Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review: It's Hot Hardware

Name: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review
Brand: Samsung

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, December 05, 2014, 01:20 PM EDT

To get a feel for how graphics performance on the Galaxy Note 4 compares to other devices, we used GFXBench, which has been one of our standard graphics performance benchmarks for a while. In order to ensure Vsynch and resolution isn’t a limiting factor, we will compare offscreen test results. We also used Futuremark's 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited benchmark.

GFXBench and 3DMark Ice Storm

Android Gaming Benchmarks

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The Galaxy Note 4 put up some of the best scores we've seen in this benchmark as well. The iPhone 6 offered a slight higher framerate, but the Note 4's fillrate performance was off the charts.

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Using the Unlimited version of 3DMark Ice Storm also puts the iPhone 6 Plus out in front slightly, but the Note 4 was clearly the fastest of the Android-based devices we tested.

Tags: Samsung, Android, smartphone, review, Galaxy Note, phablet, note 4, galaxy-note-4

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