New iPod touch performance test: Gaming performance increased dramatically

Last Wednesday, Apple quietly released a new iPod touch . The biggest highlight is that it is equipped with the same A8 processor and M8 coprocessor as the iPhone 6.

Specifically, the new iPod touch still uses a 4-inch display with a resolution of 1136×640, a body size of 123.4×58.6×6.1mm, and weighs 88 grams.

In terms of configuration, the new iPod touch is equipped with an A8 processor and an M8 coprocessor at once, in addition to an 8-megapixel iSight camera and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera.

In terms of color, the new iPod touch is available in six colors: gray, gold, space gray, pink, blue and red, with gold, blue and pink being new colors.

In terms of price, the 16/32/64/128GB versions are priced at US$199/249/299/399 in the United States, while the domestic prices are RMB 1498/1898/2298/2988.

We have previously brought you a simple CPU performance benchmark , but because the A8 is downclocked to 1GHz, the result is not as good as the iPhone 5S. Let's take a look at the detailed benchmark test brought by arstechica , which tested both iPhone 6/6P/5s and its predecessor iPod touch 5.

Processor performance: Not as good as iPhone 5S, but about 5 times better than the previous generation

First, let's look at the processor performance of the iPod touch 6. It is equipped with a downclocked version of the A8 processor, with a main frequency of 1.1GHz, which is about 27% lower than the 1.4GHz A8 of the iPhone 6. Next, let's take a look at the test results of mainstream benchmark software.

It can be seen that the test results of Geekbench 3 are basically consistent with the performance of the processor. The 1.4GHz A8 processor of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has the strongest performance, followed by the 1.3GHz A7 processor of iPhone 5s. The iPod touch 6 is slightly inferior to the iPhone 5s due to its slightly lower processor frequency, but the difference is not big. Compared with iPod touch 5, it has improved by nearly 5 times.

In terms of Java performance, the iPod touch 6 also performs very well, slightly lower than the iPhone 6/iPhone 6 Plus, but higher than the iPhone 5s and mainstream Android models such as the Samsung S5 and Nexus 5. The improvement over the iPod touch 5 is more than 4 times.

Graphics performance: about 9 times better than the previous generation

The graphics processor of iPod touch 6 is the same as that of iPhone 6, which uses PowerVR GX6650 and has six arrays (equivalent to 6 cores), which is very powerful. And because the screen resolution of iPod touch 6 is lower than that of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, its graphics performance will be better in theory.

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As expected, the results of multiple graphics test software are very similar. The performance of iPod touch 6 is slightly higher than that of iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s, and it has been greatly improved compared to its predecessors. It can run various 3D blockbuster games on iOS smoothly.

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Obviously, the test results have fully demonstrated that the overall performance of iPod touch 6 is very close to that of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and the graphics part is even slightly better. It can be said to be a very low-priced game console, or the first choice device for beginners of iOS.

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