HTC One E9+ performance benchmarks

We have the HTC One E9+ over at the office for our usual routine. As you probably know, that’s the company’s 5.5-inch QHD offering, the largest member of the 2015 One lineup.

Unlike the One M9, which is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, the rest of this year’s Ones, including the E9+, rely on the Mediatek MT6795 chipset. As it’s our first encounter with the SoC we were eager to test it out, and ran a few benchmarks, with the results coming after the break.

Also known as Helio X10, this Mediatek MT6795 SoC is currently the company’s top-end solution, at least until the tri-cluster deca-core Helio X20 comes along.

The chipset features an octa-core processor, which can be clocked up to 2.2GHz, but in the case of the E9+ clock speed is limited to 2.0GHz. It’s what Mediatek calls a True Octa-core architecture – all 8 Cortex-A53 can work simultaneously to cover peak performance demands. The processor is joined by a PowerVR G6200 GPU and 3GB of RAM.

GeekBench 3 is a CPU-specific benchmark and unsurprisingly, having 8 processor cores toiling together helps the One E9+ wipe the floor with the S810 competition. It’s still no match for the Exynos 7420 inside the Samsung Galaxy S6, which has a quad-core 2.1GHz Cortex-A57 and quad-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 processor configuration.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  5215
• HTC One E9+
  4796
• Sony Xperia Z3+
  3772
• HTC One M9
  3761
• LG G Flex2
  3604
• LG G4
  3509
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
  3394
• ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)
  2922

Throwing graphics, memory and storage speed into the mix, Antutu is a better indication of overall performance. The scores here are more condensed, with only the Galaxy S6 in a league of its own, and the pre-production Sony Xpeia Z3+ somewhat ahead of the crowd. Other than that the MT6795 is on par with the S810 One M9, both marginally better than the LG G4 (S808), Galaxy Note 4 (S805) and highest-specced Asus Zenfone 2 (Intel Atom Z3580).

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  69396
• Sony Xperia Z3+
  55195
• HTC One M9
  51427
• HTC One E9+
  50753
• LG G4
  49295
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
  49273
• ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)
  48361
• LG G Flex2
  47680

Basemark OS II 2.0 is another compound benchmark, but this one paints a pretty grim picture of the E9+. Last in the overall score among all participants, the E9+ is also trailing in single-core CPU performance. Those 8 cores have their say in the multi-core test though, where the E9+ comes up first.

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

• LG G Flex2
  1726
• Samsung Galaxy S6
  1674
• LG G4
  1584
• Sony Xperia Z3+
  1479
• HTC One M9
  1365
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
  1267
• HTC One E9+
  1227

Basemark OS 2.0 (single-core)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  6306
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
  6165
• LG G4
  5871
• LG G Flex2
  5597
• HTC One M9
  4688
• Sony Xperia Z3+
  4370
• HTC One E9+
  3444

Basemark OS 2.0 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• HTC One E9+
  28201
• Samsung Galaxy S6
  26799
• LG G Flex2
  18856
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
  18386
• HTC One M9
  18047
• LG G4
  17739
• Sony Xperia Z3+
  17028

The last test we carried out at this point was Basemark X, which measures graphics performance. It sheds some light as what might be dragging the MT6795 down in compound benchmarks. The PowerVR G6200 is obviously not up to the task and is proving inadequate for the smartphone’s high-end aspirations.

Basemark X

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  27169
• Sony Xperia Z3+
  23334
• Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop
  20043
• HTC One M9
  19848
• LG G Flex2
  19360
• LG G4
  15090
• ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (Z3580)
  13414
• HTC One E9+
  9639

Stay tuned for the detailed review of the HTC One E9+, which is already in the works.