Smartphone giant Samsung has been forced to play on the back foot after new reports cropping up claiming that its newest devices were cheating on benchmark tests. The Korean company has now denied that the Galaxy Note 3 artificially inflates its performance after detecting well-known benchmarks being run. In a statement released to CNET UK, the company has said that "The Galaxy Note 3 maximises its CPU/GPU frequencies when running features that demand substantial performance. This was not an attempt to exaggerate particular benchmarking results. We remain committed to providing our customers with the best possible user experience."The alleged discrepancy first came to light via a report from Ars Technica. The investigation claimed that the Note 3 was found to optimise all four of its cores to the full 2.3GHz frequency while running popular benchmark tests like Geekbench, Quadrant and AnTuTu. The resultant score from these tests due to core optimisation was high.
Samsung refutes Galaxy Note 3 benchmark fudging claims
The report, while digging deeper, claimed that the cores on the phablet remained idle when running renamed versions of these same apps to prevent overheating, as is the normal practice, resulting in a lesser score. The investigative piece also alleges that the boosting works only for a named list of benchmarking apps. These claims don’t fall in line with the company’s current position on the issue and have not been mentioned in the official statement. While Samsung is under scrutiny, it has since been found that the South Korean company may not be alone in this fiasco. Other companies like LG, Asus and HTC have also been caught fudging their benchmark scores. These tests are traditionally used by many review sites to help show a device’s power in comparison to other products. Benchmarks, however, are only one part of most testing processes, though. Most reviewers give weight to other factors like overall performance, aesthetics and value for money.
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