The tragedy of Android phones: high scores but not as smooth as iPhones

Recently, Lei Jun's Weibo post about "Why competitors are so disgusted with benchmarks" has become the target of netizens' complaints, and even the benchmark software behind it has once again become the target of public criticism. With the development of smartphones today, benchmarks have become increasingly useless, and the objectivity of benchmarks has also been questioned. What exactly is the benchmark? Can the benchmark of a mobile phone really reflect the full performance of the phone? Today, let's talk about what you must know about the benchmark of a mobile phone.

Mobile phone running score: The continuation data of PC running score is for reference only

Mobile phone benchmarks are actually a continuation of computer benchmarks in the PC era. It is a mobile phone running one or more identical software, and the data obtained is used to interpret the smoothness of a mobile phone during operation and the performance of the mobile phone. The main test items are CPU, graphics card, memory, storage, display pixels, software operating environment, etc. The results include benchmarks, rankings, and various parameters of the mobile phone. These parameters can intuitively reflect the hardware performance of the mobile phone and provide users with a reference.

LeEco is no match for Redmi in mobile phone profit sharing promotion

Many mobile phone manufacturers are keen to promote the performance of mobile phones through running scores, calling it a temperature gauge for distinguishing the quality of mobile phone hardware. Xiaomi mobile phones can be regarded as the pioneers. The high-end version of the Redmi Note 2 recently released online has a running score of 54024, which has earned enough attention. LeTV Super Phone 1 scored 51224 points on AnTuTu, and was nicknamed "Running Score King" by netizens. It is said that it sold 564,000 units in the first month of its launch, becoming the sales champion in the 1500-2000 yuan price segment.

Huawei and Hammer are accused of leaking running scores

Mobile phone running scores are not always recognized. Huawei Honor 7 and Meizu MX5 are their respective annual flagship products, both priced under 2,000 yuan. Huawei Honor 7 starts at 1,999 yuan, while Meizu MX starts at 1,799 yuan. Just when the public was optimistic about Honor 7, the running score results were completely different. Honor 7 scored 47,654 points, while Meizu MX5 scored 48,199 points. Honor, which is 200 yuan more expensive than Meizu, actually lost. Not only Huawei, but also the Hammer phone had doubts about its running score when it was first released. The Hammer phone, which costs more than 3,000 yuan, scored only 8,788 points, which disappointed many Hammer fans.

The mobile phone's running score is in vain and it can't beat Apple's non-stuttering

Unlike the Android phone benchmarking war, the iPhone's iOS system has never participated. Some netizens bluntly said that the iOS system with no lags can beat Android by several streets without any comparison. But this is not the case. Android uses a real background and multi-threaded operation, while IOS is a pseudo-multi-threaded operation. The real background has a great demand for performance. Too many requests to access the CPU at the same time will result in a small time slice and processing power allocated to each application, giving people the feeling of "not being able to run". Therefore, the benchmark is of some reference significance to Android phones, but it seems a bit redundant for iOS with almost no lags.

Running points are old news, and experience evaluation is quietly rising

While the benchmark data has been criticized, the concept of experience evaluation has gradually been accepted by users. The benchmark data obtains the extreme performance data of the mobile phone, but it rarely stimulates the extreme performance of the mobile phone in daily use. Generally, an eight-core processor only triggers two or three cores. Experience evaluation simulates the user's daily usage habits, such as desktop design, APP use, web content loading and sliding, photo viewing and operation, file copying, and automatic startup.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.