Apple iPhone 6 only marginally faster than iPhone 5s: Report

                      
The all-new A8 chip with an M8 coprocessor in the
Apple iPhone 6 might only be a slight upgrade from
the A7 chip and M7 coprocessor on the iPhone 5s, if
a benchmark test by Rightware is to be believed. The
benchmark, which focuses only on the GPU or the
graphical performance of the tested phones shows
that the iPhone 6 is only slightly faster with a score
of 21,204 compared to the 20,253 score of the
iPhone 5s, which is less than 1,000 points behind.
The phone that tops the list with the fastest GPU
performance is the Nokia Lumia 1520, which is
powered by a 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800
processor with Adreno 330 graphics. The iPhone 6
ranks 17th – below flagships from other
manufacturers such as the Sony Xperia Z3, LG
Nexus 5 and the Lenovo Vibe Z.
While specs aren’t everything, it’s worth noting that
Apple claimed that the GPU of the A8 chip found in
the iPhone 6 runs 50 percent faster than the A7
equivalent found in the iPhone 5S. The Rightware
report contradicts this claim. The biggest upgrade in
the iPhone was with the iPhone 5s that shows a
considerable leap in GPU performance compared to
the iPhone 5.
In real use, though, you are unlikely to notice the
difference in the performance even when playing
graphics-heavy apps and games. Also, one of the
many reasons users prefer Apple iPhones is because
of the well-optimised OS that makes it pretty nippy to
use. It’s important to remember that the Rightwave
report only focuses on the GPU performance and
ignores the overall system, so it would be best to
read full reviews of the iPhone 6 to find out how it
works in practice.