Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Review: The Windows 10 Mobile Flagship

Name: Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
Brand: Microsoft

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 11:15 AM EDT

Next, we'll take a look at how the Microsoft Lumia 950 compare to other smartphones by examining a few benchmarks that are currently available online or in the Windows 10 Mobile Marketplace.

First, let’s take a look at the JetStream JavaScript benchmark, which has recently replaced SunSpider in our suite of browsing tests (though we include SunSpider here too, for reference). According to the JetStream website:

JetStream is a JavaScript benchmark suite focused on the most advanced web applications. Bigger scores are better.

JavaScript testing

JavaScript Android and iPhone testing

jetstream

The Lumia 950 XL performed relatively well in the JetStream benchmark, falling in between the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and its little brother the Lumia 950. That's a decent number in light of the competition, save for the iPhone which rips through this benchmark like a hot knife through butter.

Things didn't go quite as well in the BrowserMark benchmark, though. In this test, the Lumia 950 XL performs a bit better than the Galaxy S6 and previous-gen Moto X, which is decent. Smartphones with better optimized mobile browsers and faster SoCs, however, are capable of much higher scores.

Tags: Mobile, Microsoft, smartphone, lumia, Windows 10, 950 xl

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com