Weird, here it says 1344 (S3) vs 1601 (5). Ref: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1052719 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1052719 Oh wait, th

Weird, here it says 1344 (S3) vs 1601 (5). Ref: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1052719 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1052719 Oh wait, that's Android 4.0.4. My bad. Here's with Android 4.1.1: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1045167 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1045167 You're right about multi-tasking, but single-task performance is still important for many apps. Assuming Geekbench scales linearly, the S3's single-task performance would be about half the iPhone 5's.