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HTC One M9 performance benchmarks: Snapdragon 810 against Apple A8, Exynos 7420, and the rest

By Victor Hristov

Updated: Mar 03, 2015, 11:08 AM

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HTC One M9 performance benchmarks: Snapdragon 810 against Apple A8, Exynos 7420, and the rest

The HTC One M9 features Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon 810 system chip. It's one of the most powerful systems on a chip available right now, but this does not mean that it does not have some solid competition. This time around Samsung seems to have gone with its own Exynos octa-core solution in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, and we already know that Apple is using its own Apple A8 with custom Cyclone CPU cores in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

How does the new Snapdragon 810 compare against those two? And how much of an improvement is it compared to the earlier versions of Snapdragon seen in the One M8 and Galaxy S5?

How does the new Snapdragon 810 compare against the best chips?

We've managed to run some benchmarks to test both the CPU and GPU performance of the One M9, and bring you the numbers right below. It's worth noticing that - despite all the progress with Snapdragon 810 - Apple still has the lead in the important area of single-core CPU performance. In fact, the difference between the iPhone 6 and the One M9 is quite staggering, and not in favor of the Snapdragon 810 on the HTC phone. Samsung with its newest Exynos is actually the only chip that really stands up to it (the iPhone 6 still scores better, but the results are at least close).

Turn over to multi-core performance, though, a feature used by much less (but more demanding) apps, we see that the Samsung Galaxy S6 is the leader here with its Exynos 7420 system chip, while the Snadpragon 810 comes as a runner-up, but not really all that close.

Finally, though, GPU performance and gaming is where the HTC One M9 truly excels. HTC has decided to use a 1080 x 1920-pixel resolution for the screen of the M9, rather than the trendy Quad HD resolution, and this results in some stellar gaming performance. The One M9 is really the Android phone gamers would be most pleased with. Take a look at the scores right below.

Geekbench 3 single-coreHigher is better	LG G3950 HTC One(M8)888 Samsung Galaxy Note41112.67 Samsung Galaxy S5944 Apple iPhone 6 Plus1625 Apple iPhone 61630 Samsung Galaxy S61440 HTC One M91209
Geekbench 3 multi-coreHigher is better	LG G32545 HTC One(M8)2613 Samsung Galaxy Note43259.67 Samsung Galaxy S52900 Apple iPhone 6 Plus2918 Apple iPhone 62927 Samsung Galaxy S65127 HTC One M93738
AnTuTuHigher is better	LG G330634 HTC One(M8)31075 Samsung Galaxy Note441185.33 Samsung Galaxy S536603 Apple iPhone 650888 Samsung Galaxy S658382 HTC One M956896
GFXBench Manhattan 3.1 on-screenHigher is better	LG G37.5 HTC One(M8)11 Samsung Galaxy Note411.2 Samsung Galaxy S511.7 Apple iPhone 6 Plus18.4 Apple iPhone 625.8 Samsung Galaxy S616 HTC One M924
GFXBench Manhattan off-screenHigher is better	LG G311.4 HTC One(M8)11.8 Samsung Galaxy Note418.5 Samsung Galaxy S511.8 Apple iPhone 617.8 Samsung Galaxy S619 HTC One M924
GFXBench T-Rex HD on-screenHigher is better	LG G320.7 HTC One(M8)28.3 Samsung Galaxy Note425.9 Samsung Galaxy S527.8 Apple iPhone 6 Plus40.9 Apple iPhone 648.9 Samsung Galaxy S637 HTC One M949
GFXBench T-Rex HD off-screenHigher is better	Apple iPhone 642.3 Samsung Galaxy S646 HTC One M950

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Victor, a seasoned mobile technology expert, has spent over a decade at PhoneArena, exploring the depths of mobile photography and reviewing hundreds of smartphones across Android and iOS ecosystems. His passion for technology, coupled with his extensive knowledge of smartphone cameras and battery life, has positioned him as a leading voice in the mobile tech industry.