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LG Optimus 2X - Twice the Horse Power

By Wong Casandra - 22 Mar 2011
Launch SRP: S$888

Performance - Part I

Twice the Performance on Optimus 2X

The Optimus 2X runs on a the Tegra 2 dual-core processor, which is double the processing power of even the high-end smartphones that are the likes of Nexus S and Samsung S. This is also one of the reasons why we started adding benchmark tests to our performance testings to start giving readers a gauge of how dual-core smartphones will fare against their lesser endowed counterparts. Foreseeing more similarly spec-ed tablets and smartphones joining us in the future, this information will be handy for comparisons against them as well.

Within this page, we'll be looking at two specific benchmarks, both of which are downloadable via the Android Market.

  • The first benchmark is Quadrant - it measures the device's performance based on its CPU, I/O and GPU. Simply put, Quadrant is a benchmark that gives you a general idea of how your device performs against other Android devices. 
     
  • The second benchmark is NeoCore - it is targeted towards the device's GPU performance. This is especially important given how smartphones of today have evolved into an alternative, high-powered device that dabbles in heavy graphical interfaces and gaming - especially important in the LG Optimus 2X's case as it is outfitted with hardware meant to boost game and graphics rendering.

Our tests were conducted on devices from a fresh reboot on a stock firmware. Depending on how you customize your device, you might get different numbers on different runs. With these results in place, we compared the scores against the Google Nexus One, Nexus S, and the Galaxy S. Do note that the above two benchmarks are not absolute in performance measures, but they give you a rough estimate of the phone's capability.

Both results reflected here show that the LG Optimus 2X showcased far superior results compared to the other smartphones . The answer is pretty self-explanatory here. Nonetheless, we have to stop and ask ourselves whether the extra processing power is actually all that necessary. Case in point: all the phones that we have pitted the Optimus 2X against ran on less powerful and yet decent 1GHz processors. Based on our testing and usage, all phones fared well with no sluggish performances noted; screen transitions and browsing were smooth even with multiple apps running in the background. Of course, the Optimus 2X does all these better, but the improvements are incremental, or bluntly put, not essential for the average handphone-toting crowd. The biggest selling point that Tegra 2 touts is processing multiple apps and multi-tasking while ensuring no slowdown in speed - which most phones of even less than half of the scores can achieve.

Nonetheless, gamers on-the-move would want to take a good look at Tegra 2 based smartphones as it's certainly more capable than any other smartphone hardware in the market at this point of time. More so with the recent news about Playstation games coming to Android Tegra 2 devices. Check out the video demo that we have captured with none other than NVIDIA's CEO showing the full multimedia potential of Tegra 2 based devices using the LG Optimus 2X when it was first launched:-

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8.5
  • Design 8.5
  • Features 8.5
  • User-Friendliness 8.5
  • Performance 8
  • Value 8
The Good
Simplified UI
Brilliant 4.0-inch LCD touchscreen
Well-constructed build
Snappy performance
The Bad
Lackluster camera performance
Small selection of LG exclusive apps
Short battery life
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