Benchmarks often get the ire of critics because their scores don't always relate to real-world experience, and it appears that some Samsung devices aren't helping that reputation out at all. Our friends at Anandtech started sifting through data for two Exynos octacore variants of the Galaxy S 4, and have discovered multiple benchmarks that appear to run those devices at a higher clock speed -- for both CPU and GPU -- than they normally run. Some of the apps included in the report are GLBench 2.5.1, AnTuTu, Quadrant and Linpack. Coincidentally, the site also found code within the GS4 that indicates the existence of a program called "BenchmarkBooster," which is responsible for overclocking the processors when certain apps are running. Is this an evil plot by Samsung to take over the world using rogue benchmarking results? Is this something that's occurring on other devices (and even from other manufacturers) as well? It's hard to say, but there is certainly something curious afoot. Check out the source to get all of the skinny on what exactly is going on.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, Samsung
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Source: Anandtech
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