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Some sites claim HTC DoubleShot is actually the same as HTC Pyramid. This device is headed to T-Mobile US and just like the Pyramid, it appears to be using Qualcomm's MSM8260 dual-core processor. As a reminder, MSM8260 is a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with its cores performing at similar level as Cortex A8 cores, so don't be surprised if it lags a bit in comparison to other dual-core Cortex A9 based processors such as Tegra 2 and TI OMAP4430.

Here's the chart:



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This is based on just one test run, so the error margin might be significant.

I can confirm that the Android shipped with this device is indeed SMP enabled, so the processor used is a dual-core processor.

Lets compare the results of the DoubleShot with the Pyramid since the processor appears to be identical:

HTC Pyramid:
- Productivity Index: 1743
- Games Index: 1642

As you can see, DoubleShot's Productivity Index is a bit higher (but still significantly less than other dual-core Cortex A9 cousins) and Games Index is actually lower. Once again, since only one test run has been captured, there could be some margin of error, or the phone was running other processes in the background that could pull down the results.


Conclusion:

This particular test doesn't help at all in proving the competitiveness of Adreno 220 GPU found in MSM8260 processor. Could this particular sample be yet another prototype that hasn't been properly optimized? May be. Qualcomm needs a device that uses MSM8x60 with more convincing benchmark results fast as every devices with this processor so far, has been performing poorly on benchmarks.

[gillian]

Admin, on 18 March 2011 - 12:50 AM, said:

Some sites claim HTC DoubleShot is actually the same as HTC Pyramid. This device is headed to T-Mobile US and just like the Pyramid, it appears to be using Qualcomm's MSM8260 dual-core processor. As a reminder, MSM8260 is a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with its cores performing at similar level as Cortex A8 cores, so don't be surprised if it lags a bit in comparison to other dual-core Cortex A9 based processors such as Tegra 2 and TI OMAP4430.

Here's the chart:



..........


This is based on just one test run, so the error margin might be significant.

I can confirm that the Android shipped with this device is indeed SMP enabled, so the processor used is a dual-core processor.

Lets compare the results of the DoubleShot with the Pyramid since the processor appears to be identical:

HTC Pyramid:
- Productivity Index: 1743
- Games Index: 1642

As you can see, DoubleShot's Productivity Index is a bit higher (but still significantly less than other dual-core Cortex A9 cousins) and Games Index is actually lower. Once again, since only one test run has been captured, there could be some margin of error, or the phone was running other processes in the background that could pull down the results.

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Conclusion:

This particular test doesn't help at all in proving the competitiveness of Adreno 220 GPU found in MSM8260 processor. Could this particular sample be yet another prototype that hasn't been properly optimized? May be. Qualcomm needs a device that uses MSM8x60 with more convincing benchmark results fast as every devices with this processor so far, has been performing poorly on benchmarks.

Very informative post! Thanks for the link

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You're welcome.