Motorola Moto X Pure Edition Review: Straight-Up Premium Android
Performance: CPU and Device
AnTuTu’s latest benchmark returns a number of scores—too many to graph so we’re including a look at all the numbers in a table. This test measures subsystem performance in various areas like Database IO, Storage IO, CPU (Int. and Float), GPU (3D), and RAM (speed).
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This suite of tests puts a variety of strains on the system, largely testing general performance on routine tasks that you're likely to encounter in an average day. The phone couldn't hold a candle to Samsung's latest duo, but it stacked up well against everything else. Even phones that were top-tier competitors just a year ago (HTC's One M9 comes to mind) pulled level with the Moto X Pure Edition. At the $399 price point, this phone is a rock solid offering. If you want that extra boost, you'll have to break into $600+ territory.
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The MobileXPRT benchmark runs through a variety of tests to evaluate the responsiveness of a device along with its ability to handle many everyday workloads. The Moto X Pure Edition put up scores very similar to those displayed on ASUS' ZenFone 2, which is probably the phone's top competition from a pricing + specs standpoint.
GeekBench taxes the CPU cores in a handset, with both single and multi-threaded workloads. The Moto X Pure Edition fared poorly in this test, falling roughly in line with the iPhone 6 Plus, LG G3, and ASUS ZenFone 2.
