KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung reportedly has been caught rigging the benchmark performance of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone.
This is according to an investigation carried out by Anandtech. The website performed a number of benchmarks tests using tools including GLBenchmark 2.5.1, Antutu and Quadrant on the eight-core Exynos 5 based Samsung Galaxy S4 handset, and noticed that the device was producing some unusual scores.
This is because the handset's GPU is clocked at 480MHz while playing games, but jumps to 532MHz when a benchmark app is run, a speed that owners of the Galaxy S4 will never be able to obtain during real world usage. According to Anandtech's testing this bump in the GPU clock frequency boosted benchmark performance by more that 11 percent.
Anandtech also found that CPU performance in both the eight-core Exynos 5 and quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon powered Galaxy S4 models is also affected by benchmark rigging, with the processor jumping to the highest performance mode when a benchmark app is opened.
"The CPU is set to the maximum CPU frequency available at app launch and stays there for the duration, all cores are plugged in as well, regardless of load, as soon as the application starts," Anandtech explained.
In basic terms, Samsung has been caught cheating on benchmark tests to make its Galaxy S4 smartphone look better. The firm has yet to comment on the report.
This news comes just a day after it was revealed that Samsung's rugged Galaxy S4 Active doesn't come with water damage covered by its warranty. µ
