Antutu, the world’s most famous benchmarking app that unleashes the maximum performance out of your phone. We are glad to tell you that it has been updated. Yes! You heard it right. The new Antutu 6.0 is available. It was not a minor update, since it moved directly from version 5.7.1 to version 6.0.

The news of update would have been a little one, if the latest update (Antutu 6.0) had not redesigned the whole evaluation criteria, which by the way is the sole purpose of this update. And the result… has a general increase in the rating of worldwide phones including new Qualcomm processors and the new iPhone 6s. But what are the aspects of Antutu 6.0 that leaves us a little bit confused. Let’s find out.

Antutu 6.0: What has changed?

Apart from the spectacular new design and UI (user interface), which allows us the access of the features of those phones that appears on the official ranking (Chinese terminal). The most important are the changes in the changes in the procedure of final test score:

Now the new version Antutu 6.0 gives more preference to the GPU test. The test has been completely redesigned, forcing us to download a separate app. The new design is called Unity 3D 5.0, supporting the latest and most powerful SoCs, even Samsung Galaxy S6 runs flawlessly on it. The test are divided into two parts: First is the ‘online’ part which uses the native resolution of your phone. While second is the ‘offline’ or ‘off screen’ part which have no fps, enabling to squeeze most out of the phone’s GPU and processor. Another aspect that has been renovated is the CPU test. Although it is not completely redesign like the GPU test, but it has been decided to give more importance to the single core test while considering the final score test. That single core processor which runs all the time. Apart from CPU and GPU, test UX (user experience) is also redesigned. This is where they have new evidence test that attempt to better reflect the actual use of phone. This includes the data processing and images, I/O performance and data security.

We would like to sum-up this sub-heading by saying that Antutu 6.0 downplays tests CPU and RAM, and increases UX testing and 3D power.

Antutu 6.0: So where lies the actual confusion?

As we see in the above chart that how Antutu 6.0 has completely changed the criteria used. Now it gives benefits to the high-end terminals while pushes the low-end terminals to the end.

This is the moment when we put something conspiracious or at least skeptical. It seems to be logical, to give a great importance to the user experience UX or relevance. But, why Antutu 6.0 has considered GPU more important than CPU? We will not deny that now more powerful and elaborate on the Android universe and smartphones are generally games, but what really is the main criterion for buying a terminal? Is playing the main use of smartphone? We dare to say no. So, what is the purpose of giving more importance to this section.

Confusion No.1: Samsung on number 8, Meizu is on number 2

On this graph, we have Huawei Mate 8, which uses the newest Kirin 950, the only ranking processor cores in use with Cortex-A72 architecture, so it’s quite reasonable to see it first. By further analysis of the chat, we see Meizu Pro 5 on the second position. For those who do not know, Meizu Pro 5 is the only terminal market use the same Exynos 7420 SoC. Same chipset integrated into all Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy Note 5; and recently, the world’s most powerful smartphone SoC.

Friends, although it seems to be a little trivial question. But it is not. Giving more preference to GPU has ruined the rankings and made somewhat controversial. To further argue on this topic, we are going to teach a catch made ??with the terminal of one of our editors: A Galaxy S6 version “flat”.

Well, in Meizu Pro 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S6, Miezu has done such a good job while surpassing Samsung Galaxy S6 in the benchmark. They just beat Samsung in their own chipset. But the devil, the controversy lies in one place. As we know, Meizu Pro 5 uses a full-HD display, while the remaining terminals of Samsung uses a screen of 1440p or 2.5K. If competing again in the new Antutu 6.0, having now the GPU section greater weight in this test, a lower screen resolution results in major differences in scoring terminals with the same SoC. This means that Samsung Galaxy S6 should have surpassed Meizu Pro 5. But, sadly that is not case.

Confusion No.2: Snapdragon 810 better than Exynos 7420?

You we get more provoked from Antutu 6.0, if you see the positions 5, 6 and 7 of our particular test. We see that these positions are filled by three smartphones that use the Snapdragon 810, a famous SoC at this point for their heating problems but, curiously, has a very powerful GPU (Adreno 430). Seeing our real test, and carried out in ideal conditions (airplane mode without open apps in the background), one might think that the challenging SoC as the Snapdragon 810 is better than the Exynos 7420 , and therefore inevitably ask: Is this test really reflecting more efficient performance of a SoC?

Another point that supports this theory is the fact that the future Snapdragon 820 architecture uses very powerful 4 cores as compared to 8 cores that will be in the next SoC known as Samsung M1. So far, all the leaks select the next SoC from Samsung the winner, with a score that already exceeded 100,000 Antutu 5.7 points. However, recent leaks provide us a result of more than 130,000 points of Snapdragon 820. And this new Antutu 6.0, which gives more importance to the core section and the GPU, seems to be designed to measure the SoC Apple and Qualcomm. They opt for less cores, but with a higher CPI.

Think for a minute reader, is Samsung Galaxy Note S6 or 5, with 2.5 K Super Amoled screen, with one of the best cameras on the market, worse than a OnePlus 2 terminal, a Meizu Pro or HTC M9 ? Not that Samsung pay us commission, or want to be partisan, it’s just that we can not help but doubt the good intentions of this new test. Don’t misunderstand us. We know that you want better assess with the real performance of a smartphone. We don’t think that this Antutu 6.0 is the most controversal of all. But of course, it’s just our opinion. What’s your opinion? We would like to know.