HTC passion/bravo/dragon chip vs. Droid

[Germwise]

I read somewhere that the droid is more powefull in part because it has a dedicated GPU.

Is this true?
Will the HTC passion have a dedicated GPU?

I want to make sure that the chip difference will mean a significant difference in speed.

 

[VaDivot]

I read somewhere that the droid is more powefull in part because it has a dedicated GPU.

Is this true?
Will the HTC passion have a dedicated GPU?

I want to make sure that the chip difference will mean a significant difference in speed.

this should be a good start for you

http://androidforums.com/htc-passio...roid-benchmarks-thread-what-do-you-think.html

 

[kyler13]

I read somewhere that the droid is more powefull in part because it has a dedicated GPU.

Is this true?
Will the HTC passion have a dedicated GPU?

I want to make sure that the chip difference will mean a significant difference in speed.

I think the Droid GPU is better than what the Snapdragon has, at least in benchmarks. But that's just 3d rendering, as far as I can tell. The Snapgragon, for it's computing power, blows everything else away. You see how smooth it runs WinMo on the HD2? That's downright impressive.

 

[kennydunn]

I read somewhere that the droid is more powefull in part because it has a dedicated GPU.

Is this true?
Will the HTC passion have a dedicated GPU?

I want to make sure that the chip difference will mean a significant difference in speed.

From what I've read so far I think it's effectively a tie. I know each has their strengths but not convinced users can/will really notice it. Benchmarks are often not really relevant to end users. I consider the Snapdragon to simply bring HTC up to date.

Then again, I have no experience making a comparison personally so take this with a big grain of salt.

 

[Mykpfsu]

The Snapdragon has a dedicated GPU as well. The problems have been crappy drivers for the hardware. This is due to a licensing issue between HTC and Qualcomm. Its supposed to be able to push out 22 million triangles a sec.

Snapdragon

 

[onion]

Passion/Bravo has superior hardware to the Droid. Yes the passion/Bravo (snapdragon) has dedicated GPU just as powerful as the Droid.