Update: performance slightly better. GB scores still normal. Tried to play mobile legends, less FPS drop. There is still a problem with the performance which can be solved by toggling on low power mode. Very strange indeed.
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BEWARE! iOS 14.5.1 is Throttling!
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Nope. It's not.
Geekbench app is buggy on iOS 14 and has been from the start. Do your research.
Geekbench app is buggy on iOS 14 and has been from the start. Do your research.
What is not?
And, what are you saying here? Are you saying that everyone should ignore/take with a pinch of salt the geekbench results because they mean nothing?
I began to experience slowness yesterday, but before then it was working fine. I hope Apple fixes it soon.
This is well known everywhere outside of this thread. The Geekbench app has not returned consistent results in back to back tests since iOS 14.
As usual the Macrumors doomers are clueless.
Yes let’s all ignore the phones feeling slow, running games dog slow and dropped frames. That are fixed, along with GB5 scores, after some corrective actions.
The issue is seen across the OS and in other applications as well.
Geekbench has never given exactly the same result in every test, there's a reasonable margin of variance. When it's off by this much though something is going on.
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You clearly dont know what the problem is, I could feel my phone being slow in day to day usage
dude I registered just to answer to him but you did it, seriously WHY do those people comment and act as they were aware of something, when they clearly didn't even read about what they're talking about...
anyway, I am receiving an iPhone mini soon (from p30 to mini, Google is really annoying me) so I am really concerned about all those iOS things from now on haha
He does not. As if I would simply download geekbench just to find fault. I downloaded geekbench after days of figuring out why my phone was lagging with big huge FPS drops in games and after numerous hard resets and restore. SMH
same here I am having terrible scores on my iPhone 12
I am just so done with Apple and its crap 1990 relic phones, time to switch to android and something superfast like one plus 9 pro
I am just so done with Apple and its crap 1990 relic phones, time to switch to android and something superfast like one plus 9 pro
My XS works fine other than having the throttling. You might have this issue or possibly another one.
Because its simple. Your phone isn't being throttled. Once someone tells you it is, you suddenly notice things that are in no way related, but anecdotal enough for misguide forum witch hunts.
Dude, I don’t think this is just a glitch with GB... many other apps that actually display the CPU frequency show that is is not ramping up
properly. In an ideal environment, the CPU will clock down to conserve power and produce less heat when the device is idling. Usually, when the system calls for it, it is supposed to ramp to to the max clock unless power policies dictate otherwise. Many people have been having issues where the frequency is not ramping up properly.
Strange how Apple have just released another beta update addressing this exact issue (amongst others) that you say doesnt exist.
update: I restarted the iPhone due to another issue I was trying to solve and upon restart, the multicore scare revert back to the 2300-2400 range, after couple pass of shutdown -> 30s -> turn on. Still stuck at 2300-2400 range.
So I guess if you fixed it by this method, please don't reboot your phone.
Apparently it’s been fixed on the latest beta that was released today.