Antutu Benchmark V7 iOS Version Released!

Through hundreds of days of unremitting efforts,the iOS version of Antutu Benchmark V7 is finally ready for you now. Like theAndroid version which has been released a few months ago, we have redesignedthe app with a number of new practical features, fresher UI design and new 3Dtest scenes to offer our users more convenient and accurate benchmarkingexperience.

1. Redesigned layout

Compared to v6, the layout of the v7 iOSversion has been simplified to improve the usability of the product. All thetests are presented in a single screen which allow users to easily find theparticular test which they prefer to run with no need to scroll down the screen.

The test page is optimized and divided into two parts. The upper part of the home page, or the test page uses blue as backgroundcolor while the overall score is displayed with large white font which makesthe benchmark result more intuitive.

The lower part consists of four features, includingdevice verification, my device, device info search andHTML test.

Device Verification: this feature is stillunder development and will be available to users soon.

My Device: this feature allows users to check the hardwareconfiguration of their devices.

Device Information Search: this feature allows users to check themodel and serial number of their devices. It is also under development andwill be available to users soon.

HTML5 Test: this test allows users to compare the performanceof different browsers on the same device as well as comparing different deviceperformance when using the same browser by running JavaScript, Layout, CSS, SVGand Canvas games.

In the new version, the old info page is replaced by the Newspage. On top of the page is a section to roll display the focuspictures of the latest ranking reports which allows users to easily learn aboutthe latest Antutu ranking reports by clicking the pictures.

2.Optimized ScoringProcess

The test suite comprehensively measures device performancefrom four major aspects, including CPU, GPU, UX and RAM. Each aspect ismeasured with multiple subtests.

CPU Test: this testmeasures device CPU performance by running workloads including MathematicalOperations, CPU Common Operations and multi-core performance.

GPU Test: In thistest, we included two new 3D test scenes, Refinery and Coastline, to testgaming performance and limits of GPU performance. Antutu expects to present tousers the effects that mobile games can achieve in the near future with the new3D test scenes.

It should be noted that since Refinery test uses tessellation technology, onlyApple devices with A9 and above processor could run the test. For devices notsupporting Refinery test, Antutu retains the classic Marooned test of theprecious version, which we believe is very familiar with Antutu users.

In particular, iPhone 6 powered by A8 processor and older Appledevices could not support the new 3D test. iPhone SE(A9), iPhone 6s/6s Plus(A9) are no affected.

About tessellation: this technology uses GPU hardwareacceleration to break down the triangles of 3D models into finer pieces, makingthe surface and edge of the objects rendered smoother with enhanced details.

UX Test: In UXtest, we removed strategy games test and added three new user experience teststhat better reflect real-world use cases, including scroll delay test, WebViewrendering test and QR code recognition test.

Scroll delay test measures the scrolling fluency of a deviceby modelling real-world scrolling scene and performing scrolling up and downtasks.

WebView rendering test measures WebView performance of adevice by performing common daily tasks such as web browsing and page viewing.

Scanning QR codes has become one of the most common usecases for mobile users, therefore we included QR code recognition test in v7,making the benchmark results more practical.

MEM Test: thistest measures RAM and ROM performance by performing tasks including RAM speed,random access, and sequential access.

Having learned about all the new features of the iOS versionof v7, you might be eager to try the new version and find out more surprises byyourself. The v7 iOS version is now available for download on App Store andAntutu official website.

It should also be noted that with new benchmark tests added toAntutu v7, and benchmarking process and scoring mechanism changed, some devicesexpect to see run to run score variation due to thermal throttling. In thiscase, we advise users to try more times to get more accurate benchmark results.

Meanwhile, we need some time to collect the scores of v7 iOSversion before revealing the first best performance winners on Antutu v7 iOSversion. Please stay tuned.