Samsung lagi-lagi kedapatan mempermainkan benchmark. Kali ini pada Galaxy Note 3.
Ron Amadeo melaporkan dari Ars Technica:
We noticed an odd thing while testing the Samsung Galaxy Note 3: it scores really, really well in benchmark tests—puzzlingly well, in fact. A quick comparison of its scores to the similarly specced LG G2 makes it clear that something fishy is going on, because Samsung’s 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 blows the doors off LG’s 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800. What makes one Snapdragon so different from the other?
After a good bit of sleuthing, we can confidently say that Samsung appears to be artificially boosting the US Note 3’s benchmark scores with a special, high-power CPU mode that kicks in when the device runs a large number of popular benchmarking apps. Samsung did something similar with the international Galaxy S 4’s GPU, but this is the first time we’ve seen the boost on a US device. We also found a way to disable this special CPU mode, so for the first time we can see just how much Samsung’s benchmark optimizations affect benchmark scores.
Buat Ron yang baru pindah ke Ars, good job.
Saya suka dengan artikelnya. Sebuah kecurigaan yang diikuti dengan klaim, yang berakhir dengan penyelidikan. Dan terbukti pula.
