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Why would a phone need a GPU comparable to that of a device that's supposed to work connected to a desktop monitor?
by muyuu 15y ago
Why would a phone need a GPU comparable to that of a device that's supposed to work connected to a desktop monitor?
- unwind 15y agoThe iPhone 4S' display runs at 960x640, which is about 67% of a "typical" TV:s 1280*720. The Pi is intended for connection mainly to TV:s as far as I've understood it, and clearly the iPhone's display is not very far from such "desktop monitors" in terms of number of pixels. If you compare to an HDTV:s 1920x1080 though, the iPhone lands at around 30% so then it becomes less of a problem for it to have a less capable graphics subsystem. Of course, the Pi is designed for non-battery operation too, which kind of makes the comparison a bit unfair to begin with.
- talmand 15y agoTrue about the power, but I keep hearing the Pi can be run from AA batteries because it has such low power requirements. If this is the case I'd like to see some benchmarks involving that type of power source.
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