iPhone 5s is the world's fastest smartphone

 

It may be taking some flak for the underwhelming 5C, but Apple's spirits should be lifted by the latest smartphone speed test results from Which? magazine, which show that the iPhone 5s is far and away the best-performing phone on the market - and twice as quick as its predecessor, the iPhone 5. 

Which? tested seven of the top-rated smartphones from Apple, Samsung, HTC and LG, using benchmarking software that rates the processor's ability to perform real-world tasks. The Geekbench software puts the phone through its paces on a number of routine tasks, both single- and multi-core. It then combines the phone's results to give one final numerical score - the higher, the better.

Apple's iPhone 5s outperformed the second-best phone, the LG G2 by a margin of more than 200 points. It was 50% faster than the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One, and twice as fast as the old iPhone 5 (not shown). The benchmark is set against a Mac Mini computer with an Intel Core i5 processor, with a baseline score of 2500.

The full list of scores is as follows

1. Apple iPhone 5s: 1410 (single core score), 2561 (multi core score)
2. LG G2: 882 (single core score), 2355 (multi core score)
3. Samsung Galaxy S4: 687 (single core score), 1939 (multi core score)
4. HTC One: 643 (single core score), 1805 (multi core score)
5. Apple iPhone 5c: 711 (single core score), 1281 (multi core score)
6. Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini: 649 (single core score), 1135 (multi core score)
7. HTC One Mini: 477 (single core score), 880 (multi core score)
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   So what does this mean in the real world? Well, you should notice the 5s is a lot quicker jumping in and out of apps, and running several at the same time. The real processing heft, however, is needed in games and video apps. To an extent, Apple is future-proofing the 5s against the next generation of more demanding apps, as programmers start to release more and more elaborate software in need of more computing power. If you've got a Galaxy S4, HTC One or any other top-end smartphone, you shouldn't be dissatisfied with it's day-to-day performance - as long as you're not clogging it up with junk apps. Watch this space for a guide on keeping your phone running at its optimum capability.