Samsung Galaxy S4 benchmarks hint at processor performance

By Rich Trenholm on 21 January 2013, 2:22pm

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is edging closer, and the latest hint at the power of this hotly anticipated smart phone behemoth has surfaced.

Performance tests for what appears to be the S4 have been unearthed online, revealing the phone's speed at processing tasks, and running the latest Android 4.2.1 software.

The numbers appeared on AnTuTu, a database of processor benchmark scores testing the performance of phones and tablets. A Korean phone called the SHV-E300S and a British phone called the GT-I9500 both showed up in the results.

Although it's not certain what kind of processor powers the S4, it could well be the recently announced Samsung Exynos 5 Octa, an eight-core chip that switches between four beefy high-speed cores and four slower cores that use less power for everyday tasks.

That way you get superb performance when playing fast-paced games, high-definition videos or conducting heavy multi-tasking, but without draining your battery.

The chip is set to be backed up by 2GB of RAM.

Previous rumours suggest the S4 could sport a 5-inch high-definition screen and 13-megapixel camera. We're expecting to see it in Spring. In the meantime the S3 and its predecessors continue to rack up impressive sales, with the S family of phones selling over 100 million.

Will the S4 be the phone to beat in 2013? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.

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Hamzah Younus 22 January, 2013 08:03

Can't wait

anonymous 22 January, 2013 16:25

waa waa waa, apple and the iphone/ipad/ipod still dominate this and forever will.

android sit down and stay in your place.

anonymous 22 January, 2013 17:00

@16:25

I couldn't agree more. IOS rules Android completely.

Why would I want real-time widgets that I can arrange any way I want over multiple easy to access desktops, when IOS gives my a state-of-the-art grid of icons. No thank you.

I'll stick with my icons, they are exactly what I need, and all I'll ever want.

Unless Apple changes this in IOS 7, in which case I'll want whatever that does.

anonymous 22 January, 2013 17:15

Look at these Apple Fanboys, haha!

anonymous 22 January, 2013 17:36

@16:25 you do realise the galaxy s3 has sold far more than the iphone 5. Android has fought hard and is becoming one of the best, if not the best. Apple's high price model is becoming obsolete as other manufacturers are offering the same specs at often half the price and yet apple refuses to change its model and adapt.

anonymous 22 January, 2013 18:00

@anonymong I think you're trolling and if you're not, well you're up there with the biggest of *****, and suck to much fruity *****.

anonymous 22 January, 2013 18:27

Haha little apple bum boys panicking, we all know its fact that android is miles ahead of apple, even their latest offering the icrap5 came out without the latest tech, there's android phones 2 years old which are more up to date than Icrap5, the galaxy s3 has way surpassed the ipcrap5 in sales and now with BB10 out at the end of the month apple must be bricking it because their going to be knocked into third place and I even think windows 8 has the potential to knock apple down another place in the near future, I think this is going to be the beginning of the end for apple smartphones and good ******* riddance to the crap.........

anonymous 25 January, 2013 12:45

IOS rules if you are happy to bend over and accept every choice they make for you.

The S2 is a better phone than anything apple. Let alone the S3!
Can't wait for the S4.