The Sony Xperia 1 Review: A 21:9 Take of the World
by Andrei Frumusanu on July 26, 2019 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Mobile
- Sony
- Smartphones
- Xperia 1
GPU Performance
3D performance of the Xperia 1 is dictated by both the SoC’s GPU and power efficiency, as well as the device’s thermal dissipation design. I found Sony’s design quite weird in this regard as there’s some discrepancy in terms of the resulting thermal performance. For one the SoC is seemingly located on the right next to the cameras which is by far the phone’s hottest hot-spot during heavy operation. I found that however this heat isn’t nearly as well dissipated to the whole body of the phone as other designs, and there’s a big delta between the skin temperature near the SoC and the bottom half of the phone.
In the 3DMark physics test, the CPU throttling situation was actually quite dire as the phone lost more than half of its peak performance during prolonged thermal loads, which is the worst showing of a Snapdragon 855 phone yet, at least in terms of the CPU behaviour.
However when looking at the GPU behaviour, we’re seeing the Xperia 1 not faring nearly as badly, with the phone only trailing the OnePlus 7 Pro which had exemplary throttling behaviour.
The figures continue in a similar pattern for all our other GPU-bound 3D tests, showcasing that the Xperia 1 is surprisingly able to maintain quite high GPU performance even though its thermal dissipation design isn’t the best. It’s an interesting juxtaposition between how the CPU throttles and how the GPU throttles, and it’s obvious the GPU is being given more leeway in terms of the peak temperatures it’s allowed to reach.
Overall, unless your game is quite CPU intensive, the Xperia 1 should offer still quite excellent gaming experience. It’s to be also noted that even though the device does have a 4K screen, games will be rendered at 1440p which is less demanding. Sony doesn’t offer any gaming tools which could further optimise performance or the experience – for example I think the phone would have greatly benefited from a 1080p gaming mode, however the Xperia 1 has to rely on actual games resolution scaling to further improve performance if necessary.
Another gaming aspect of the Xperia 1 that is unique to Sony’s phones is the fact that the phone out of the box supports PS4 remote play, in which your PlayStation 4 is able to stream the game to your phone. You’re also able to pair up with the DualShock 4 game controller - the combination definitely is an interesting. (Note: Yes it’s also possible to do this on non-Sony devices with a modified APK)
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Hrel - Friday, August 2, 2019 - link
OMG a Sony review on Anandtech! Wow!Now, go back and get your hands on the XZ3, XZ2, XZ2 Compact, and if you really wanna offer good scope get an XZ as well, the phone I'm still currently using that does everything better than any Samsung I've ever been subjected to.
Hrel - Friday, August 2, 2019 - link
"The one big thing that I do need to mention here in the intro is that Sony is a bit misleading as to the 4K resolution. While the panel is indeed 4K, only certain media content such as the native photos gallery app as well as video playback in some applications is in fact rendered in 4K, as the default software rendering for most other applications happens at 1440p. It’s something we’ll address later on, but it’s something one should be aware of from the start."Ok... but you do know that the human eye literally, physically cannot tell the difference between 1080p and 4k on anything smaller than like a 65" screen right? So who cares? You literally cannot tell or notice in any way. Why even mention it?
What I'm most upset about is how much more power it takes to process data at 4k than 1080p, we're talking about a 5-6" screen here people, even 1080p is ridiculous over kill!
Hrel - Sunday, August 4, 2019 - link
I generally buy these phones 6-12 months later online for $400, at that price they are fantastic!A grand, or anything even approaching it, is absurd.
WarVic - Monday, September 9, 2019 - link
I'm surprised how good was Lg G8 here. Sure it's completely ignored in this review as well as in many others. But the fact that I can get it for nearly half price of Xperia 1 force me thinking about it. 3K screen doesn't look much worse anyway.kavyabanerjee - Thursday, June 4, 2020 - link
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