Feb 07, 2022 20:00:00

Microsoft's two-screen smartphone 'Surface Duo 2' benchmark review, I actually investigated the specs that interest me

The ' Surface Duo 2 ' released by Microsoft in Japan on January 11, 2022 is an Android smartphone with a unique shape called dual display.

In the previous review , I investigated the usability of the software side of Surface Duo 2, so this time I actually investigated the specifications around the hardware side.

Surface Duo 2 – Productive Dual Screen Mobile – Microsoft Store
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/d/surface-duo-2/9408kgxp4xjl

First of all, I will try using the standard benchmark application ' Geekbench 5 '. The results of measuring CPU performance are as follows, the single core score was '1116' and the multi-core score was '3558'.

Both single core and multi-core are at a level higher than Samsung's 'Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G' and 'Galaxy S21 + 5G'.

The result of measuring the benchmark with 'Wild Life' of '

3DMark ' that can measure the score of the graphic system is as follows. In addition, 'Wild Life' is a benchmark using ' Vulkan ', which is a graphics API with comparative tests on various OSs in mind.

This score of '5766' is the result of being in the top 12% of all devices ...

As of January 2022, the result was that it lost to the iPhone 12 Pro Max one generation ago instead of the latest generation iPhone 13 series. From the result of Geekbench, the CPU surroundings are good, but the impression is that it is a little inferior to the device that sells graphics.

Next, we will investigate fever. Among the 3DMark Wildlife used above, the '3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test', which has a particularly high load, is executed, and the temperature during that is measured with '

FLIR i3 '.

First, measure from the display side.

The display on the left side is 26.7 degrees ...

The display on the right is 34.5 degrees. Apparently, the parts that perform arithmetic processing are built into the right side of the main unit.

Next is the back side. In addition, in order to align the left and right with the display side, the measurement is done upside down.

The left side of the main body is 26.6 degrees ...

The result on the right was 37.0 degrees.

Now let's look at the battery. With '

Battery Mix ' installed, which can measure the remaining battery level, I tried to continue to stream NASA live stream at maximum volume using the YouTube app.

The result is below. From 100% to 0%, it's just over 6 hours and 30 minutes. Since the battery capacity of Surface Duo 2 is 4340mAh, I thought 'The battery will run out as soon as I use 2 screens ...', but it seems that it will play the movie for a reasonable time with a Wi-Fi connection.

Microsoft 'Surface Duo 2' can be purchased at the official online shop for 184,580 yen including tax for the 8GB RAM & 128GB SSD model, 196680 yen including tax for the 8GB RAM & 256GB SSD model, and 220,880 yen including tax for the 8GB RAM & 512GB SSD model.

Choose Surface Duo 2 specifications
https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/store/configure/Surface-Duo-2/9408KGXP4XJL