Droid Bionic by Motorola Review

Name: Droid Bionic
Brand: Droid

by Jennifer Johnson — Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT

In addition to using the Motorola Droid Bionic in a variety of everyday usage scenarios, we also conducted some formal performance testing to see how well the Droid Bionic compares to other smartphones.

CPU testing

Android CPU testing

In the Linpack test, the Droid Bionic performed well, though Samsung's Galaxy S II smartphones beat the Droid Bionic by a decent margin. The HTC EVO 3D also edged out the Droid Bionic by a few MFLOPS.

Graphics testing

Android graphics testing

In the An3DBench test, the Droid Bionic outperformed all of our other reference phones except the HTC EVO 3D. In the An3DBench XL test, the Droid Bionic also performed very well, coming in right in line with some of today's other top phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S II and Motorola Photon 4G. In the Magic Island component of the test, the Droid Bionic actually beat both the Samsung Galaxy S II and Motorola Photon 4G by a good margin. While looking at the An3DBench XL chart, keep in mind many of the top scores have been achieved on tablets.

JavaScript testing

JavaScript Android and iPhone testing

The Droid Bionic achieved an excellent score in the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, coming in just behind both of the Samsung Galaxy S II devices we've tested.

Tags: Cell Phone, Motorola, Android, Verizon Wireless, smartphone, Google, LTE, wireless, Cellphone, 4G, droid, fourth generation, Droid Bionic

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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