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AnTuTu has found evidence that the Realme GT cheated in benchmarks to get its highly-advertised score of 770,221.
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So, just how did the Realme GT managed to trick AnTuTu into thinking the phone is faster than it actually is? According to AnTuTu, the phone in multithreaded test offloaded its workload to its fastest cores, instead of evenly distributing it across both power and efficiency cores. Some of the tasks earmarked for the little cores were deliberately held back so that they could be run on the big cores. As a result, the device's multi-core score was calculated to be higher than what would be under real-world circumstances.
Realme GT also manipulated AnTuTu's JPG image decompression test. Instead of processing the image as is, it replaced the same with a bunch of mosaic blocks, which resulted in a blurry unusable image. To help better understand the situation, the image on the left is what the Realme GT processed when it was supposed to look like the image on the right. While this might seem nonsensical from a real-world perspective, this was enough to trick AnTuTu into thinking that the Realme GT could decode a JPG image faster than it actually could.
Realme in a statement to the media said:
Realme GT is equipped with the latest Snapdragon 888 5G platform, bringing users high performance. Benchmark scores of Realme GT are all accurate data under the current versions of the AnTuTu benchmark. Realme has always been committed to bringing users excellent performance, the actual user experience is the top priority for Realme. On the other hand, regarding the test issues doubted by both sides, we are in touch with AnTuTu to sort it out positively.
Realme GT is a 5G-capable smartphone and one of the few in the world to be powered by the flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset. It has a 6.43-inch 120Hz display with FHD+ resolution, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, and punch-hole design. Buyers can get the phone in 8GB + 128GB and 12GB + 256GB variants, though both are limited to China right now. On the camera front, Realme GT 5G has a 64MP + 8MP + 2MP triple sensor setup on the back, and comes with a 16MP selfie shooter housed inside the punch-hole. The phone's battery capacity is 4,500mAh, with support for 65W charging. Realme UI 2.0, in-display fingerprint sensor, stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos, and Hi-Res Audio are also part of the package.