LONDON: Apple’s iPhone 6s has been declared the fastest phone of 2015 with a huge margin of points.
According to a new table from AnTuTu, it was the fastest phone of the year – by a huge margin. The latest iOS handset led the pack with 132,620 points, which is 41 percent higher than the runner-up. Huawei’s Mate 8 trailed the 6s with 92,746 points followed by Meizu’s Pro 5, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5, Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge+, Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus, OnePlus’ OnePlus 2, LeTV’s 1 Pro, Xiaomi’s Mi Note Pro and Google’s Nexus 6P.
AnTuTu didn’t list the base models iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s in the ranking as there are negligible differences between them and the iPhone 6 Plus and the iPhone 6s Plus, according to the site.
There are minimal difference between the original and Plus of the iPhone 6 family, but the benchmark shows the improvements Apple was talking about, which includes a 40 percent power difference between the two models.
‘The A9 chip brings a new level of performance and efficiency to iPhone 6s,’ as noted on the Apple website. ‘Not only a faster experience, but a better one.’ ‘The A9 chip is capable of gaming console-class graphics performance that makes games and other apps much richer and more immersive.’
The iPhone 6s series is about 70 percent faster in CPU operations than the iPhone 5 series, and about 90 percent speedier in GPU, according to Apple’s benchmarks. AnTuTu is a leading benchmark app for Android devices and it tests various parts of the device and the gives an overall score, which can be compared with other devices.
