Samsung Galaxy S III vs HTC One XL vs HTC One X – Benchmark Speed Test

Review

Mobile world is witnessing plethora of smartphone releases these days and it seems there’s no end to it. Every now and then we come across a new smartphone offering high end specifications ensuring a world class mobile computing experience to the users.
If you’re in a market to buy a new smartphone where budget is not a constraint, you aren’t seeking to buy an iPhone and you are looking for maximum essential features in the phone including Android then three top notch phone of this year are Samsung Galaxy SIII, HTC One XL and HTC One X.

Below we have jotted down a brief comparison on all three Smartphones especially focusing on theirspecifications, features and Benchmark testing.

Display

Samsung Galaxy SIII features 4.8 inch Super AMOLED Capacitive Touch screen which supports 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. Both HTC One X and One XL sports 4.7 inch screen of Super IPS LCD 2 type with capacitive touch and supports similar screen resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels.

CPU and OS

Samsung Galaxy SIII is powered by Cortex A9 Quad Core Processor of 1.4GHz clocking speed which runs onAndroid Latest OS – Ice Cream Sandwich.HTC One XL runs on Dual core Krait Processor which clocks at 1.5GHzand works on Android latest version V 4.0. The HTC One X is packed with impressive Quad Core 1.5GHz Processor which runs on ICS.

Memory/Capacity

Both HTC One XL and HTC One X is packed with 1GB RAM and One X model comes with internal memory of 32GBwhile One XL with 16GB internal space. Samsung Galaxy SIII on the other hand comes with 1GB RAM but three different internal Memory options – 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Out of all three phones, only Samsung incorporates Card slot for memory expansion.

Camera Specs

Be it Samsung Galaxy SIII, HTC One X or HTC One XL, all the three smartphones are incorporated with 8 Mega pixels camera.

Battery & Weight

Samsung Galaxy SIII has the most powerful battery out of all which is a lithium ion type of 2100mAh power and including battery its weighs 133g. Both HTC One X and HTC One XL accompany 1700mAh Lithium Ion battery andweighs 130g. Comparing all three phones on the verge of weight, it can be said that they aren’t too bulky and are structured to suit the pocket friendly usage.

 Comparison Chart

	Samsung Galaxy S III	HTC One XL	HTC One X
Price	Rs. 41,000/-	Rs. 31,000/-	Rs. 35,000 /-
OS	Android v4 ICS	Android v4 ICS	Android v4 ICS
CPU	Cortex-A9 Quad-core, 1.4 GHz	Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait	Quad-core 1.5 GHz
GPU	Mali-400MP	Adreno 225	ULP GeForce
Chipset	Exynos 4212 Quad	Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon	Nvidia Tegra 3
Display Size	4.8 inch	4.7 inch	4.7 inch
Display Type	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touch	Super IPS LCD2 Capacitive touch	Super IPS LCD2 Capacitive touch
Resolution	720 x 1280 Pixels	720 x 1280 pixels	720 x 1280 pixels
RAM	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB
Internal Storage	16/32/64 GB	16 GB	32 GB
Card Slot	Yes, MicroSD	No	No
Rear Camera	8 Mega Pixels	8 Mega Pixels	8 Mega Pixels
Front Camera	1.9 Mega Pixels	1.3 Mega Pixels	1.3 Mega Pixels
Wi-fi	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth	V4.0 with A2DP	v3.0 with A2DP, EDR	v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Battery	Li-Ion 2100 mAh	Li-Ion 1800 mAh	Li-Ion 1800 mAh
Weight	133 g	130 g	130 g

Benchmark

Taking in consideration the Benchmark testing, here are some of the basic results on various benchmarks in all the three smartphones.

Quadrant – Samsung Galaxy SIII scored highest with 5287 against HTC One XL which scored 4477 and HTC One X with 3777. This proves that Samsung Galaxy SIII is the most efficient out of all.

GL Benchmark – When tested on GL Benchmark, it was found that Samsung Galaxy III scored the maximum score of 100 against 64 and 56 of HTC One XL and One X respectively.

Sunspider 0.91 – Sunspider 0.91 score represents that the smallest score is the better score. As you can see from the graph, Samsung Galaxy SIII has the smallest score out of all three phones.

NenaMark2 – The Nenamark 2 score shows that HTC One XL is highly efficient in displaying advanced accelerated graphics which is slightly lower in Samsung Galaxy SIII and lowest in HTC One X.

BrowserMark – When tested on BrowserMark, Samsung Galaxy SIII still scored the best against HTC One X andHTC One XL.
Based on the comparison above, It is quite clear that Specifications wise and on the basis of Benchmark testing,Samsung Galaxy SIII takes the lead in the race, followed by HTC One X and HTC One XL on the second and third place respectively.

Conclusion

The above comparison was our take on the three phones depending upon various standards but which is the bestAndroid Smartphone suiting your requirements is purely your decision.