Sony Xperia Z Ultra is the first device running on the Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 800 chipset we meet. It is powered by a quad-core 2.2GHz Krait 400 processor, an Adreno 330 graphics and has 2GB of RAM.
The Xperia Z Ultra, like the most flagships out there, is packing a 1080p display, so we can easily compare the performance of the new chipset to the old generation processors.
The Krait 400 processor clocked at 2.2GHz is currently the fastest processor on the market. We start with a single-core test and we were treated to quite the result. The Xperia Z Ultra had absolutely no problem topping our BenchmarkPi tests chart.
Benchmark Pi
Lower is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 115
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 130
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 132
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 132
HTC Butterfly S 135
LG Optimus G Pro 147
HTC One 151
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 166
Sony Xperia Z 264
HTC Butterfly 266
Oppo Find 5 267
HTC One X+ 280
LG Optimus G 285
HTC One mini 293
Samsung Galaxy Note II 305
HTC One X (Tegra 3) 330
LG Optimus 4X HD 350
Samsung Galaxy S III 359
Nexus 4 431
Next, we are put all four cores to a test with the multi-core version of the Linpack benchmark. Sony Xperia Z Ultra didn’t disappoint, easily beating the Snapdragon 600 competition here.
Linpack
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 1034
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 818
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 791
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 788
LG Optimus G Pro 743
HTC Butterfly S 669
HTC One 646
Sony Xperia Z 630
HTC Butterfly 624
LG Optimus G 608
Oppo Find 5 593
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 413
HTC One mini 320
Samsung Galaxy Note II 214.3
Nexus 4 213.5
HTC One X+ 177.7
Samsung Galaxy S III 175.5
HTC One X 160.9
LG Optimus 4X HD 141.5
GeekBench 2 benchmark has been recently replaced by the new GeekBench 3 benchmark, so we’ve run it on all devices we had around at the moment. Sony Xperia Z Ultra is the champ in this chart as well outrunning the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One by a mile.
Geekbench 3
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 2670
HTC One 1972
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 1869
LG Optimus G 1623
Huawei Ascend P6 1315
LG Nexus 4 1288
HTC Butterfly 1257
Oppo R819 1047
HTC One mini 887
Quadrant and AnTuTu evaluate the overall device performance instead of just the CPU, but the Sony Xperia Z Ultra and its Snapdragon 800 chipset shine again.
AnTuTu
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 29185
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 26275
HTC Butterfly S 25357
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 24716
HTC One 22678
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 21363
Sony Xperia Z 20794
LG Optimus G Pro 20056
HTC Butterfly 19513
Samsung Galaxy S III 15547
Oppo Find 5 15167
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 14518
HTC One mini 11434
Quadrant
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 18177
HTC Butterfly S 13130
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 12446
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 12376
LG Optimus G Pro
12105
HTC One
11746
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 11346
Sony Xperia Z
8075
HTC One X+
7632
LG Optimus G
7439
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 7153
Oppo Find 5
7111
HTC One mini 6048
HTC One X
5952
Samsung Galaxy Note II
5916
Samsung Galaxy S III
5450
Nexus 4
4567
It’s time to test the new Adreno 330 graphic processing unit. We ran both of the GLBenchmark tests in offscreen mode, testing raw GPU power. The Xepria Z Ultra easily outpaced all other phones we’ve tested so far.
GLBenchmark 2.5 Egypt (1080p off-screen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 60
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 43
HTC Butterfly S 42
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 41
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 41
HTC One 37
Oppo Find 5 32
Google Nexus 4 32
Sony Xperia Z 31
Sony Xperia ZL 31
Sony Xperia SP 31
Apple iPhone 5 30
LG Optimus G Pro 30
LG Optimus G 21
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 17
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 17
Samsung Galaxy Note II 17
HTC One mini 15
HTC One X 11
GLBenchmark 2.7 T-Rex (1080p off-screen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 23
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 17.1
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 17.1
Apple iPad 4 16.8
HTC Butterfly S 16
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 16
Google Nexus 10 13.9
LG Optimus G 13.9
Sony Xperia Z 13.5
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 13
Sony Xperia ZL 12.8
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 6.4
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 6.3
HTC One mini 5.6
Samsung Galaxy Note II 4.9
By the way, the Adreno 330 GPU on the Xperia Z Ultra supports OpenGL ES 3.0, which was recently added to Android (with 4.3) that promised even more impressive graphics. It’s reasonable to expect even better performance once Android 4.3 makes its way to this device.
The Epic Citadel benchmarks was also updated recently with new Ultra High Quality setting. We’ve rerun every 1080p device we had around and, as we expected, the Xperia Z Ultra stole the first place once again.
Epic Citadel
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 54.9
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 37.2
HTC One 35.6
HTC Butterfly 29.6
The JavaScript performance of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra Chrome browser is the best we’ve seen so far. Since SunSpider has recently released a new v1.0.1 we had to update the old scores.
SunSpider
Lower is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 750
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 1046
HTC One 1174
LG Optimus G 1293
HTC One mini 1375
LG Nexus 4 1379
HTC Butterfly 1397
Oppo R819 1423
Huawei Ascend P6 3858
The combined BrowserMark 2 benchmark saw another great score from the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, but this time it didn’t manage to come on top.
BrowserMark 2
Higher is better
LG Optimus G 2555
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 2438
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 2419
HTC Butterfly S 2378
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 2338
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 2314
HTC One 2262
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 2170
HTC One mini 2164
Sony Xperia ZL 2107
Sony Xperia Z 2093
LG Optimus G Pro
1801
Oppo Find 5 1797
Nexus 4 1794
Nokia Lumia 920 1774
Google Nexus 10
1773
HTC Butterfly 1475
Samsung Galaxy S III 1247
The Sony Xperia Z Ultra came back to its rightful top place in the Vellamo benchmark, making the BrowserMark 2′s third place much easier to swallow.
Vellamo
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 2944
HTC Butterfly S 2592
Samsung Galaxy Note II 2418
HTC One 2382
HTC One mini 2252
Sony Xperia Z 2189
HTC One X (Tegra 3) 2078
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 2060
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 2056
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 2019
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active 1936
HTC Butterfly 1866
Oppo Find 5 1658
Samsung Galaxy S III 1641
LG Optimus 4X HD 1568
LG Optimus G 1522
Nexus 4 1310
The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is currently fastest device (phablet or smartphone) on the market right now. There’s a noticeable performance jump over the Snapdragon 600 competitors and you can even feel the snappier chipset everywhere inside the Android OS running on the Xperia Z Ultra. Once you get your hands on the Z Ultra you immediately realize that there’s some serious firepower under the hood
Our in-depth review of Sony Xperia Z Ultra is coming very soon, so you might want to keep an eye on our homepage.
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