The A12 is OUT OF THIS WORLD: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13392/the-iphone-xs-xs-max-review-unveiling-the-silicon-secrets/2 … vs.: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12420/snapdragon-845-performance-preview … The caches alone...lordy.
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Replying to @slightlylate @kosamari and
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10309972 vs: https://browser.geekbench.com/ios_devices/55 It's a bloodbath. The Pixel 3 never had a chance.
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Replying to @slightlylate @kosamari and
Qualcomm is getting mauled over and over and over. They don't produce a premium chip, but they charge as though the 845 is one...it's unbelievable. The 850 looks like weak sauce too: https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3061159/qualcomm-snapdragon-850-benchmarks-leak-but-dont-promise-the-world … Hey
@stshank: any chance y'all will report on this?2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate @kosamari and
I mean...crikey. iPhone *7* still trouncing androids in single core workloads: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10309972 https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10310057 https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10310084
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Replying to @slightlylate @kosamari and
For over 3 years
@codinghorror has been signalling that Qualcomm has been holding Android back. https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%40codinghorror%20qualcomm&src=typed_query … I am super curious as to why a competitor has not stepped in and eaten Qualcomm's lunch.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @robpalmer2 @slightlylate and
Maybe building world-class CPUs is hard?
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Replying to @ericlaw @robpalmer2 and
Ok, but the thesis for why they're 2+ generations behind is...what? That between Intel and Samsung and Spreadtrum and MediaTek and Xaomi, nobody knows how to build a chip with reasonable caches?
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Replying to @slightlylate @ericlaw and
It seems more reasonable to me that this is down to negative externalities: Apple isn't really a competitor for Qualcomm and everyone kows it. No Android OEM but Samsung pushes enough volume to be able to call shots in chip design planning, and so they market what they can get.
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Replying to @slightlylate @ericlaw and
Samsung, like everyone else in Android-land, is mostly competing against other Androids. On that account, you hold up "core count", say it's "faster than our previous phone by X%" in cherrypicked benchmark, and count on a docile tech press to maintain the illusion.
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Replying to @slightlylate @ericlaw and
Doing more costs more -- die size is real $$$ -- so everyone has an incentive not to do more. So Androids (and other non-Apple ARM devices) remain structurally behind. Modern cores, starved of cache, structurally under-performing.
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I don't get why MSFT isn't trying to apply some pressure here re: Surface. This imbalance is playing out in premium tablets too. Maybe it's another agency-theory + volume issue? Intel has a "solution" so long as you compromise your design: https://www.windowscentral.com/why-surface-uses-intel-vs-qualcomm …
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