Samsung Claims Innocence in Face of Benchmark-Rigging Allegations

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Samsung has responded to allegations made by AnandTech, claiming that it is innocent of any wrongdoing. Yesterday, the sitereported that Samsung engineered the Galaxy S4’s benchmarking performance by allowing the GPU to run a higher clock speed than normal (533MHz vs. 480MHz), giving an 11 percent boost that users would not be able to attain under normal conditions. Samsung’s response? “[We] did not use a specific tool on purpose to achieve higher benchmark scores.”

Samsung adds that, “under normal conditions, the Galaxy S4 operates up to 533MHz at its best performance.” The Korean manufacturer says certain “full screen apps” (any app in which the status bar isn’t present) such as the camera, browser, video player, and benchmarking…

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