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First benchmark results for the 64-bit Snapdragon 615-packing HTC Desire 820 are here

By Chris P.

Updated: Sep 04, 2014, 3:39 AM

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First benchmark results for the 64-bit Snapdragon 615-packing HTC Desire 820 are here

After a period of teasers from both HTC and Qualcomm, the two's efforts finally materialized just minutes ago at IFA 2014. The just announced HTC 820 is a reason for both parties to be proud -- HTC has the world's first 64-bit Android handset, and Qualcomm is the one supplying the Snapdragon 615 chip in question.

Obviously, quite a few people are curious to find out exactly what kind of performance can be expected from the new silicon, and, preferably, on an actual, real device and not a test one. So we wasted no time and ran two important benchmarks on one of the Desire 820 units in the demo area -- GFXBench and Vellamo Metal. Judging by those, the Snapdragon 615 is very capable, and brings performance improvements over now discontinued Snapdragon 600.

See for yourself.

Keep in mind that the Desire 820 we tested was a demo unit. Performance may differ from that of a retail unit.

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Chris Panayotov is a former mobile tech reviewer of phones, tablets and wearables at PhoneArena. However, his contribution to PhoneArena content includes not just reviews, but all kinds of regular and experimental features, such as news stories, buying guides, and an exclusive column on the most notable phones out of Asia.

Vellamo MetalHigher is better	Samsung Galaxy Note3 Neo1009.3 Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G886 HTC Butterfly S789 HTC One781 HTC Desire 8202048
GFXBench T-Rex HD on-screenHigher is better	Samsung Galaxy Note3 Neo24.4 Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G10.7 HTC One14 HTC Desire 82025.2
GFXBench Manhattan 3.1 on-screenHigher is better	Samsung Galaxy Note3 Neo4.7 Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G4.3 HTC One4.9 HTC Desire 82011.7

First benchmark results for the 64-bit Snapdragon 615-packing HTC Desire 820 are here

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