Nothing in the mobile space comes close to the iPhone in terms of JavaScript performance. When is the Android world going to step up?
Nothing in the mobile space comes close to the iPhone in terms of JavaScript performance.
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Nothing in the mobile space comes close to the iPhone in terms of JavaScript performance. When is the Android world going to step up?
John Hardy Developer 
Are you comparing safari to chrome here? Isn’t that like comparing IE10 to chrome?
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Update: Samsung S9 comes in at 56 which puts it at the same level as the iPhone 7
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I’m only looking at the mobile figures here Emlyn O’Regan so the browser type doesn’t really matter. Chrome on iOS === Mobile Safari. The benchmark exercises a series of Javascript apps on the hardware using the fastest browser for that hardware. The result is that the iPhone 8 onwards is substantially faster than any in the Android world. The Snapdragon 845 in the Samsung s9 matches the iPhone 7.
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John Hardy you are not comparing the same year release, check OnePlus 6 or Pocophone vs iPhone X’s
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Ok I don’t have one to try. If you do or know someone with one ask them to try: browserbench.org – Speedometer 2.0 and post the result here.
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My iPhone 7 did this test clocked in at 59.7 running iOS Chrome browser. On mobile safari it came in at 56.7
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My Samsung Galaxy Note 9 got 33.3 on the test…
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Thanks for that data point Lars Dahlin
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It doesn’t seem like a comprehensive benchmark.
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Is this on equivalent platforms, or does it rely on Apple’s particular hardware?
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Emlyn O’Regan I’ll take suggestions for an alternative benchmark but I know that this one exercises fairly typical behaviour of webapps.
I don’t think quibbling over benchmarks is going to change much. The Apple CPU powered phones are measured as being literally several times as fast at JavaScript execution as competing Android units.
This discrepancy needs to be either explained or Android needs to step up. Every release of the iPhone in recent years has included significant increases in compute power.
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Macbook Pro 15″ 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 Late 2017
Safari (Version 12.0 ) – 102
Chrome (Version 69.0.3497.100) – 79.2
FireFox (62.0) – 67.5
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OnePlus 5 (Spring 2017) – 28
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Pocophone F1 August 2018 – 46.3
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BTW, I have a feeling, that JavaScript performance in the Android is not so good, because OS never gives the entire CPU tasks to the browser. Android, unlike iOS, is a true multitasking OS.
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That may be true. In theory it should be easy to prove too.
I’m thinking though that Apple are doing something impressive with their own chips that are leaving the other chip manufacturers in the dust.
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you think the idea that Apple about to dump Intel in favor of own A chips has any merit?
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Vlad Markov the idea might have merit. Certainly it’s been long rumoured. They did it once before when they switched to Intel in the first place.
The reason why I’m not holding my breath is that Apple have shown relatively little interest in the Mac since it became a phone manufacturer. The Mac remains an important product but it’s not that big a deal to the company web you compare it to iPhone sales.
So I’m not expecting an A chip in a MacBook any time soon. It almost seems like a backward step. What I am expecting is to see more capable mobile devices that can supplant the need for laptops for most of their target audience (who are not developers).
I’m willing to be wrong on this.
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In my opinion, we at the point, when we could/should switch to the module structure for laptops. Spending every 2-3 years so much money is very painful. Unfortunately, no one does the better job with notebooks than Apple. Regarding phones, I don’t know the right answer. I am not ready to pay so much money for the new gadgets.
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This graph might help explain Apple’s priorities.https://plus.google.com/photos/…
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Vlad Markov: It would be nice to have a properly free implementation of at least the major Mac OS X APIs. Something like Wine, just fruitier.
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Andres Soolo I am ready to dump Mac OS, all together. Unfortunately, I can’t find the hardware manufacturer, who can produce the quality hardware. I need an aluminum case preferably with the magnetic power connector. However, I can use the USB-C with the magnetic connectors. Also, I would love to have the SD cards on my laptops. Regarding OS, pretty much any Linux would be capable of serving my needs.
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Vlad Markov: Some recent Chromebooks have pretty nice mechanical constructions and more or less passable electronics inside. Unfortunately, you’ll need plenty of tinkering to get one to function as something resembling a proper laptop.
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Chromebooks are nearly always starved of ram. 4gb max etc
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John Hardy: It’s a puzzling choice, considering Chrome being a legendary memory hog.
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Definitely a shame because they’d be great machines with more ram and storage
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John Hardy: And a proper OS.
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But as unfortunate result, I have to buy for my family MacBook Air, price vs quality unbeatable. 😦
computers.woot.com – Apple MacBook Air 11″ Intel i5 128G Laptop
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Vlad Markov I dunno the new ones have crap keyboards. Basically it’s a drawing of a keyboard without real keys.
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Vlad Markov: Clearly, Apple is holding a monopoly position in the market of quality laptops. Could we get an antitrust action going that would encourage appearance of viable competitors?
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Andres Soolo This is a market driven solution. Antitrust will not solve the problem. For example, Asus has a very nice idea to copy some aspects of Apple but using the plug for the power-outlets which are completely screwing up everything they did before that. Because the second you put your laptop in the bed, the plug will start bending aluminum case.
https://plus.google.com/photos/…
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Vlad Markov: Why is aluminium case important to you, by the way?
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Andres Soolo I can live with carbon, Lenovo X1 is an acceptable model, but again, tons of deficiencies.
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Vlad Markov : No, I mean, what are the important properties that you expect from an aluminium case?
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Punchability
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Andres Soolo plastic cases usually in time wear off, loose paint and polished by hand, aluminum and carbon cases don’t have such problem.
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Vlad Markov: What about magnesium case?
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Magnesium should be much much more expensive, super light and very strong metal, however it has very low ignition temperature 473°C unbelievably flammable with very high burning temperature 2200°C. With recent batteries screw ups, I would be very cautious to use it anywhere.
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