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Smartbench 2012

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:18:04 +0000

Smartbench 2012 is a multi-core friendly benchmark application that measures the overall performance of your smartphone. It reports both Productivity and Gaming Index to suit both productivity users and 3D gaming users.

Key improvements from Smartbench 2011:

- Heavier load on each tests.
- A new 3D test (Shark)
- Introduction of high polygon count objects in some tests
- Detects high resolution screens and uses them appropriately.

Smartbench 2012 will be better prepared for the quad-core world. Unfortunately this also means it will run slower on older devices.

Smartbench 2012 will run slower on high-resolution tablet devices. All 3D tests are now rendered in full native resolutions so naturally it will stress hardware harder on these devices. This also applies to higher resolution hand-held devices.

New and existing Smartbench Donate users will continue to benefit in Smartbench 2012:
- No ads
- Results History
- See rsult chart without running the test first

Smartbench 2012 results are hosted at: http://smartphonebenchmarks.com

Bug reports and suggestions should be reported in:
http://123smartmobile.com

Recent changes:
What's new in v1.0:
- Fixed some rendering issues in Shark test.
- Some additional bug fixes reported by users.

What's new in v0.9.1:
- Some additional bug fixes reported by users.
- Added "Increase Font Size" and "Decrease Font Size" in the result chart screen.

Smartbench 2010

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:28:48 +0000

Smartbench 2010 is a benchmark application that measures the overall performance of your smartphone. It reports both Productivity and Games Index to suit both productivity users and 3D gaming users.

NEW: "Smartbench Donate" is now available. By purchasing "Smartbench Donate", you will no longer see any ads and also new features will become accessible in "Smartbench 2010" (v1.5+).

Premium features for donated users:
- No ads
- Results for individual test applications.
- Results history.
- (more to come)

Submit and compare your results at http://smartphonebenchmarks.com

Warning: this application will NOT work on smartphones that do not have a GPU.

Known issue: On some Samsung Galaxy S based devices, you may experience very low benchmark numbers. This issue is still being looked into.

Recent changes:
What's new in v1.6:
- Minor bug fixes
- Smartbench 2011 release info and link to the Android Market has been added
- Icon has been changed, so that you can distinguish between Smartbench 2010 and Smartbench 2011.

Smartbench 2011

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:23:37 +0000

Smartbench 2011 is a multi-core friendly benchmark application that measures the overall performance of your smartphone. It reports both Productivity and Games Index to suit both productivity users and 3D gaming users.

NEW UPDATE (Jan 28, 2012): The server now holds more than 2 million test results and tens of thousands of unique entries in the chart. Smartbench 2011 v1.0 was released about a year ago.

NEW UPDATE (Mar 6, 2011): There was a server-side bug that caused scores to not display correctly. This has been fixed. Android app does not need to be updated - v1.1 will work as is.

Here are some of the new features introduced for 2011:

1. Smartbench 2011 is now multi-core ready. Dual-core phones are becoming popular and is clearly the future of Android platform. Unfortunately, most of the current Android applications cannot utilize more than one core at a time even when they are available. Smartbench 2011 will detect and use them when Android OS is configured properly.

2. Some of the test suits have been revamped from Smartbench 2010. File IO tests have proven to be somewhat inconsistent on some manufacturers' phones. Instead, another test has been introduced that will further stress the CPU.

3. Test scores are now automatically submitted! Smartbench 2011 will automatically collect test results and store them in the server DB so that you can view them at a later time.

4. Result chart now fetches data directly from the server! You can now filter and sort results based on your own needs. You will soon have tens of thousands of results to compare against your own!

5. If you are already a donated user of Smartbench 2010, Smartbench 2011 will continue to respect them by removing ads and offering some premium features.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT compare results of Smartbench 2010 against Smartbench 2011 - they are not equvalent! A new baseline has been created, so the scores may appear lower than before.

Note: You will need a working internet connectivity to submit and view other results.

Donated users will benefit with the following:
- No ads
- Results for individual test applications.
- Results history.
- View result chart without needing to run test first.
- (and more later on)

Known Issues:
- Some tests may not render correctly on some Honeycomb based tablets. This issue is being looked into.

Smartbench 2011 results are hosted at http://smartphonebenchmarks.com

Recent changes:
What's new in v1.2.4:

- Fixed few more bugs reported by users.
- Added a link to the new Smartbench 2012 app from Android Market.

Smartbench Donate

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:02:35 +0000

"Smartbench Donate" will remove ads and unlock new features in Smartbench 2010 and Smartbench 2011 applications, which are free in the Android Market.