Apple has re-taken the Sunspider benchmark crown (a test of how fast the browser can execute v8 javascript) with an impressive score of 914.7ms. This is faster than the 3rd generation iPad 3 and even the new 2Ghz Intel-powered Motorola RAZR i. The iPhone 5 is believed to have Apple’s own chip design – which is a first for the [...]

As you’re sure to know by now after much speculation Samsung finally came forth to debut the Galaxy S III. This mammoth of a device features a 4.8-inch SuperAMOLED HD display, 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos processor, 1GB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal storage, 8 megapixel rear facing camera, 1.9 megapixel front facing camera and Google’s latest Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ 4.0. [...]

As you’re sure to know by now Samsung’s Galaxy S III is, for all intensive purposes, the most highly anticipated Android powered smartphone currently on the horizon. This device is looking to expand and capitalize on the success of both the Galaxy S and it’s successor, the Galaxy S II. Currently, there’s not much to be said about the Galaxy [...]

The most highly spec’d smartphone to be released so far in 2012 is the Sony Xperia S … the new flagship smartphone from Sony (just ‘Sony’ now as they have bought-out Ericsson). Unlike other phones announced at Mobile World Congress, you can actually buy this phone now. The Xperia S is a 1.5Ghz dual-core handset with a very beautiful 1280 [...]

Quadrant has today released version 2.0 of their popular ‘Quadrant Standard’ benchmarking program. It adds much-needed support for Android 4.0 as well as multi-core devices. If you have any scores to add, please send them in or comment below! [Tablet] Asus Transformer Prime with Android 4.0 – 4437 [Smartphone] Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4.0.3 (leaked beta) – 3988

Today we installed the leaked I9100XXLPB Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.3) ROM on our Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100) to get a preview of what the latest incarnation of Android will look like on Samsung devices. This is an official ROM – created by Samsung – but somehow leaked onto the Internet … perhaps to for Samsung to get some free [...]

We’re waiting to get our hands on the new, top-of-the-range Nokia smartphone: the Lumia 800. The benchmark figures below have not yet been verified by us below but are in line with our expectations. The Lumia 800 comes with a 1.4Ghz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 processor and Windows Phone 7.5, or ‘Mango’. Unfortunately, having already benchmarked a smartphone running Mango, we [...]

Mozilla’s new ‘Kraken’ Javascript benchmark suite is really designed for PC’s, to allow a comparison between the speeds of the different browsers. It is very intensive, and takes many minutes to execute on current dual-core smartphones. Below are the results of running Kraken 1.1. Scores are in milliseconds, less is better! [Smartphone] Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4.0.3 (beta) and [...]

[Smartphone] Apple iPhone 5 with iOS6 – 189650 [Smartphone] Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.0.3 – 169811 [Smartphone] HTC One X with Android 4.0.3 & Chrome Beta (0.16.4301.233) – 135929 * [Smartphone] Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4.0.3 (beta) with Chrome Beta (0.16.4215.215) – 125316 * [Tablet] Asus Transformer Prime with Android 4.0 with Chrome Beta (0.16.4301.199) – 124783 [Smartphone] [...]

Peacekeeper is a web-based browser benchmarking suite … higher scores are better: [Smartphone] Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 2.3.3 – 940 [Smartphone] Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 2.3.3 & Opera 11 – 928 [Smartphone] HTC Sensation with Android 2.3.4 – 755 [Smartphone] iPhone 4 with iOS 5 – 650 [Smartphone] iPod Touch 32Gb with iOS 4.3.5 – 557