After getting my hands on the gold iPhone 5s and green iPhone 5c from the Southgate Apple Store in Edmonton on launch day, I decided to do some benchmark and speed tests between these two new models and the ‘old’ iPhone 5 using Benchmark 3, SunSpider, GFXBench and GLBenchmark.
Check out the results below (click here to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don’t miss any future videos):
The iPhone 5s really is a monster with its 64-bit A7 chip and it shows. How are you liking your iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c?
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The ‘c’ in iphone 5c should stand for “case”, because it’s simply an iphone 5 in a plastic case. Why is anyone bothering to benchmark the 5c? The only difference internally is a slightly larger battery and a bit better spec’d front camera.
You’re right. And that’s exactly what Kris mentioned in his video.
Actually the 5 did slightly better in most of the test then the 5c. So no need to get the 5C, but wow on the s So fast
It’s a beast!
It does appear to be a beast, indeed. Sorry if I sounded snarky in my initial comment. I appreciate the videos, always high quality, informative, and to the point 🙂
No worries, I agree with you on the 5C, but then again if I had the 4 and little cash it could be an alternative. Or if i was into the aesthetics of the colored phones. But who can beat the 5 on styling, its so cool the 5s has it. If the 5c was cheaper I could see kids grabbing it up.
Yup – I just wanted to be fair. I wanted to make sure they were similar. It’s easy to just come out and claim it’s the same. I wanted to make sure they were similar.
Conclusion statement of the video…”When looking at real world testing, the differences are very small”.
It’s important to keep in mind that, as history has dictated for the past 3 decades, that sentiment only lasts about 6 months before it changes to… “You really need a [64bit] processor if you want this [app] to run at its full potential”.
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