cdmagurus.com
09-10-2018, 10:58 AM
It should have been a great week for Huawei. Following the news that it had overtaken Apple as the No. 2 phone maker in the world (https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/01/technology/huawei-apple-iphone-samsung/index.html), the company set the stage for the next generation of must-have phones with the unveiling of its Kirin 980 processor (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/press/news/2018/huawei-launches-kirin-980-the-first-commercial-7nm-soc/) and the launch date for the highly anticipated Mate 20 Pro (https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/31/huawei-mate-20-october-16-london/).
But instead of a series of positive headlines about what’s to come, Huawei’s old phones were in the news for all the wrong reasons. It started with an AnandTech report (https://www.anandtech.com/show/13318/huawei-benchmark-cheating-headache) that uncovered some major inconsistencies with benchmark results. Inside the latest version of software on the P20, P20 Pro, and Honor Play, Huawei was discovered gaming its scores by optimizing the system for certain benchmarking apps, most notably the popular 3DMark and GFXBench suites. According to AnandTech, “the newer devices come with a benchmark detection mechanism that enables a much higher power limit for the SoC with far more generous thermal headroom.”
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But instead of a series of positive headlines about what’s to come, Huawei’s old phones were in the news for all the wrong reasons. It started with an AnandTech report (https://www.anandtech.com/show/13318/huawei-benchmark-cheating-headache) that uncovered some major inconsistencies with benchmark results. Inside the latest version of software on the P20, P20 Pro, and Honor Play, Huawei was discovered gaming its scores by optimizing the system for certain benchmarking apps, most notably the popular 3DMark and GFXBench suites. According to AnandTech, “the newer devices come with a benchmark detection mechanism that enables a much higher power limit for the SoC with far more generous thermal headroom.”
To read this article in full, please click here (https://cdmagurus.com/article/3304363/android/huawei-cheating-perfomance-mode.html#jump)
More... (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3304363/android/huawei-cheating-perfomance-mode.html#tk.rss_all)