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Mobile processor ratings

That's what the benchmark tests are for.

Yes and no.

Normally when you find an article comparing Intel vs AMD the authors will take pains to make the surrounding hardware and software as comparable as possible to go apples vs apples AMAP.

With simple HTC One vs S4 type benchmarks we are at the mercy of the total packages, exp: some Android skins are known resource hogs which would make an impact. Do the One and S4 have the same memory speeds?

It seems like with all the Android, Apple, BB, and Windows fans out there some website would have tried to directly compare chips in an objective manner.
 
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Yes and no.

Normally when you find an article comparing Intel vs AMD the authors will take pains to make the surrounding hardware and software as comparable as possible to go apples vs apples AMAP.

With simple HTC One vs S4 type benchmarks we are at the mercy of the total packages, exp: some Android skins are known resource hogs which would make an impact. Do the One and S4 have the same memory speeds?

It seems like with all the Android, Apple, BB, and Windows fans out there some website would have tried to directly compare chips in an objective manner.

That's the point why we use benchmarks on mobile phones. Unlike PCs where we can pick our parts to complement each other best, we can't do that on a cellphone. We are at the mercy of manufacturers. What does it matter if say the S4 has a faster processor than the One when say the memory speed on the One is so much faster that it makes them equal? The benchmark would be a better picture of which is the faster phone than getting the individual scores for the chips. The overall speed of the device is much more important than the processor speed.

To give a car analogy, a Toyota GT86 has a 2.0L engine, smaller than a camry's 2.4L engine. However the GT86 has a higher top speed than the camry despite having the smaller engine. Basically, the whole is greater than the sum of ita parts.
 
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