Apple’s iPhone event is now just a matter of hours away, and if you’re hoping for some surprises, you should look away now. We already have a pretty solid idea what the iPhone 6 is going to look like, and thanks to some new Geekbench benchmarks, we now know what it’s going to have inside it, too.
As expected, the iPhone 6 — which will have the “iPhone 7,2” model number — will have a 64-bit dual-core A8 processor clocked at 1.4GHz. In comparison, the iPhone 5s — which is still an incredibly snappy smartphone one year on — packs Apple’s first 64-bit chip, the A7, which also has two cores each clocked at 1.3GHz.
Some reports have suggested the new iPhone will also feature 2GB of RAM — that’s double the amount in the iPhone 5s — but these benchmarks indicate Apple will be sticking with just 1GB — at least for this model. That will be slightly disappointing news for those who were hoping we would finally see more RAM this year, but iOS does do an excellent job of running smoothly on just 1GB.
In these tests, the iPhone 6 scored 1,633 points in its single-core test, and 2,920 points in its multi-core test. That’s a nice improvement over the results I just got on my iPhone 5s with the Geekbench app, which were 1,394 points in the single-core test, and 2,511 points in the multi-core test.
In addition to a 1.4GHz A8 chip and 1GB of RAM, we expect the iPhone 6 to have a 4.7-inch sapphire glass display, an improved rear-facing camera, and a 1,810mAh battery. It will also be dust- and water-resistant, according to a specifications sheet we received from sources in China. Of course, this may not be the only iPhone we see at today’s event.
If the rumors are to be believed, there will also be a second model — thought to be called the iPhone 6+ — which will have an even larger 5.5-inch sapphire glass display, 2GB of RAM, a bigger battery. Its camera, processor, and other internal components are likely to be similar or the same as the smaller iPhone 6’s.
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
9 responses to “Supposed iPhone 6 benchmarks hint at faster A8 processor, same 1GB RAM”
Nothing new to see. Apple is not being innovative.Instead, they are progressing. What is going on with these 2004 hardware specification. Let me guess the new A8 processor is now 128bit? Have it kids……
Got little too excited there….They are regressing not progressing.
Dual core processor? 1GB RAM? Pathetic. Should go nicely with the equally pathetic 1,810mAh battery. Can’t believe I was ever excited about the iPhone 6. Maybe if Apple weren’t so fucking obsessed with making their devices unnecessarily thin, they’d be able to create a powerful device with a battery that lasts more than 5 minutes.
Just a bit exaggerated but I agree with you on the thinness obsession and the RAM. I’d rather have an iphone with beastly specs than the thinnest smart phone on the planet.
I wouldn’t say I exaggerated at all…. except maybe about the battery life (it’s more like 6 minutes, tbh). Even the 5S was unnecessarily thin. Anything below 9mm is plenty thin for a flagship device. They should have kept the same depth as the 5S and put in a bigger battery, a better processor and more RAM. At least then the camera wouldn’t stick out the back. But no, Apple won’t be happy until you can use their device like freaking throwing stars and chop people’s heads off with them :/ absolutely ridiculous.
My 5S crashes or restarts apps when it runs out of RAM, and that’s when only running a few apps at once (sometimes only one app like Safari!). 1GB is NOT enough. I hoped last year the 5S would get 2GB like almost all androids now get, so I’m really hoping the 6 will have 2GB.
Apple rarely (never?) announces the amount of RAM in their iOS devices so we’ll have to wait a bit longer for confirmation of this article’s specs.
Apple will only announce the amount of RAM when they have upgraded it just to make it look like a brand new innovation.
I really had high hopes for the iPhone 6 and was really considering upgrading my Galaxy S4( 2GB RAM) for it when the price goes down, but now it feels like a total downgrade.
My iPad(4th gen) crashes more often than my android for gods sake!!! And thats only when watching a youtube lecture while running iBooks on the side….
Djorn. How are you saying they aren’t innovating. These are rumours and specs based on a china site. COM said in a different article posted a a couple of hours ago that it would be a 2ghz Quad core cpu.
Why are people dissing the specs. Even with it’s poor specs everything still runs at 60fps throughout the entire OS, the user experience isn’t in no way crippled so what gives. No one seems to mention the fact the GPU is that powerful you don’t need an excessive Cpu when there’s that my GPU power.
So the iPhone right now runs blisteringly fast for the real world apps, being a great gaming platform and just like the PC market it’s growing it’s specs incrementally…so why all the hate for something that’s going to be improved?
Are we still stuck in a world where numbers and spec mean more than the real world user experience?
Oh, girl please. That excuse is so freaking tired and it just doesn’t fly anymore. I trust Apple to get it right with the chipset, but 1GB of RAM is NOT enough. I have an iPad 3, as great as it is, the RAM just doesn’t cut it, and to say otherwise is just dishonest. And if you think 1,810 is sufficient, have have lost your damn mind and a straight jacket will be provided momentarily lol