In addition to many improvements in design, Surface Duo 2 also has a significant improvement in performance compared to the first generation. According to the Geekbench performance list, this dual-screen Android phone has a single-core score of 1059 points and a multi-core score of 3309 points. It is one of the most powerful devices.
Unlike the original Surface Duo, Microsoft’s new dual-screen phone actually has a decent chipset. The first-generation device was used as a water test device. Because Microsoft was unable to add a powerful Snapdragon chipset to the mobile phone, it was stuck in performance and software issues.
Microsoft added the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset to the Surface Duo 2, and the device is now equipped with 8GB of memory. For what this phone is going to do, its specifications may not seem very good, but it is clearly better than the original model that includes the Snapdragon 855 and only 6GB of memory.
The results of Geekbench 5 announced last month showed that Surface Duo 2 is a powerful device, and it can actually get better scores than phones such as Pixel 6 or Asus Rog 3. This dual-screen phone currently ranks among the best in benchmark tests, with a single-core score of 1059 points and a multi-core score of 3309 points. Samsung’s Galaxy S21+ 5G uses the same processor, but it cannot beat Microsoft’s mobile phones in the CPU benchmark tests of single-core and multi-core tests.
It is worth noting that Surface Duo performed poorly in GPU tests, including OpenCL and Vulkan. The CPU results may not necessarily equate to actual performance, but considering the form factor, these results are actually good.