Rightware has launched the Basemark OS II cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8. It is built on Rightware’s own engine (BOS2Engine) and includes performance tests for system operations, permanent storage reading/writing, 2D/3D graphics rendering and web browser features across all 3 major mobile platforms.
This runs all tests with the same code in the same language which makes the benchmark reliable among operating systems, says Rightware. The engine centralizes all user-interface elements in its internal rendering module which uses OpenGL ES2 for Android and iOS devices and DirectX 11 for Windows Phone 8, this makes all visible entities (including the application interface and graphics tests) look exactly the same in all platforms.
The benchmark has four main test categories: CPU Tests (single core Speed and multi core Speed), Storage Tests, GPU tests and Web Browser Tests. It also has extra tests that benchmark Battery, External Storage test and Camera test. The Battery Performance and External Storage tests are available only in paid full version. These do not affect the overall score. We will bring you performance comparison tests on all three platforms soon.
Commenting on the launch, Teemu Uotila, Director of Benchmark Unit of Rightware, said,
We are immensely proud in advancing the general public’s understanding of the performance differences of the modern smartphones. This launch marks a major milestone since it is the first trusted performance gauge that enables true cross platform overall performance comparisons. One of the exciting and unique features is a camera speed test. We don’t know of any other such a test in publicly available product in the world.
Download Basemark OS II (Free) – Android | iPhone and iPad | Windows Phone 8