I like benchmarks a little too much and use them on every new phone I test. Synthetic benchmarks like Geekbench and 3DMark do a good job of simulating real-world usage and gaming scenarios, and they predict a device’s performance potential reasonably well. As someone who gets over 75 phones a year, a synthetic benchmark lets me easily measure how a particular device holds up against its predecessor.
There’s a new benchmark that aims to go beyond just delivering an overall score. It’s called Evolve, and it provides useful insights across five metrics, allowing you to then pinpoint which part of the GPU is handling modern workloads well, and what’s causing a potential bottleneck. I’ve been testing it with a few phones, including the Find X9 Ultra, Find X9 Pro, Find X8 Pro, and the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, and it did a good job showcasing just how much (and where) mobile GPUs have evolved in the last two years.