Basemark releases new ray-tracing benchmark for mobile phones
In Vitro is the first-ever mobile device benchmark that can measure and score ray-tracing technology.
Huawei caught cheating on benchmark tests, opens up performance mode to users
Huawei was caught cheating on benchmark tests and 3DMark has delisted some of its phone models from the leaderboard.
3DMark Windows Update: Hardware Monitoring Fixed, Ice Storm Unlimited Added
Futuremark has released an update for the Windows desktop version of 3DMark that fixes and improves hardware detection and monitoring. Running 3DMark Advanced or Professional Edition with compatible hardware will again generate an interactive graph of CPU and GPU clock speeds and temperatures recorded during the tests.
Samsung Not The Only One Cheating in Benchmarks
AnandTech tested some Android devices and reports that Samsung is not the only phone maker to cheat in benchmarks. Apparently, ASUS, HTC and LG are also involved in tweaking the hardware for better performance when running benchmark apps.
Samsung Artificially Boosts Processor in Galaxy Note 3 for Selected Benchmarks
Tech blog Ars Technica reports that Samsung artificially tuned the processor in the Galaxy Note 3 to "high-power CPU mode" when running popular benchmarking apps.
