LG G4 Benchmarks Show Snapdragon 808 Chipset

[dgstorm]

A strange new device just popped up on the GFXBench website for a round of benchmarking. It's supposedly the LG G4 (F500x model), but what makes it odd is that it only has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 chipset powering its core. This is obviously a head-scratching decision if it turns out this is the final retail version of the LG G4 flagship.

Perhaps LG wanted to avoid any potential over-heating issues with this device, which is why they opted for the toned-down hexa-core Qualcomm chip instead of the octa-core Snapdragon 810. Based upon LG's assertion that the G4 will not be their top-end device this year, it could also have something to do with that. Maybe LG is planning to surprise the world with an all new tier of flagship beyond their G Line.

At any rate, here are the rest of the specs which showed up in the benchmark:

• 5.5-inch Display (2560 x 1440) -534 pixels per inch
• Snapdragon 808 64-bit, hexa-core (4+2) processor here - four ARM Cortex-A53 and two ARM Cortex-A57 Adreno 418 GPU
• 3GB of RAM
• 32GB of internal storage
• 16-megapixel main camera - 4K UHD video capture
• 8-megapixel selfie front camera

What do you think of this news if it turns out true? A bit of a backwards step for LG?

Here's our dedicated LG G4 section for more discussion: LG G4 Android Forum at DroidForums.net

Source: PhoneArena

 

[cr6]

Interesting! Could this be a result of "heat gate" and the overheating issues experienced with a previous 810 chip?

S5 tap'n

 

[smalltowngirl13]

I have been so impressed with the G2 and G3 - am having high hopes for the G4...

The G3 remains on of my top devices to date ...

 

[Ollie]

We have a G3 in the family and it is very nice. There were a couple of oddities about, but I was super impressed with the overall size they squeezed that screen into. Didn't LG go on record saying that that had fixed the 810 heat issue for the G4?

 

[dgstorm]

They said that in reference to the G Flex 2. They never revealed what was in the G4. It looks like they might have needed to adjust their strategy.

 

[akhenax]

Why get this phone when the LG G5 will be out next year?

But um...this phone still looks BEAST.

 

[PBarn]

If the software/hardware combination can work efficiently enough and give the user an experience that's as good or better, does it really matter if its 808 or 810?

 

[mountainbikermark]

If the software/hardware combination can work efficiently enough and give the user an experience that's as good or better, does it really matter if its 808 or 810?

I don't know what chip is in my G2 but it's snappier than my Note4. Not that the Note4 isn't super duper fast but the G2 with animations off is pulentee fast.

 

[popcenator]

The S800 is in the G2. And I agree. If the rumor of them reworking the user experience to provide and more fluid interface is true, it shouldn't matter too much which they use.

on the move..

 

[creaky]

Is the 808 64-bit?

 

[R850R]

Yep...808 is 64-bit, still big.LITTLE configuration, except 2 large cores do the work and then switch to the 4 small cores in standby.

 

[WellnessFriends]

LG G4 is here.. this is definitely a beast though its kind of heavy