#benchmark cheating

While a benchmark test doesn't necessarily reflect real-world performance but two Chinese phone brands was busted for cheating. The OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, and Meizu Pro 6 are rigged to cheat in benchmarks, a report from XDA-Developers revealed. With the help of Primate Labs, makers of the Geekbench app, XDA-Developers discovered that three phones are pre-programmed to increase their CPU performance when running popular benchmark tests. One might say this is just an optimization, but the report says these devices know to kick in when they detect specific benchmarks including Geekbench, AnTuTu, Androbench, Quadrant, Vellamo, and GFXBench. We have reviewed both the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T, and we can say that it does fly in benchmark tests but real-world performance is also excellent. A lot of people, tech-heads specifically, would look at the benchmark scores of a specific Android device before making any purchase decisions. Which brings us to the question -- do Android benchmarks matter? Introduction to Benchmarks First of all, let us explain what benchmarking is. Read more in our articles including "Meizu and OnePlus caught cheating on benchmark tests" and "Android Benchmarks: Why it shouldn't matter that much".