Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review: The Phablet Refined

Name: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review
Brand: Samsung

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 12:45 PM EDT

Next up we've got some tests the focus solely on graphics performance. The Adreno 330 graphics core used in the Note 3 is the most powerful currently available in a Qualcomm SoC, so we were particularly interested in seeing what it could do...

Graphics testing

Android graphics testing

The Galaxy Note 3 finished about in the middle of the pack in the An3DBench XL benchmark. Many parts of this test are v-sync limited, however, and the test hasn't been updated in quite a while.

GLBenchmark (now known as GFX Bench), paints a very different picture than the An3DBench XL tests. Here, the Note 3 easily outperforms all other Androind-based smartphones. It is only the Apple devices which offer better performance in the fillrate test.

Tags: Samsung, Android, smartphone, ATT, Galaxy, note, phablet, Note 3

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