Mobile processor explained | Phone buying guide

Mobile phone processors or SoC are full fledged computers today with components like CPU, GPU, Image Signal Process, Artificial Intelligence accelerators, Security, Sensors & Cache memory. When you are in the market to buy your next phone, manufacturers generally publish the SoC or mobile phone processor which they are using. This can vary from Snapdragon from Qualcomm, Exynos from Samsung, Helio from Media tech, or A series chips from Apple. But each one of them use this SoC in a different way, optimising these chips for better performance with their operating system.
Consumers are generally not very well aware about these differences. Consumers buying mid range phones will generally check for RAM, Storage & possibly if it is a Quad core processor or Dual Core processor. But the speed of each core in the processor isn't something which every consumer will understand. As well as manufacturers do not give out all specifications clearly. For instance most manufacturers still do not share the frequency of RAM which they are using with an SoC. It will state LPDDR5 or LPDDR4 but frequency in MHz isn’t specified. Similarly memory or storage speed is not something which many manufactures will openly share on their website.
Best way to overcome all these performance specification understanding, is to review industry benchmarking rather than just believing the manufacturer.
Antutu & Geekbench are two universally respected tools using which you will be able to test the processor, GPU & operating system optimization for the SoC used. This will always help you get better returns for the money spent on your next mobile.
Antutu benchmark
- It is the most popular Android smart phone and tablet . Over 100,000,000 users
- No.1 benchmarking app for technology addicts, bloggers, and enthusiasts.
- Through click and go test suite, Antutu benchmark measures User Experience, CPU, RAM, 2D/3D graphics, GPU, I/O performance of Android smartphone or tablet. You can get accurate device performance score report and your device ranking, which you can share and compare with other Android devices.
www.antutu.com/en/index.htm
Geekbench
browser.geekbench.com
Chapters
00:00 Mobile processors tough to understand
01:13 Components of a Computer
01:37 Component of a Smartphone
02:34 Manufacturers claiming SoC names & performance
03:01 What is inside SoC (example Snapdragon 888)
05:03 RAM Frequency is shared by manufactures
06:47 Reasons for not using best components with SoC
07:07 Samsung S21 not specific about RAM freqency
08:29 Introduction to Benchmarking Tools - Antutu & Geekbench
Links to the Channel
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Share you Phone's Antutu score in the comments here, it will be great to see you all using benchmark tools and becoming more aware👍 Samsung S20 plus - 492456 points.

[@godyoshida8433]

Asus Rog rog 6 pro - 1129890

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8:09 that sound literally scared the shit out of me coming out of no where suddenly while watching the video silently in my room.

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Only 10K views???? what the hell!! You deserve more!

[@niveZz-]

efficiency is way more important than peak performance since your SoC almost never runs at max frequency to preserve battery

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Much more information in your comment then whole video.(geekerwan viewer i guess)

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How do i understand it's efficiency

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On Point! Exactly what I was looking for

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Thank you Tahir!!

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Thank you so much! It helps me a lot.

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Talking about smartphone processors, I prefer Mediatek 5G processors in my smartphone now. They do really well at low cost.

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Agree 👍!

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i'm currently researching which phone i should go with. so this video has been most informative. Thank you so so much!

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Hi Scott, I am super glad you found it informative!

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Outstanding video. ❤

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this was so informative, thank you so much for making it. it has helped me make a better decisions and get more for what i pay :D

[@TechTakeaway]

Damn glad you liked it. Many websites now feature Antutu score for comparisons.

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Very well explained & very useful for someone who is planning to buy a new mobile devices👍

[@TechTakeaway]

Glad you liked it. Google your Phone's Anutu score and share it here.

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Great content, thanks dear.

[@puchkipal6422]

Altaf you were just marvelous! So big big words,😲 I heard it for the very first time. Very truly said that the shopkeepers do not tell us any of these things.Your video is very well explained and informative. Thankyou so much for sharing a Great knowledge on purchasing a mobile phone. Now I will definitely ask all of these questions before purchasing mobile.🤔 I wonder how much fool the shopkeepers make us!

[@TechTakeaway]

I am glad you liked it. Ideally most sellers don't discuss Antutu or Geekbench scores. But it will be best to check it ourself before we making a purchase, especially when you are confused between two phone models.

[@gauravpandey599]

Explanation is awesome.

[@TechTakeaway]

Thank you Gaurav!

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Very informative

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[@TechTakeaway]

My pleasure 😊

[@nabanafe]

Good deal of details! The speeding car sound at 8:10 really got me! coz I was wearing headphones 😸. The antutu score of Samsung galaxy s10 was 173870. Great job Altaf, keep producing the awesome stuff.

[@TechTakeaway]

Hahaha.. sorry if that spooked 👻 you.

[@nabanafe]

@@TechTakeaway no... it was so real, that I actually looked to my side to see if a car was coming.. 😁 so the car entered through one earbud, and zoomed out through another. That tested out my new bluetooth earphones too.

