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In this case, Samsung is not only cheating on battery life testing, but also cheating on performance benchmarks. >The only sensible rationale for such a decisi
by GeekyBear 5y ago
In this case, Samsung is not only cheating on battery life testing, but also cheating on performance benchmarks.
>The only sensible rationale for such a decision is to improve a device’s power efficiency and battery life.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16794/oneplus-9-performance-examination https://www.anandtech.com/show/16794/oneplus-9-performance-e...
>John Poole, the lead developer of Geekbench, was able to reproduce the wild performance changes based on whether the S22 thought it was running a benchmark or a game. Poole changed Geekbench's package name to that of Genshin Impact, a popular game, and saw benchmark scores plummet. The Snapdragon Galaxy S22 dropped its single-core score 46 percent
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/samsung-caught-throttling-10000-phone-apps-and-its-own-home-screen/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/samsung-caught-throt...
- tragictrash 5y agoI don't feel this is cheating. Sure, I agree there could have been more transparency, but I don't think this amounts to cheating. If Samsung had used this performance limiting feature during testing, and then released phones that didn't have it still citing the better battery numbers, then yes that would be cheating. That's not what's happening here. Is Intel cheating too because their processors can allocate tasks to more performant or efficient cores? Is Intel cheating because they can exceed the TDP ratings when thermal and power constraints allow it? When Volkswagen and other automakers applied different software to cars that were being emissions tested and ones that are driving on the road, that is cheating. This is different imo.
- GeekyBear 5y agoSlowing down all well known programs except benchmarks can't possibly be anything else but cheating.