Cowon Z2 - Benchmarks

[Kizune]

I ran several benchmarks on my Z2 to give you a basis for comparisons with other Android devices.


GENERAL


CF-Bench v1.1 (+ results of Google Nexus S for comparison)

Native Score: 3863 (Google Nexus S: 4057)
Java Score: 1347 (Google Nexus S: 1426)
Overall Score: 2353 (Google Nexus S: 2478)


AnTuTu Benchmark

RAM: 336
CPU integer: 610
CPU float-point: 155
2D graphics: 146
3D graphics: 713
Database IO: 225
SD card write: (11.3 MB/s) 113
SD card read: (12.7 MB/s) 127
CPU frequency: 996 MHz

Total Score: 2425


Quadrant Benchmark

CPU: 1396
Mem: 1782
I/O: 1008
2D: 306
3D: 1378

Total: 1174 (slightly worse than Google Nexus S)


GPU


An3DBenchXL

Double dragon: 15.59 fps
Flower power: 20.69 fps
Ninja's garden: 13.61 fps
Emperor's new clothes: 41.43 fps
Magix island: 20.70 fps

Total Score: 19397 (~ Motorola Droid X)


NenaMark 1

33.1 fps (~ LG Optimus Me)


Electopia

Average FPS: 13.2 fps
Number of Frames: 792
Triangecount: 48733
Peak Triangecount: 67038

[NonApplicable]

What does this mean? Are these benchmarks favorable?

[Kizune]

They are quite bad compared to today's hardware. But to be honest, I didn't expect stunning results since the used chipset was made by Telechips.
Anyway, you can google for "CF-Bench results" (just an example) and then compare the results you get with the results I posted here.

My personal experience: Most games work very well, but there's sometimes lag.
One game I always play on my Palm Pre (500 MHz CPU overclocked to 1 GHz) is very laggy on the Z2, it's actually unplayable. On my Palm Pre it's perfectly smooth. That annoys me because I the Z2's screen is larger and that game would be more fun on it, but the lag... anyway, that's just one case. The rest works quite well.

[NonApplicable]

By these benchmarks are you saying the Z2 is compatible to the Nexus S? I know someone with that phone and it runs the essential tasks quite smoothly. That could give me good indication of the Z2 performance.

[fpaiy2006]

Nice work there, now we got statics and figures to compare now. Btw, how long could your Z2 battery last?

[Kizune]

Originally Posted by fpaiy2006

Btw, how long could your Z2 battery last?

I haven't tested that yet.


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Some news regarding the performance:

I have tested a lot games now, here are a few:
- Angry Birds (Classic/Seasons/Rio)
- Ceramic Destroyer
- Glow Hockey (good basis for comparison because there's also a webOS version of this game for my Palm Pre)
- Air Attack HD Part 1
- Fruit Ninja Free
- Two free Gameloft games
- Jump (aka Super Jump on webOS)

Here's my impression on 2D (with absolutely no 3D objects) games: Except for Super Jump, all 2D games work very smoothly. Angry Birds sometimes lags, but it's definitely playable and the other games work without any problems. I guess Super Jump is unplayable (too much lag/freezes) because the developer didn't port it from webOS to Android properly, the graphics are very simple and I don't see what could make it lag except for bad code.

3D games: The two Gameloft games started... and refused to proceed because they aren't compatible with the Z2. I guess it's safe to say that none of the Gameloft apps work on the Z2.
Fruit Ninja, Air Attack HD Part 1 and some other 3D games whose names I don't remember because I didn't like them are perfectly smooth. They aren't "real" 3D games, though, but rather 2D games with 3D objects (example: Fruit Ninja: 2D background, 3D fruits/bombs).

Update: Speed Forge 3D Free works smoothly - but please note that the free version has crappy graphics.

[Kizune]

I tested the benchmark game "Electopia"... it has fantastic graphics and it runs quite smoothly. Of course it's a bit choppy sometimes, but runs better than I expected.

[Kizune]

Some news I posted on Headphiles:

Originally Posted by Kizune

Thanks. I purchased it on this store and had to pay 243,75 € (insured shipping via Air Parcel, 12,69 €, included).

I've never had a D3 so I don't know how well the Z2 performs compared to it, but I suppose it's better (and way better than the J3 of course).

I ran some benchmarks on my Z2: http://www.iaudiophile.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=40472
Most games run very well, as mentioned in that thread.
In the meantime I also tested some pay-games: All Gameloft games generally refuse to work on the Z2... they will be downloaded, but then the game itself says that it isn't compatible with the Z2. Games like Sentinel 3, World of Goo, Need for Speed and even Minecraft run very smoothly.

[stlee]

em...I only care about timbre.Because galaxy 2...and i thk z2 is more beautiful then others,includeing ipt...