Early benchmarks look promising, and a comparable Samsung Exynos processor will power Galaxy S8 models in other regions.
Not exact matches
As shown in the following chart, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI)-- a
benchmark for crude oil — fell
early in 2016, sparking a global loss aversion shift as investors began
looking for a potentially higher - yielding investment opportunity.
But if you again
look at the performance graphs I referenced
earlier, you'll see that all of our Funds have endured periods, sometimes for several years, when they have either lost money or lost ground relative to their
benchmarks.
Some
benchmarks may give us an
early look at what to expect, but from what we're seeing here, we wouldn't expect any massive changes.
In an
earlier post, we took a closer
look at what the
benchmark change means for the Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) and found a significant difference in past performance.
Benchmarks for Apple's new 13 - inch MacBook Pro without the Touch Bar are beginning to collect on Geekbench, providing a closer
look at the notebook's performance improvements and energy efficiency.The entry - level model, powered by a Skylake - based 2.0 GHz dual - core Intel Core i5 processor, currently has an average multi-core score of 6,970, indicating the notebook is only up to 7 % faster than the
early 2015 base model 13 - inch MacBook Pro.
The results provide us with an
early look at just how powerful Apple's $ 4,999 - and - up desktop workstation will be when it is released in December.Interestingly, the iMac Pro models
benchmarked appear to have custom, downclocked Xeon chips that Intel hasn't publicly announced yet.
The Note 8 was just spotted on HTML5 browser
benchmarking site
earlier and it
looks as if the handset will indeed be sporting Android Nougat 7.1.1 just like everyone is anticipating.
Its bid to battle the iPhone X with the Galaxy S9
looks a little weak, with
early benchmarks suggesting the South Korean company's flagship is nowhere near as powerful.
Overall, our first run through the standard
benchmarks gives us an
early but promising
look at the Huawei Mate 9's peak performance and what the Kirin 960 is capable of.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 could be closer than we think,
looking pretty much ready for primetime in an
early benchmark with 6 GB RAM and a Snapdragon 845 SoC.