Sep 16, 2021 19:00:00

Folding smartphone 'Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G' that can be expanded and used like a large screen tablet I checked whether the benchmark and specifications are similar to tablets

Samsung's folding smartphone '

Galaxy Z Fold3 5G ' will be released in October. Qualcomm's 5nm process SoC 'Snapdragon 888 ' is installed at the heart of the slimmest body in the history of Galaxy Z Fold. Since such Galaxy Z Fold3 5G arrived, I tried to check its performance by benchmark test.

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This time, we will test 'Galaxy Z Fold3 5G' with the iron plate benchmark application ' Geekbench 5'. You can check the attached accessories and appearance from the following articles.

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·table of contents
◆ Geekbench 5: CPU
◆ Geekbench 5: COMPUTE (OpenCL)
◆ Geekbench 5: COMPUTE (Vulkan)
◆ Geekbench ML: CPU / GPU / NNAPI
◆ Summary

◆ Geekbench 5: CPU
Before starting the benchmark, turn on 'Improve processing speed' from the settings just in case so that the main unit can fully demonstrate its performance.

And when I tested the CPU performance with Geekbench 5, the result was '1071' for single core and '3459' for multi-core.

The single-core score outperformed the

Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G. Click on the image below to see a larger image, including the graph below OnePlus 8 Pro.

Similar results were obtained with multi-core.

Qualcomm's smartphone 'Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders ' equipped with the same Snapdragon 888 in the SoC had a single core '1126' and a multi-core '3415'. Since the difference between the scores is about an error, it can be said that the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G is able to bring out the performance of the SoC at the same level as the original smartphone made by the chip maker.

◆ Geekbench 5: COMPUTE (OpenCL)
Next, the result of the benchmark test with

OpenCL is as follows. The score of Galaxy Z Fold3 5G was '4718', and the overallness was that the SoC greatly exceeded the Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G of Snapdragon 865 Plus and gave up one step to the Galaxy Note20 Ultra of Exynos 990.

◆ Geekbench 5: COMPUTE (Vulkan)

Vulkan 's score was '4549'.

◆ Geekbench ML: CPU / GPU / NNAPI
Next, I tried using

'Geekbench ML ', a benchmark application that examines the AI performance of mobile devices. The result is that the CPU is '401' ...

GPU is '1710'.

The neural network API (NNAPI) was '1006'.

Below is a graph of the benchmark results of testing CPU performance with Geekbench ML posted on the

official Geekbench website. The score of the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G was '401', which was barely higher than the Galaxy S20 + 5G that appeared in June 2020. Although the upper ranks are occupied by Apple devices and the Android terminal is in a dumpling state, the score is a little unsatisfactory for the latest model.

On the other hand, the GPU score of '1710' was the highest on Android devices.

In addition, the computing performance of neural networks is also showing good performance, such as digging into the upper ranks as an Android terminal.

◆ Summary
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G is an Android smartphone that can be folded and used like a normal smartphone with an outer cover display, or it can be unfolded to use a large screen main display like a tablet. Both the main display and cover display boast a refresh rate of 120Hz, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 equipped with a 5G modem is used for the SoC. Equipped with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of ROM, which are comparable to notebook PCs, it can be used for a wide range of purposes, from browsing on a wide screen to watching videos and gaming.

Not only for indoor use, it can withstand outdoor use due to its 4400mAh battery capacity, IPX8 waterproof specifications, and the strongest aluminum frame in Galaxy history, but it has a folding mechanism and does not have a dustproof function. , Not suitable for dusty environments. Furthermore, the main body, which is 16 mm thick when folded, is not as portable as a normal smartphone, and it is very expensive at over 230,000 yen, so it can be handled in many ways. I felt that it was a smartphone that needed close attention.