Is the iPhone 6s much more powerful than the iPhone 6?

This is a question that we are all going to ask ourselves when asking ourselves if we should or should not, or if we want to buy the new iPhone 6s or not, is the performance difference between the iPhone 6 and the new 6s very big?

The answer is simple and surprising, and Apple itself has given it to us in full keynote, but I want to analyze what aspects of this iPhone make it more powerful and to what extent, as well as why and in what situations it could be useful. extra potential.

In the graphics is the key

The iPhone 6s includes a new generation GPU that in the absence of confirmation by the geniuses of iFixIt or the renowned AnandTech forum, I will venture to say that it belongs to the PowerVR 7XT series, the new generation of GPUs from Imagination Technologies and that according to they boast in your graphics, is on par with consoles like the PS3 or the XBOX 360.

For this last statement I dare to assure that The GPU of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus is located between the PowerVR 7400 and 7600 models, two GPUs destined for high-end smartphones from 2015/16 and that equal in processing capacity to the graphic processors of consoles such as the PS3 or the XBOX 360.

The tools have already been given, a good GPU together with the Metal API released in iOS 8 leaves the duty and the possibility of creating titles at the console level in the hands of the developers, if last year we saw incredible titles like Modern Combat 5 , Asphalt 8 or Vain Glory, wait to see this year what the entertainment industry has in store for us with devices that double the graphics performance of its previous generation.

In fact, in what I write these lines the trailer for the long-awaited third installment of Galaxy OnFire, judge for yourself if this is normal for a smartphone or more typical for consoles:

This added to the use that iOS makes of the GPU for its splendid animations will provide buyers of an iPhone 6s unmatched fluidity and graphics performance today on any other smartphone.

That the CPU is not left behind

The processor or CPU of the new iPhone 6s is not far behind in terms of potential, we also need confirmation from iFixIt or AnandTech to know exactly the number of cores or from AnTuTu or GeekBench to know the clock frequency and RAM (which will surely be 2 GB and LPDDR4), however Apple has left us a clue, The new CPU of the A9 chip is 70% faster than that of the A8This is almost twice the performance of a CPU that was already a beast (I'm talking about the A8).

With these figures Apple puts the iPhone 6s at the height of a console in terms of graphic processing and at the height of our equipment or home PCs in terms of logical processing, thanks to LPDDR4 increasing the bandwidth of the RAM memory (2 times higher than that of the A8X chip) and also doubling the reading speed / writing their flash memories are going to make the new iPhones break standards in all benchmarks and are once again at the forefront of performance.

The iPhone 6 does not give up

Despite the considerable power increase in the new 6s devices, the iPhone 6 does not become an obsolete or incapable machine, far from it, to this day and with only one year of life this smartphone continues to be one of the best scores in in terms of performance, both CPU and GPU are more than capable of tackling the most demanding games available right now, and I'm sure they won't be left out when the new ones come out, as the chip is Apple's second most powerful ARM chip and supports the Metal API and has a 64-bit architectureHe's certainly still a beast and will be for a couple of years or 3 more.

Maybe the only difference is that iPhone 6s is destined to be better, they had to overcome the barriers that they had set themselves a year ago and surpass in performance a device that despite being from last year continues to obtain better results in graphic processing and level of detail than this year's smartphones such as the Galaxy S6, If you have an iPhone 6, be happy because you have the latest technology in your hands, and that the iPhone 6s is a spaceship or a pocket supercomputer should not intimidate you at any time, since your team will be able to be up to date. height in the vast majority of cases, or at least to be at the height of what is expected of a smartphone without reaching that console graphics factor (which the iPhone 6 touches).

Conclusion

If you are owners of an iPhone 5 or lower, the new iPhone 6s is going to overshadow anything you think your iPhone can do, since it will do it without disheveled, if on the contrary you are from an iPhone 5s, I recommend you think about it and pass if you find a buyer for your device to the iPhone 6 or 6s, depending on your needs.

If you are owners of an iPhone 6, do not worry, this iPhone is better, that is something that was obvious before it was presented, however your iPhone 6 is still capable of facing from the front line any challenge that lies ahead, having said that, if you are from what you like to renew your smartphone or any other reason and you have loved the iPhone 6s, go ahead, if on the contrary you only want an iPhone to the latest and that has no limitations, wait a year or two more, it is not necessary to change your brand new iPhone 6 for a new iPhone 6s, and even more knowing that next year you will find yourself in the same situation, you can save yourself an effort and money.