Samsung Galaxy Note Edge performance benchmarks
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Luckily, the Galaxy Note Edge is as high-end as it gets with cutting edge hardware: it is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) with a quad-core Krait 450 (r3p1) CPU and Adreno 420 graphics, the same configuration one can find in the Note 4.
Living on the edge with the Snapdragon 805
You also have the same load with a similarly sized 5.6" display (the 0.1" difference with the 5.7" Note 4 is compensated with the curved edge) with a Quad HD (1440 x 2560-pixel) resolution, and the same Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz skin on top of it. So, with no further ado, let's jump straight to the performance benchmarks.
AnTuTu Higher is better
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Motorola DROID Turbo
48412
LG G3
30634
Sony Xperia Z3
40437
HTC One (M8)
31075
Apple iPhone 6
50888
Samsung Galaxy S5
36603
Samsung Galaxy Note4
41185.33
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
46284
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Sunspider Lower is better
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Motorola DROID Turbo
828.2
LG G3
947.2
Sony Xperia Z3
863.7
HTC One (M8)
693.1
Apple iPhone 6
353.4
Samsung Galaxy S5
777.3
Samsung Galaxy Note4
1087.87
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
370.5
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Geekbench 3 single-core Higher is better
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Motorola DROID Turbo
1060
LG G3
950
Sony Xperia Z3
974
HTC One (M8)
888
Apple iPhone 6
1630
Samsung Galaxy S5
944
Samsung Galaxy Note4
1112.67
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
1089
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Geekbench 3 multi-core Higher is better
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Motorola DROID Turbo
2891
LG G3
2545
Sony Xperia Z3
2660
HTC One (M8)
2613
Apple iPhone 6
2927
Samsung Galaxy S5
2900
Samsung Galaxy Note4
3259.67
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
3302
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The results would be of no surprise of those who follow the development of Qualcomm's Krait core. The Krait 450 is the last one in the series, after three years of iterations, and before Qualcomm jumps into 64-bit waters next year. The current solution ranks fairly average in terms of single-core performance (when we compare it with the Cyclone CPU core in the Apple A8 for instance), but multi-core performance is very good, all results evident from running the Geekbench suite of tests. Looking only at the Android side of things, the Note Edge ranks at the top of the charts with AnTuTu score of 46284, on par with the best phones out there at the moment.
GFXBench Manhattan 3.1 on-screen Higher is better
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Motorola DROID Turbo
11.2
LG G3
7.5
Sony Xperia Z3
12.5
HTC One (M8)
11
Apple iPhone 6
25.8
Samsung Galaxy S5
11.7
Samsung Galaxy Note4
11.2
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
10
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GFXBench Manhattan off-screen Higher is better
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LG G3
11.4
HTC One (M8)
11.8
Apple iPhone 6
17.8
Samsung Galaxy S5
11.8
Samsung Galaxy Note4
18.5
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
18.5
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GFXBench T-Rex HD on-screen Higher is better
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Motorola DROID Turbo
27.7
LG G3
20.7
Sony Xperia Z3
29.3
HTC One (M8)
28.3
Apple iPhone 6
48.9
Samsung Galaxy S5
27.8
Samsung Galaxy Note4
25.9
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
26.3
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GFXBench T-Rex HD off-screen Higher is better
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Apple iPhone 6
42.3
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
42.3
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Turning over to GPU performance, the Adreno 420 graphics in the Note Edge is a nice improvement over earlier GPUs, but it also has a heavier load to lift with that Quad HD screen resolution. Benchmarks make it evident that the Adreno 420 is powerful enough to sustain performance on about the same level as that of 1080p high-end phones with Adreno 330, and that's a good achievement. It is also practically on par with the PowerVR GPU in the iPhone 6 in offline tests, but looking at on-screen results, the iPhone pulls ahead.

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