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The Smartphone CPU Review You NEED to Watch!

Geekerwan · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Computer architecture & CPUsConsumer devices & gadgets

What it is

Geekerwan reviews smartphone CPUs by power efficiency rather than benchmark scores, with test methodology and chapters on Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung and Google chips. It explains why high benchmark scores can coexist with heat and poor battery life.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people cite it as detailed data on mobile SoC efficiency, sustained performance and ARM core efficiency curves.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “explores the power efficiency graphs and that's probably what most phone users really want”

    Power efficiency graphs for phone chips

    jeroenhd, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra”

  2. “This video from Geekerwan takes more of a sustained performance / thermal throttling perspective.”

    Sustained performance and thermal throttling testing of phones

    GeekyBear, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra”

  3. “Its really quite informative.”

    Power efficiency tests of Android and Apple phones

    Yoofie, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “ARM’s Cortex A53: Tiny but Important”

  4. “The whole video is a good watch.”

    Cortex A710 efficiency testing, notably at 13:10

    adithyassekhar, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “ARM’s Cortex A710: Winning by Default”

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Topics: mobile soc, power efficiency, arm cores, thermal throttling, benchmarks

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