A report published by AnTuTu pegs Samsung's current flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, as the most powerful Android smartphones ever released into the market.
When the two smartphones were released in the United States, it was somewhat of a surprise to industry experts because Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge with its proprietary Exynos chipset instead of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset.
Choosing to release the smartphones with the Exynos over the Snapdragon 810 is looking like a good move for the company, as the 14nm process of the Exynos is cooler and more efficient that the 20nm process of the Snapdragon 810. More importantly, having more Samsung components within the device would be better for the branding of the company.
AnTuTu's report agrees with the soundness of the decision of Samsung to go with Exynos over Snapdragon 810, with the devices performing extremely well with its benchmarking suite.
China-based AnTuTu's benchmark software, which is used to compare the performance of smartphones and custom ROMs compared to others, has become the de facto benchmarking standard for Android-powered devices.
AnTuTu's report, which was prepared over the first half of the year, revealed that the Galaxy S6 scored 67,520 points and the Galaxy S6 Edge scored 63,910 points, claiming the top two spots among all Android smartphones out in the market today.
The tests are not conclusive, however, as the scores take into account a batch of results from 2015's first half and do not consider multiple tests and such to confirm the viability of the scores. Still, seeing the Exynos-powered Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge having such a wide gap in scores over Snapdragon-powered Android devices is impressive, to say the least.
Third place went to the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, with 57,163 points. The next Samsung device on the list is at the ninth position, the Galaxy S5, with 49,402 points.
The benchmark scores, however, are not representative of the performance of the devices in the real world, with a separate study by Consumer Reports actually claiming that the predecessor Samsung flagship, the Galaxy S5, beat the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge in its ratings of smartphones.
