iPhone 3GS Renders Webpages over 120% Faster than the 3G

By Daniel Miessler on June 23rd, 2009: Tagged as iPhone

I knew the 3GS felt significantly faster; now I know why.

The new 3GS renders web pages 128% faster, on average, than the old iPhone 3G. The 45% clock speed boost alone isn’t enough to generate such a large performance increase, this is a new microarchitecture. Also, note that the 3GS’ performance mimics that of the Palm Pre – another Cortex A8 based phone.

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[ iPhone 3GS Architecture Improvements | anandtech.com ]

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  • aid
    There is one hell of a lot more cache to help the processor along on your new phone. L1 cache has gone from 32MB to 64MB and a whole new 256MB of L2 cache has been introduced. It looks like that sure does keep those processor cycles filled!

    I can but guess that Apple has been observing the iPhone 3G; noticing that the CPU has been waiting on the main RAM; reducing its effectiveness...

    I've not yet got to play with a 3GS yet - I hope I'm not all that impressed as I could do saving the cash right now :-)
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