HTC 8X beats the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III in SunSpider browser test

Microsoft said it has put a lot of effort optimizing the browser section of Windows Phone 8, and it has seemingly paid off.

A SunSpider test, where lower score is the better one, measured the JavaScript performance on three high-end phones - the HTC 8X, iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III - and the results are nothing short of astonishing for the Internet Explorer browser.

Well, the HTC 8X came out on top, beating the famed A6 processor rendering of the iPhone 5 by a whiff, and staying ahead of the Galaxy S III by a huge margin.

This goes to show that with the IE optimizations in Windows Phone 8, and the dual-core Snapdragon S4 processors, the WP8 flagships are up with the best for browsing - if you don't come across an Adobe Flash-laden site you need to check out, of course, but this holds true for iOS, too, and for the latest iterations of Android as well.

via WMPU

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posted on 30 Oct 2012, 03:51 10

3. fsnas (Posts: 104; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)

Nokia Lumia 920 will beat iPhone 5 with more than whiff!

posted on 31 Oct 2012, 00:17

31. linneti15 (Posts: 49; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)

how exactly?? exact same processor, same resolution screen and same operating system with the same browser and htc/nokia can't optimise the browser

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 03:54 6

4. Cyan3boN (Posts: 446; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)

6805 to 914 within a year is a great feat. now if only they bring IE 10 to windows 7

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 03:57 2

5. psysect (Posts: 49; Member since: 27 Sep 2012)

thats why i love HTC..Great..

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 04:08 5

7. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1543; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)

And no wonder coming from a Windows site the have "forgotten" to mention that IE10 has been fully optimized for that test and it's performing terribly in ANY OTHER test.
Here is the original source of the news (AnandTech) showing all the tests and not only the one that favours windows...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6415/windows-phone-8-and-htc-8x-preview/3

Daniel, please check your sources a bit before posting, that one was clearly a graph coming from AnandTech, at least you could have checked the original site.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 04:40

13. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 533; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

thanks for pointing that out!

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 04:14 4

8. wendygarett (unregistered)

iPhone 5 is at second? this enough reason for me to get it :)

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 07:20 3

24. chaoticrazor (Posts: 2347; Member since: 28 Aug 2012)

Just can't help yourself can you, get it and shut up about it pls

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 08:06

27. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)

looser and whiner

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 10:54

30. darkkjedii (Posts: 24454; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

Big time too.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 07:39 1

25. darkkjedii (Posts: 24454; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

U won't b disappointed Wendy

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 04:30 1

10. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)

Windows Phone is flawed in my opinion. Less than iOS but more than Android's later iterations (4.0 onwards). It's pretty clean, slick and really fast. It's also pretty simplistic and live tiles are a bold step in some direction, only time will tell if it's right. They're still not as robust, not nearly as customizable and even less varied than androids widgets. The lack of a live wallpaper is also a gripe, let alone a regular wallpaper. Not a deal breaker, but it's also unreasonable having one, but microsoft could do a little more out-of-the-box thinking here. The app selection is also pretty limited and yeah that doesn't sound like an issue since 46 out of the top 50 apps are on the windows store, just another minor gripe. The thing is, Android doesn't have any of those issues, which would only make me wonder why anyone would get a windows phone right now when another android phone does all of the above.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 04:30

11. phil2n (Posts: 487; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

how much more if they use Lumia 920..

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 05:02 1

14. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4292; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

Whoa...hold your horses!!
We're talking about Windows and IE here...not HTC!
God knows the 920 will have the same readings or even better knowing that they have the same hardware.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 05:52

17. No_Nonsense (unregistered)

Yup, because other benchmark results aren't that good. Maybe Nokia's would be better?

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 05:09

15. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4292; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

Whoa...hold your horses!!
We're talking about Windows and IE here...not HTC!
God knows the 920 will have the same readings or even better knowing that they have the same hardware.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 06:01

19. rickywinataa (Posts: 262; Member since: 05 Apr 2012)

this is only the s4 dual core processor, i wonder what the optimized wp8 could run with s4 pro

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 06:13

20. abish1234 (Posts: 51; Member since: 22 Oct 2011)

who cares....

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 06:27

21. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)

and im pretty sure lumia 920 will beat them!!!

hope to see a lumia running s4 pro next year!!!

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 06:40

22. FranksGT (Posts: 167; Member since: 29 Aug 2012)

Its alright but when cons outweigh pros not a great sign.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 07:53

26. ajac09 (Posts: 1482; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)

At leat we know windows phone 8's can beat phones in benchmarks thats a plus right?

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 08:55

28. fins71 (Posts: 17; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)

The Galaxy Note II not available for testing? ?? You can use mine next time. They are in stores now and available to test.

posted on 30 Oct 2012, 10:49

29. AndrewChan (Posts: 1; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)

1. Sorry, Anandtech updated the marks.
8X beats GS3 only, not together with iPhone 5.

2. In other tests, 8X eats dusts.

3. Why bother to mention "beats both iphone 5 and GS3"?
These 2 phones are not even close.

posted on 27 Dec 2012, 17:01

32. joshsmithy-razri (Posts: 2; Member since: 27 Dec 2012)

My RAZR I now gets 850 on sun spider. This make it fastest phone on sun spider :) I scored 854.5

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