Oppo R7 performance benchmarks

As you probably noticed we got the chance to spend to quality time with the newly announced Oppo R7. We already gave you live shots, camera samples and our first hand impressions of the company’s latest flagship.

Now we also have a few benchmark tests to try and see what kind of performance the Snapdragon 615 chipset delivers. This might be Qualcomm’s mid-range offering, but the R7 has some great aspirations so it’s important that the company got the most of it. The smartphone will launch on Android 4.4 KitKat, which is what also powers powers our test unit, so we do expect a small boost later down the road when the Lollipop update arrives.

Currently, we have two all-round test available – GeekBench 3 and Basemark OS 2.0. It both scoreboards, the Oppo R7 sits comfortably, where you would expect to see a Snapdragon 615 device. Interestingly enough, in both instanced the phone is outperformed by the Galaxy A7, which runs on the exact same chipset. This could be a matter of optimization, but, there is also the matter of price and the A7 tends to be a little bit costlier. The Galaxy Alpha, however has a pretty similar price tag.

GeekBench 3

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  5215
• HTC One M9
  3761
• Meizu MX4
  3556
• LG G4
  3509
• Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  3214
• Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
  2880
• LG G3
  2687
• Oppo R7
  2620
• HTC Desire 820
  2586
• Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
  2551
• ZTE Blade S6
  2086
• Samsung Galaxy S4 S600
  1869
• Samsung Galaxy A5
  1460
• Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
  1123

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  1674
• LG G4
  1584
• HTC One M9
  1365
• Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  1054
• Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
  828
• Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615)
  813
• Oppo R7
  794
• ZTE Blade S6
  751
• HTC Desire 820
  728
• Meizu MX4
  666
• Samsung Galaxy A5
  569

Next up, we have the graphic intensive GFX. The Oppo R7 is equipped with an Adreno 405, it is by no means a powerhouse, but still gets the job done. Performance, once again, is just as we expected. Onscreen and offscreen performance are pretty comparable, due to the 1080p screen resolution and both are near the bottom of our list. The older T-Rex test churns out about 15 frames and the newer Manhattan, almost 6 fps. This is more than enough for casual games but some heavier titles might not run as smoothly as possible.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  59
• HTC One M9
  49
• LG G4
  34.5
• Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  31.3
• LG G3
  27.6
• Meizu MX4
  22.7
• Samsung Galaxy S4 S600
  17.1
• Oppo R7
  15
• ZTE Blade S6
  15
• HTC Desire 820
  15
• Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
  12
• Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
  6.7
• Samsung Galaxy A5
  5.3

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)

Higher is better

• HTC One M9
  50
• Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  48.4
• Samsung Galaxy S6
  38
• HTC Desire 820
  26
• LG G4
  24.7
• ZTE Blade S6
  24
• Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
  22
• Meizu MX4
  21.3
• LG G3
  20.6
• Oppo R7
  14.8
• Samsung Galaxy A5
  9.6
• Samsung Galaxy S5 mini
  9.3

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy S6
  24
• HTC One M9
  23
• LG G4
  14.9
• Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  13.4
• LG G3
  11.9
• Meizu MX4
  7.9
• ZTE Blade S6
  5.8
• HTC Desire 820
  5.7
• Oppo R7
  5.7
• Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
  5.5
• Samsung Galaxy A5
  1.8

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)

Higher is better

• Samsung Galaxy Alpha
  25.3
• HTC One M9
  24
• Samsung Galaxy S6
  14
• Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
  12
• HTC Desire 820
  12
• ZTE Blade S6
  11
• LG G4
  9.4
• LG G3
  7.4
• Meizu MX4
  7.4
• Oppo R7
  5.9
• Samsung Galaxy A5
  3.9

Don’t forget to check out the rest of our Oppo R7 and R7 Plus hands-on here.