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A chart of Geekbench 5 single-core scores across a range of price-points. The Performance Inequality Gap is largest here, and is accelerating. This matters to the web because single-core perf dominates web page loading and interactivity. The fastest Androids are 4.5 years behind iOS devices, and mid-range Androids remain 1/5th as fast as top-end iOS phones. Low-end Androids? Almost 1/10th as fast as the shiny iPhone in your pocket.

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A chart of Geekbench 5 single-core scores across a range of price-points. The Performance Inequality Gap is largest here, and is accelerating. This matters to the web because single-core perf dominates web page loading and interactivity. The fastest Androids are 4.5 years behind iOS devices, and mid-range Androids remain 1/5th as fast as top-end iOS phones. Low-end Androids? Almost 1/10th as fast as the shiny iPhone in your pocket.
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Alex Russell (slightlyoff@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 23:00:51 JST Alex Russell

Updating the Performance Inequality Gap series [1] (post soon), but here's a teaser: new CPU charts, by price band. Single-core perf matters for web apps, and I won't sugarcoat; it's grim.
The fastest Androids are half as fast as contemporary iPhones (now 4+ years behind) and volume devices (~$300USD) are 1/5th as fast as iPhones.
Building for iPhones erects walls around wealth and precludes effective access to participation in society for those without means.
[1]: https://infrequently.org/series/performance-inequality/

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