Google Nexus 4 benchmarks

• DisplayThe scientific display measurements allow us to inspect the quality of this extremely important component in such a great depth that is not possible with the naked eye. Armed with a colorimeter device and some specialized software, we study the various aspects of smartphone and tablet screens, such as their brightness, color temperature, gamma, color gamut and accuracy.
  • Screen measurementsOur ‘Screen measurements’ table is like a quick, yet very detailed overview of a display. With just a quick glance, you can discover a great deal of important data, including the maximum brightness, contrast ratio, gamma, color temperature, etc. Hover over each category to learn more about it and what makes it important!
    
    	Maximum brightness (nits)Higher is better	Minimum brightness (nits)Lower is better	Contrast Higher is better	Color temperature (Kelvins)	Gamma	Delta E rgbcmy Lower is better	Delta E grayscale Lower is better
    Google Nexus 5X	487 (Good)	2 (Excellent)	1:1498 (Excellent)	6799 (Excellent)	2.31	2.06 (Good)	3.54 (Good)
    Google Nexus 5	485 (Good)	10 (Average)	1:996 (Average)	6786 (Excellent)	2.05	2.88 (Good)	3.11 (Good)
    Motorola Moto G (2015)	449 (Good)	19 (Poor)	1:1116 (Good)	7440 (Good)	2.27	5.87 (Average)	4.04 (Average)
    Google Nexus 4	427 (Good)	14 (Poor)	No data	No data	No data	No data	No data
    Google Nexus 6P	356 (Average)	1 (Excellent)	unmeasurable (Excellent)	6737 (Excellent)	2.26	6.46 (Average)	2.04 (Good)
    Samsung Galaxy S4	289 (Poor)	9 (Average)	unmeasurable (Excellent)	7316 (Good)	2.16	5.52 (Average)	7.31 (Average)
• Performance BenchmarksIf there’s one thing smartphone consumers value extremely highly, that’s lightning-fast system performance. But how do you tell if a device has the necessary power to carry you through the seas of demanding apps and beyond? The answer is simple - through synthetic benchmarking! Thankfully, there are now tools that are professional enough to give us a good idea about the punch our devices really pack.
  AnTuTu Higher is better	Google Pixel 140722 Google Nexus 6P 60007 Google Nexus 5X 53178 Google Nexus 5 26340 Motorola Moto G (2015) 22406 Google Nexus 4 16749
  GFXBench T-Rex HD on-screen Higher is better	Google Pixel 58 Google Nexus 6P 36 Google Nexus 5X 38 Google Nexus 5 23 Motorola Moto G (2015) 9.6
  GFXBench Manhattan on-screen Higher is better	Google Pixel 48 Google Nexus 6P 17 Google Nexus 5X 16 Google Nexus 5 9.4 Motorola Moto G (2015) 3.9
  Vellamo Metal Higher is better	Google Pixel 3068 Google Nexus 6P 2361 Google Nexus 5X 2161 Google Nexus 5 1166 Motorola Moto G (2015) 1224 Google Nexus 4 600
  Basemark OS II Higher is better	Google Pixel 2425 Google Nexus 6P 1894 Google Nexus 5X 1537 Google Nexus 5 891.3 Motorola Moto G (2015) 581
  JetStream Higher is better	Google Pixel 55.022
  Geekbench 4 single-core Higher is better	Google Pixel 1525 Google Nexus 6P 1263
  Geekbench 4 multi-core Higher is better	Google Pixel 4148 Google Nexus 6P 3506
• Camera SpeedA good camera is the one that’s always there when you need it. Quality matters, but so does speed, and that is why we do a series of tests to determine if a smartphone’s camera has what it takes to be a reliable tool in your photographic activities. We measure camera speed by running the cross-platform benchmark program CamSpeed, and by performing our own proprietary speed test.
  	Taking a pic (sec)Lower is better	Taking an HDR pic (sec)Lower is better	CamSpeed score Higher is better	CamSpeed score with flash Higher is better
  Google Nexus 6P	2.2	2.9	346	464
  Google Nexus 4	2.8	4.3	434	395
  Google Nexus 5X	2.8	3.2	623	568
  Samsung Galaxy S4	3.4	4.75	1016	486
  Motorola Moto G (2015)	3.4	5	658	641
  Google Nexus 5	3.5	4	406	347
• Audio OutputIf power never feels enough when it comes to your favorite tunes, then you’ll surely find our audio benchmark quite useful, as it allows you to find the handsets and tablets with the strongest speakers. We also measure power of the earphones output, but hey - be careful with that volume control - you’ll need those ears!
  Headphones output power (Volts) Higher is better	Samsung Galaxy S4 0.38 Motorola Moto G (2015) 0.377 Google Nexus 5 0.36 Google Nexus 6P 0.34 Google Nexus 5X 0.287 Google Nexus 4 0.28
  Loudspeaker loudness (dB) Higher is better	Samsung Galaxy S4 77 Motorola Moto G (2015) 78.5 Google Nexus 5 71 Google Nexus 6P 78.4 Google Nexus 5X 69.2 Google Nexus 4 80
• Battery LifeNothing can replace a reliable, long-lasting battery that can easily carry you and your smartphone through at least a day of heavy usage. Of course, you can always get one of those chubby battery cases, but how uncool would that be? Instead, we’d suggest that you take advantage of our battery life ratings, which are based on our own, custom-designed battery test, to see how the phones compare.
  • Battery life
  • Charging time

  We measure battery life by running a custom web-script, designed to replicate the power consumption of typical real-life usage. All devices that go through the test have their displays set at 200-nit brightness.

  name	hours Higher is better

  Motorola Moto G (2015)	8h 3 min (Excellent)
  Google Pixel	7h 45 min (Good)
  Google Nexus 5X	6h 25 min (Average)
  Google Nexus 6P	6h 24 min (Average)
  Google Nexus 5	4h 50 min (Poor)
  Google Nexus 4	4h 47 min (Poor)

  name	minutes Lower is better

  Google Nexus 6P	89
  Google Nexus 5X	100
  Google Pixel	119
  Motorola Moto G (2015)	251

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