iPad 2 processor (1 GHz), explaining the slightly lower performance.

The iPhone 4S is currently shipping to customers for delivery on October 14th, but it seems at least a few units are already in the wild.

Update: Anandtech compiles these results (and more) in nice graphs:

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Meanwhile, graphics performance of the iPhone 4S is confirmed to be about 7x faster than the iPhone 4.

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Top Rated Comments

195 months ago
The HTC Sensation really puts the already outdated iphone 4s to shame.

I don't blame you for saying such stupid things, it's hard to type when your screen washes out at anything other than 90 degrees.
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195 months ago
I wonder how much the nexus prime will beat the iphone4s by. Im going to say 2.5x faster.
I also wonder how much the nexus prime drain battery faster than iPhone 4S. Maybe 2.5x faster as well :rolleyes:
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195 months ago
It's crazy to think other OEM's are quoting 12-1500, but the iPhone is keeping up with them at 800. Did I miss something? Is the iPhone that efficient with the Hardware/Software package. If so, that is crazy.
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Peace Avatar
195 months ago
Apple engineers seem to be doing a great job with that ARM processor.

Can't wait to see it in a year .
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195 months ago
Literally dying to get my hands on one. Should be here by Friday :D

You're literally dying? The iPhone would be the last thing on my mind if I were you.
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195 months ago
I wonder how much the nexus prime will beat the iphone4s by. Im going to say 2.5x faster.

If it uses any processor that's already in the wild, it'll be slower.
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