Posted in: Android, Featured, Mobile phones , IFA 2013

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the third device running on the Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 800 chipset we meet. It is powered by a quad-core 2.3GHz Krait 400 processor, an Adreno 330 graphics and has 3GB of RAM. It also packs a 1080p display, so we can easily compare the performance of the new chipset to the old generation processors.

We’ve managed to run a few tests after the announcement in Berlin. Here is how the Galaxy Note 3 stacks against the competition.

The Krait 800 processor clocked at 2.3GHz is currently the fastest processor on the market. We start with a single-core test and we were treated to quite the result. The Note 3 had absolutely no problem topping our BenchmarkPi tests chart.





Benchmark Pi

Lower is better

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

98

LG G2

99

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

115

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

130

Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)

132

Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)

132

HTC Butterfly S

135

LG Optimus G Pro

147

HTC One

151

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

166

Sony Xperia Z

264

HTC Butterfly

266

Oppo Find 5

267

HTC One X+

280

LG Optimus G

285

HTC One mini

293

Samsung Galaxy Note II

305

HTC One X (Tegra 3)

330

LG Optimus 4X HD

350

Samsung Galaxy S III

359

Nexus 4

431

Next, we put all four cores to a test with the multi-core version of the Linpack benchmark. The Note 3 didn’t disappoint again, easily beating the entire competition here.

Linpack

Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

1091

LG G2

1054

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

1034

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

818

Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)

791

Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)

788

LG Optimus G Pro

743

HTC Butterfly S

669

HTC One

646

Sony Xperia Z

630

HTC Butterfly

624

LG Optimus G

608

Oppo Find 5

593

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

413

HTC One mini

320

Samsung Galaxy Note II

214.3

Nexus 4

213.5

HTC One X+

177.7

Samsung Galaxy S III

175.5

HTC One X

160.9

LG Optimus 4X HD

141.5

AnTuTu evaluates the overall device performance instead of just the CPU, but the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and its Snapdragon 800 chipset shine again though it couldn’t beat the LG G2.

AnTuTu

Higher is better

LG G2

35444

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

32907

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

29185

Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)

26275

HTC Butterfly S

25357

Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)

24716

HTC One

22678

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

21363

Sony Xperia Z

20794

LG Optimus G Pro

20056

HTC Butterfly

19513

Samsung Galaxy S III

15547

Oppo Find 5

15167

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

14518

HTC One mini

11434

It’s time to test the Adreno 330 graphic processing unit. We ran both of the GLBenchmark tests in offscreen mode, testing raw GPU power. The Galaxy Note 3 easily outpaced all other phones we’ve tested so far.

GLBenchmark 2.5 Egypt (1080p off-screen)

Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

68

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

60

LG G2

54

Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)

43

HTC Butterfly S

42

Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)

41

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

41

HTC One

37

Oppo Find 5

32

Google Nexus 4

32

Sony Xperia Z

31

Sony Xperia ZL

31

Sony Xperia SP

31

Apple iPhone 5

30

LG Optimus G Pro

30

LG Optimus G

21

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

17

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

17

Samsung Galaxy Note II

17

HTC One mini

15

HTC One X

11

GLBenchmark 2.7 T-Rex (1080p off-screen)

Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

26

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

23

LG G2

22

Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)

17.1

Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)

17.1

Apple iPad 4

16.8

HTC Butterfly S

16

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

16

Google Nexus 10

13.9

LG Optimus G

13.9

Sony Xperia Z

13.5

Sony Xperia Tablet Z

13

Sony Xperia ZL

12.8

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini

6.4

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

6.3

HTC One mini

5.6

Samsung Galaxy Note II

4.9

By the way, the Adreno 330 GPU on the Galaxy Note 3 supports OpenGL ES 3.0, which was recently added to Android (with 4.3). Since the Galaxy Note 3 is already running on Android 4.3 it’s reasonable to expect better performance over other Snapdragon 800-powered droids running on an older Android 4.2 version.

The JavaScript performance of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 browser is the best we’ve seen so far. Since SunSpider has recently released a new v1.0.1 we had to update the old scores.

SunSpider

Lower is better

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

648

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

750

LG G2

908

Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)

1046

HTC One

1174

LG Optimus G

1293

HTC One mini

1375

LG Nexus 4

1379

HTC Butterfly

1397

Oppo R819

1423

Huawei Ascend P6

3858

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is currently the fastest smartphone (phablets included) on the market right now. There’s a noticeable performance lead over the Snapdragon 600 competitors and it even outruns the Snapdragon 800 competitions by a hair.

You can find our exclusive hands-on of the Galaxy Note 3 right here.