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It appears, from the extracted code, to be the case that a 'special' (read: hardcoded) set of optimisations is being enabled solely for benchmarking apps. Whil
by tekacs 13y ago
It appears, from the extracted code, to be the case that a 'special' (read: hardcoded) set of optimisations is being enabled solely for benchmarking apps.
Whilst 'smart' behaviour might enable the phone to switch on some such functionality when the SoC/CPU is put under heavy load (by something such as a game), the effect of such automated switching is unlikely to have anything like the effect of a hardcoded force-to-high-power-mode as shown here.
- wuliwong 13y agoAnd you know this based on what? "hardcoded" != "faster" It just guarantees that it will happen in that case. Unless you have some reason to believe that this mode is unattainable under any real world circumstance, I think the original point still has some credence.
- Lagged2Death 13y agoIf the mode were attainable in a realistic end-user scenario, there would be no point in detecting the benchmark tool in the first place. A high CPU load (like from a benchmark) would kick the CPU up into high performance mode and that would be that. I would guess that the high-performance mode drains the battery so quickly, or creates so much heat, that it's impractical for general use.
- wuliwong 13y agoYou would guess but you're probably wrong. The logic of your response is terribly flawed. Reboot and try again.
- macspoofing 13y ago>And you know this based on what Based on the fact that they are Samsung. That they aren't transparent about what they are doing. That there is no evidence that these optimization kick in in other contexts. They are doing something to fuck around with benchmark numbers, the onus is on them to explain it and be upfront about it.
- gibwell 13y agoIt secretly 'guarantees' that the benchmarks don't run under real-world conditions. That is fraud.