How to Compare and Test Android Phone Speed

We test a lot of Android phones here at Tech Advisor. It’s a great way to see how the phone stacks up in terms of raw power, as well as providing metrics for graphics performance, battery life and other areas. If you want to do the same at home and see how your phone compares to others, we will tell you how to do it.

The process is simple and mostly uses free apps.

Did the benchmark test results help?

One thing to consider before testing is that while benchmarks provide useful information, they should not be used as the only way to measure performance. While your phone may (or may not) score high in synthetic tests, the real test is how it performs for you on a daily basis in real-world conditions.

Bragging rights aside, benchmarking is just an objective way to see how your phone compares to others.

The app you need to compare Android phones

To get a good idea of ​​your phone’s performance, you’ll need a few apps to run the test. This is what we use:

Geekbench 5 for Android

The heart of your phone is the SoC, which stands for System on Chip. Unlike PCs which separate the CPU, GPU and other components, mobile phones usually use a single chip that bundles everything together.

There are still traditional processors doing the main computing. Like desktops and laptops, mobile processors consist of a number of cores. Many of today’s flagship Android phones have eight processor cores, but you’ll find different configurations. To test CPU performance, you’ll want to use Geekbench 5, as it can show activity speeds of single-core as well as multiple cores simultaneously. The multi-core results are what we pay attention to the most, because they best reflect the actual performance of the application.

Download Geekbench on your phone and follow the steps below.

How to Test Android Phone GPU Performance

Next to the CPU (Central Processing Unit) you will find the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) which handles all the rendered images that you see on the screen. Testing it is useful because it tells you how good the phone is at gaming. To do this you have to use GFXBench. So, download, install and launch the app and then follow these steps:

1. Choose a benchmark test

There are all kinds of tests, but you don’t need all of them. When we tested the phone, we unchecked the off-screen version of each test because it tests the GPU regardless of your phone’s screen resolution.

press Test selection then enable the tests you want to run. By default everything is checked.

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Here’s the test we did:

• GFX T-Rex
• GFXManhattan
• GFXManhattan 3.1
• GFX car chase
• GFX Aztec Ruined Normal Vulkan
• Aztec High Vulcan Ruins GFX
• GFX Aztec Destroys Normal OpenGL
• Aztec GFX Destroys Higher OpenGL

Make sure to set your phone to the highest refresh rate (usually found in display settings) if you have a screen running above 60Hz. Otherwise, you’ll find results are limited to 60 frames per second.

When you have selected the test you want to use, tap the Start option in the top right corner to start the test.

Leave the phone to complete the test as you won’t be able to do anything while it’s running.

2: Check the result

After the test has been run, you will see different scores displayed next to their test. If you want to see how it compares to other devices, tap the Compare option at the bottom of the screen and you’ll see where the phone stands in comparison to its competitors.

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How to Test Battery Life on an Android Phone

Another important part of any phone is battery life. Now, of course, you can charge your phone and let it play videos over and over again until it turns off, but that can be a bit of a pain and also requires you to be very careful to know exactly when the battery runs out. finished. finished.

A much easier solution is to use the PCMark app for Android which runs detailed battery monitoring benchmarks.

Again, download and install the app from the Google Play Store and then open it to start testing.

Benchmark execution

The reference you want is Work 3.0. It must be installed from the app, so tap on it To install button is being tested. When finished, press Course next to Battery Life Work 3.0.

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Note: Your battery must be at least 80% charged before PCMark will allow you to run the test. We make sure the phone is fully charged before work.

Once done, plug in your phone and start to check the test results.

Screen brightness affected the results of all battery tests, and we used a colorimeter (Datacolor Spyder) to set each screen to as close to 120 nits as possible, and disabled auto-brightness to ensure it stayed at this setting throughout the test.

We suspect you don’t have a colorimeter and don’t want to buy one, so the easiest option is to set the brightness slider a little under half. This is a good approximation for most phones.

How to compare charging speed on your Android phone

One last test to do, especially since the battery is now draining thanks to the PCMark benchmark for Android, is to see how long it takes to charge.

This test only requires a timer. So plug in your phone using the supplied charger and USB cable and set it 15 minutes. When it rings, check the percentage, then check in another 15 minutes. Many modern Android phones with fast charging can reach 60-90% in half an hour but it is very useful to know what kind of numbers you can expect if you forget to charge your phone before going out and you need to give it fast. boost-up for 15 minutes.

If after running various tests you find that the results are not what you expected, you can always use that as a reason to upgrade: take a look at our recommendations for the best Android phones and not the best mid-range phones. phone range.