14 DAY TRIAL // The LG G Flex 2 and Xiaomi Mi Note Pro are the first smartphones running on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 810 platform to get officially announced. And yesterday we got word that the LG phone would go on sale on January 30 in South Korea.
The Snapdragon 810 has been shrouded in a wave of uncertainty lately, as reports came in saying that the chip was plagued by overheating issues that couldn't be easily resolved.
While some companies like Samsung have apparently renounced using Qualcomm’s latest and greatest, LG has refuted the rumors saying the Snapdragon 810 is one of the coolest chips on the market today.
With every day passing, it becomes more apparent that the Snapdragon 810 will make it out in time and we were worried for naught.
Adreno 430 GPU shows its prowess in benchmarks
Now the Adreno 430 GPU inside the Qualcomm chip has been put through its first benchmarking test, as reported by Italian HD Blog.
As you can see in the images below, the Snapdragon 810 was put to work, powering an MSM8994 development board with a display boasting 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution (4K).
The Adreno 430 came out on top on every single test performed by GFX Benchmark and beat other mobile graphic cards such as the one found in the HTC One (M8) which is part of the Snapdragon 801 SoC.
Coming in at number three, we find the ARM Mali-T760 inside the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Another variant of the Samsung phablet, equipped by a Snapdragon 805 and outfitted with Adreno 420 GPU occupies the number 4 spot.
The top 5 is completed by the PowerVR GX6450 GPU that lives inside the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Bear in mind the benchmark results refer only to GPU proficiency, so we are yet to see how the Snapdragon 810 CPU performs in all its glory. But given these preliminary results, we expect it to tear away through the competition with ease.
