The LG G4 performance benchmark results are in and they are not stellar

LG G4 is the first smartphone to run on the Snapdragon 808 chip. Qualcomm announced the 808 revision side by side with the flagship 810 model, but it is just now we are seeing it in action within the LG G4.

Snapdragon 808 offers a hexa-core 64-bit processor with two Cortex-A57 and four Cortex-A53 cores, an Adreno 418 GPU and 3GB of RAM. The LG G4, just like the G3, packs a 5.5″ Quad HD display, though it has been improved with an IPS Quantum panel for superb color reproduction.

The Snapdragon 808, according to LG, will provide equal performance for the day-to-day tasks as the Samsung’s Exynos 7420 top dog. We managed to run some benchmarks on the LG G4 Korean unit displayed at the event. The smartphone runs Android 5.1 Lollipop and we’d reckon the software should be pretty much final since the phone is launching in its home country tomorrow.

We ran GeekBench 3 multi-core benchmark, the AnTuTu 5 test and the JavaScript-centric Kraken on the G4 and here come the results.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  5215
• Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
  5095
• HTC One M9
  3761
• LG G Flex2
  3604
• Sony Xperia Z3
  2860
• LG G4 F500L
  2532
• LG G3
  2370

AnTuTu 5

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
  70053
• Samsung Galaxy S6
  69396
• HTC One M9
  51427
• LG G4 F500L
  49777
• LG G Flex2
  47680
• LG G3
  42038
• Sony Xperia Z3
  40393

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
  3989
• Samsung Galaxy S6
  4154
• LG G Flex2
  4621
• HTC One M9
  5500
• Sony Xperia Z3
  6355
• LG G3
  7632
• LG G4 F500L
  7842

It’s obvious that the G4 is faster than the G3, but if it’s the Samsung Galaxy S6 it’s after, we’re afraid, it has brought a knife to a gunfight. Perhaps it’s best to wait until the handset is released internationally later in May before we pass any final judgements, but unless it grows two extra A57 cores in the meantime, we don’t see it topping the charts anytime soon.