First benchmarks of the Juggernaut Alpha Windows Phone 8 handset show a 50% performance boost

posted by Daniel P. / Jul 23, 2012, 8:52 AM

First benchmarks of the Juggernaut Alpha Windows Phone 8 handset show a 50% performance boost

WP Bench has a new king, and it is the leaked Juggernaut Alpha Windows Phone 8 device that appeared in a developer's list not long ago. Right after comes the HTC Titan II, reportedly the most powerful current Windows Phone device.

Juggernaut Alpha scored 151 points, leaving the Titan II with its 1.5GHz processor in the dust. Now, granted this is a dual-core handset most likely, as Windows Phone 8 brings support for multicore chipsets, but the benchmark comes to show that there will really be an improvement in performance over the current generation of Windows Phone Mango handsets.

source: WMPU

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1. bobfreking55

Posts: 866; Member since: Jul 15, 2011

hmmm... show me more!

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 8:56 AM 10

2. pokharkarsaga

Posts: 547; Member since: Feb 23, 2012

performance wise windows phone 8 > android, because they know how to optimize hardware at its 100 percent better than android.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:06 AM 16

4. picka_vi_materina

Posts: 174; Member since: Nov 21, 2011

That's because WP has a very high minimum frequency hence the high battery usage. WP sucks when it comes to optimization and relies on higher frequency and constant CPU usage.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:11 AM 11

7. neutralguy

Posts: 1152; Member since: Apr 30, 2012

what are you talking about? "WP sucks when it comes to optimization and relies on higher frequency and constant CPU usage." you're kidding right? WP RELIES ON HIGHER FREQUENCY(clockspeed)? WP refreshes its OS to be optimized with higher frequency not because it relies on that.. It's because it's what people wants. Look at WP7 devices. Look at lumia 610.. THOSE devices don't rely on higher clockspeed. They work smoothly even in low specs. That's how smooth WP is. Remember this, WP8 was the answer for the people craving for higher end devices in WP ecosystem. They don't really rely on higher frequency. and the thing you said about constant CPU usage? EVERY PHONE USES ITS CPU ALL THE TIME. SERIOUSLY. YOUR PHONE WON'T RUN WITHOUT A CONSTANT CPU USAGE. done here.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:38 AM 12

8. Evil_SaNz

Posts: 259; Member since: Oct 20, 2011

I'm still stuck on the lumia 800 (wp 7.5) that had a worse performance browser-wise than the nexus s (2010), did I miss something? Sunspider test, lower is better Nexus S (2010) - 6054 Lumia 800 (2012) - 6752

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:51 AM 4

14. ph00ny

Posts: 2026; Member since: May 26, 2011

Aren't those numbers a little high? I could have sworn that Nexus S scores better than 6k with updated webkit browsers included in each iteration of Android OS

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 12:37 PM 3

17. haseebzahid

Posts: 1853; Member since: Feb 22, 2012

seems u have no idea what u said WP can be optimized without extra app it has builtin feature to utilize batteries more then android

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 1:43 PM 1

5. phitch

Posts: 214; Member since: Mar 06, 2012

No, the only thing Windows beats Android on is keeping their phones undated. Google needed to have better control over that aspect of their ecosystem. Jelly Bean > WP8

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:28 AM 8

11. POOTIS

Posts: 3; Member since: Jul 23, 2012

ULTRA GAAAAAAAAAY

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 10:28 AM 5

20. bbblader

Posts: 590; Member since: Oct 24, 2011

you must be new to memes my friend

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 2:19 PM 0

6. ph00ny

Posts: 2026; Member since: May 26, 2011

we shall see about WP8 WP7 was smooth in the same way iPhone was smooth. Limiting the key factor that Android thrives at. Hardware choices and multitasking This is also the same reason why WinMo suffered from much criticism it received because it was very similar to how android works right now(i actually liked winmo)

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:29 AM 1

18. haseebzahid

Posts: 1853; Member since: Feb 22, 2012

well android has only one thing you can brag on home screem customization and after a while no one bother the screen customization

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 1:47 PM 0

28. ph00ny

Posts: 2026; Member since: May 26, 2011

Multitasking? What about custom apps that can really boost specific device performance (artificial amps like Voodoo Louder/Sound)? Ability to create a true backup of the device? Android has quite a few things to brag about and i don't really consider home screen as one of them but since you listed it in your post, i will add it in there as well.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 5:07 PM 0

42. haseebzahid

Posts: 1853; Member since: Feb 22, 2012

thats the point bragg :P is what fandroids do they dontget a life and stop bashing other OS

posted on Jul 25, 2012, 8:01 AM 0

30. MISTER_H

Posts: 97; Member since: Jul 08, 2012

why wouldnt it be... Windows is half-baked OS unlike Android a full Linux OS

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 5:33 PM 3

32. lubba

Posts: 1313; Member since: Jan 17, 2011

Not sure what you mean "half baked."

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 6:21 PM 0

34. MISTER_H

Posts: 97; Member since: Jul 08, 2012

its not a full os. apps dont run at background. thats why its so smooth.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 6:56 PM 1

36. ph00ny

Posts: 2026; Member since: May 26, 2011

As for optimization, Considering the fact that dual core listed above is the S4 variant, and the single core has always been the S3/2 variant, performance gap should be bigger.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 6:58 PM 0

3. Non_Sequitur

Posts: 1111; Member since: Mar 16, 2012

This looks pretty nice. Can't wait to play with the official release of WP8 on a PureView Lumia!

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:07 AM 4

9. thunderising

Posts: 232; Member since: Nov 25, 2011

Dual Core v/s Single Core. This was expected.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 10:04 AM 5

10. snowgator

Posts: 3621; Member since: Jan 19, 2011

Can hardly wait to see WP in action.......

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 10:09 AM 2

12. jtech

Posts: 101; Member since: Jul 14, 2011

Android users not comfortable with what they have so they troll WP news and thumbs down what people say who don't use android...Welcome to PhoneArena

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 11:03 AM 4

15. Whateverman

Posts: 3295; Member since: May 17, 2009

Some of you WP fans are getting just as bad as ios fanboys. There are a lot of true tech fans here who want to see them all succeed. Look at post numbers 2 and 3, then talk about Android users trolling. I'm sure you'll agree the thumbing down was more about the negative comments on Android where it wasn't needed.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 1:07 PM 3

37. Penny

Posts: 1847; Member since: Feb 04, 2011

I'm not so sure anyone would agree with that Whateverman. You would have to be ignoring an awful lot of neutral comments that are getting thumbed down on pretty much every WP article to make that statement. That's not to say there aren't some irrational/obnoxious WP fans as well. Can't really avoid it. But still, not nearly as bad in my opinion.

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 8:38 PM 1

39. MISTER_H

Posts: 97; Member since: Jul 08, 2012

True....

posted on Jul 23, 2012, 9:11 PM 0

40. Whateverman

Posts: 3295; Member since: May 17, 2009

There are always perfectly rational comments getting thumbed down, but the new trend around here lately has been to point at the Android users. Why can't it simply be a case of that person, no matter what their preferred OS may be, simply thinks WP isn't up to par yet. But people are so quick to thumb you down based on your phone, they don't take time to listen to what you are saying. I just want to see more debating. Tell us why you think this OS or that OS is great, and less crying about other OS users commenting on your OS articles. Aren't we all techies here? Don't we all love all tech? And if so, we should be able to give a real opinion and even give a thumbs down if we don't agree without someone trying to make everyone chose sides.