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Same...was checking comments to see if anyone mentioned 😂 Was spooked

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same here, had to replay to test whether it was the video or an actual car outside, haha

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Tysm for this sir

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Damn…. I love the way he teaches

[@regorflora7915]

Thank you man

[@hosseinebrahimi3451]

unfortunately things are even more complicated than that. SoC manufacturers are making chips that use a lot of power and produce heat. mobile phone companies can't get rid of the heat and thus create softwares to throttle the processor so it won't cook your phone. but these softwares are programmed to distinguish your daily apps from benchmarking apps so let the benchmark abuse your device to get the highest score but when you decide to run a game that software will slow your device. so you are paying for the latest SoC but if you live in a hot climate actually can't use your phone at 100 percent power.

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[@TechTakeaway]

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[@TechTakeaway]

Thank you. Glad you liked 👍

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Amazing very detailed info🔥

[@TechTakeaway]

Thank you Narres. Appreciate you sharing your comments!

[@narresnair1154]

@@TechTakeaway The Only Video I Truly Understand About Mobile Processor ... Welcome Sir

[@shrutichakravarti]

Why do u have so less subscribers....ur explanation is sooo amazing

[@TechTakeaway]

Hi Shruti, thank you so much. And I ask myself the same question. Haha. But I have started just 8 months back and KZbin is a long journey, comments like this make my day and I am just enjoying making quality content.

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[@godyoshida8433]

My IT prof that i pay 50k can't even explain such detail as this!. When it comes to tech knowledge, an indian man got your back

[@Red_Ranger_X]

Octo core is divided into 2 or 3 parts like 4×4 or 1×3×4 Which one is better?

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I didn't know i needed this till i watched it. god sent.

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great

[@TechTakeaway]

Thank you !

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Redmi note11 and redmi note 10s ke barre mai apna opinion de please.dono hi phones ka price under17 thousand hai

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Which you think is better A54 or edge 40?

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Hi altaf.very nicely explained but hindi mai hota toh aur accha samjh mai aata.

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Got yah

[@lordcinder]

This video is informative but the title is misleading

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Sir Redmi k50i buy or not ? please help 🤗🤗🤗

[@surebets1771]

Good, but antuto itself isanf a good metric, just watch geekawan's video about the same topic

[@ntsikelelondlovu]

08:09 - 08:12 scared the cr*p out of me. It was so unexpected.

[@Syckxpack]

Antutu checks graphics. Geekbench CPU. None of that includes RAM speed. S21 uses 2700 Mhz, but iphone 13 pro 2100 Mhz. So why iphones so high ranked? And yes, scores between OS are not direct comperable

[@JadeTucker-lq8zj]

I have 2023 mid range for replacement on my 2019 flagship. My old phone win 😢

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Very detailed,, 347000 points

[@TechTakeaway]

Great to see you using and understanding antutu scores 👏!

[@AymenYT]

Ive owned Redmi note 8 pro 300k+ AnTuTu Now pixel 3a xl and it's way faster with half the AnTuTu score I am thinking to buy oppo a31 for a family member he doesn't play games just use it daily, is it good phone ?

[@TechTakeaway]

Hi Aymen, OPPO a31 for a family member who doesn't game at all will be good. Ensure you go for 6 GB RAM variant and 128 GB storage. Else the family member will find storage becoming full quickly with a 64 variant. The screen on a31 isn't that great, it has a low PPi count and lower brightness with 720×1600 resolution. I will recommend checking out Redmi Note 11 and series around there before making the oppo purchase. As I feel specs of Redmi note will offer better value for money

[@AymenYT]

@@TechTakeaway i almost forget about the screen tysm i wish u good luck

[@shaf3006]

its not only about the hardware the software are important part of the phone moreover we use our phone for financial transection, or our personal data if it's been compromise, should one day the Police come knocking because you've posted a blackmail in FB

[@THEMDCOLLEGE]

I checked on Antutu Google Pixel 3A score-. 159000

[@TechTakeaway]

Great 👍

[@CurrentlyChilling-zo8eh]

you should have said at first to rely on benchmarks😅😅😅

[@bencyber8595]

octa core processor

[@bencyber8595]

4G. 5G the difference is ...

[@earlbond2929]

Always check the power efficiency of the phone how many watts it uses! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@dreamcatcher1074]

This chipset of qualcomm made by samsung is a scam, its performance and battery is bad.

[@bazukamimi5721]

Samsung is just marketing. They know how to make alot of noise. Similar to iphone.

[@emreercan7011]

The fact that 865 being better than 888 makes this video a joke

[@atomicgray]

Coming from geekerwan?! lol. Laughs in efficiency throttling.

[@emreercan7011]

@@atomicgray So 8 gen1 >888>865? ? . ?

[@Kosmas.9284]

When did you start losing hair

[@TechTakeaway]

Haha, Cosmas this was a gift handed down by my father. I guess about the age of 28 or so

[@Kosmas.9284]

@@TechTakeaway Haha anyways lets talk tech, recommend the best pick between the Nokia G21 v Redmi 10C