Qualcomm benchmarking controversy: What's happening?
Qualcomm benchmarking controversy: What's happening?
Right now, Qualcomm is facing some controversy surrounding its benchmarking claims for Snapdragon X series chips. Here's what's happening.
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If this is true it will be devastating for Qualcomm ... they hyped the new chips big time, and some huge manufacturers happily announced products with the new chip. So if this falls flat, a few influential players will not be happy at all...
Not to mention the rest of the tech media... they will happily sell the pitchforks and torches.
It’s been known for a long time that they cheat on benchmarks
https://www.anandtech.com/show/7384/state-of-cheating-in-android-benchmarks
They specifically detect benchmarking tools and run at a frequency they can’t maintain for the length of the benchmark
They lack competition so unfortunately it won’t affect them too much