The Oppo R7 is equipped with a Snapdragon 615 chipset, a solution so popular, that Oppo itself has no less than 4 smartphones in its lineup, powered by Qualcomm's upper midrange chip.
Oppo likes to tinker with processor clock speed to adjust it to the specific device, and it's no different on the R7. The four "powerful" Cortex-A53 cores in the pseudo-big.LITTLE setup can go as high as 1.46GHz, while the other four are limited to 1.11GHz. Qualcomm quotes typical figures of 1.7GHz and 1.0GHz, respectively.
The R7 comes with a spacious 3GB of RAM, so multitasking should be a breeze. It's among the key improvements over the R5, and makes the R7 only the second Oppo smartphone with that amount after the now aging flagship Find 7.
We kick off the benchmark routine with Geekbench 3, which measures solely CPU performance. The R7 sits midway between the S615 equipped R5 and R1x. The R7 is also no match for last year's flagships, but is also bested by the Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615, again), which puts up a better fight.
GeekBench 3
Higher is better
Lenovo Vibe X2 3647
Meizu MX4 3556
Xiaomi Mi 4 3175
Samsung Galaxy S5 3120
Huawei Honor 6 3081
vivo Xshot 3048
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 2923
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 2880
Sony Xperia Z2 2856
Oppo R5 2806
Oppo R7 (retail) 2683
Gionee Elife S5.5 2581
Oppo R1x 2507
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 2375
Xiaomi Mi 4i 2336
ZTE Blade S6 2086
Huawei Ascend P7 1895
Antutu has become more or less an industry standard for a quick overall benchmark and measures RAM and storage performance on top of CPU power. The Oppo R7 is trailing behind the S615 competition, and would have been last, if it weren't for the ZTE Blade S6, but that one is a little over half the R7's asking price.
In all fairness, the S615 crowd is pretty tightly spaced, and is lagging behind the 2014 top-end Snapdragon 801. The Mediatek MT6595 inside the Meizu MX4 and Lenovo Vibe X2 is the undisputed champ here.
AnTuTu 5
Higher is better
Meizu MX4 46922
Lenovo Vibe X2 46666
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 45530
Samsung Galaxy S5 45348
vivo Xshot 43318
Huawei Honor 6 42688
Xiaomi Mi 4i 34491
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 32217
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 31436
Oppo R5 31417
Oppo R1x 30187
Oppo R7 (retail) 29452
Huawei Ascend P7 28758
ZTE Blade S6 27198
Another compound benchmark, Basemark OS II 2.0 paint a more favorable picture of the R7. It still trails behind the Sony M4 Aqua and the Galaxy A7, but leaves a few of the S615 competitors behind in the overall score. The the single- and multi-core CPU tests mostly mirror the results.
Basemark OS 2.0
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 1186
Samsung Galaxy S5 1160
vivo Xshot 1050
Huawei Honor 6 888
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 858
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 813
Oppo R7 (retail) 757
Oppo R1x 753
ZTE Blade S6 751
Oppo R5 710
Meizu MX4 666
Gionee Elife S5.5 567
Huawei Ascend P7 552
Xiaomi Mi 4i 296
Basemark OS 2.0 (single-core)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S5 5557
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 5235
vivo Xshot 4856
Huawei Honor 6 4106
Xiaomi Mi 4i 3008
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 2628
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 2480
Oppo R7 (retail) 2452
ZTE Blade S6 2446
Oppo R5 2437
Gionee Elife S5.5 2303
Huawei Ascend P7 2240
Meizu MX4 2219
Oppo R1x 2177
Basemark OS 2.0 (multi-core)
Higher is better
Huawei Honor 6 21198
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 21140
Samsung Galaxy S5 19237
Gionee Elife S5.5 18019
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 16640
vivo Xshot 15206
Xiaomi Mi 4i 13521
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 13167
Meizu MX4 12671
Oppo R5 12044
Oppo R7 (retail) 9755
Huawei Ascend P7 8737
Oppo R1x 8683
ZTE Blade S6 8229
The Snapdragon 615 comes bundled with an Adreno 405 GPU, which typically does a good job as long as you don't sweat it with the latest 3D games.
In Basemark X it clearly pulls ahead of all competitors with the same chipset. The Xperia M4 Aqua comes closest, followed by the Blade S6, while the Oppo R1x is a mile back, indicating a different setup there.
Basemark X
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 12257
Samsung Galaxy S5 11798
vivo Xshot 11621
Meizu MX4 8324
Lenovo Vibe X2 6512
Oppo R7 (retail) 5382
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 5105
ZTE Blade S6 5039
Xiaomi Mi 4i 4875
Huawei Honor 6 4868
Oppo R5 4855
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 4802
Oppo R1x 4018
In the lighter T-Rex routine of GFXBench the R7 manages the same 15fps both onscreen and off, which shouldn't be a surprise, as both tests are carried out at 1080p resolution. The R1x, Blade S6 and Xperia M4 Aqua all pull ahead in the onscreen test, but they're favored by their 720p displays, which have a lot less pixels to render.
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 28
Xiaomi Mi 4 27.6
Sony Xperia Z2 27.2
Samsung Galaxy S5 27
vivo Xshot 23
Meizu MX4 22.7
Lenovo Vibe X2 17.8
Huawei Honor 6 16
Oppo R5 15.1
Oppo R7 (retail) 15
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 15
ZTE Blade S6 15
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 14.9
Xiaomi Mi 4i 14
Huawei Ascend P7 12.3
Oppo R1x 12
Gionee Elife S5.5 10.8
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 30
Sony Xperia Z2 28.7
Xiaomi Mi 4 28.2
Samsung Galaxy S5 28
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 25.8
ZTE Blade S6 24
vivo Xshot 23
Meizu MX4 21.3
Oppo R1x 20
Lenovo Vibe X2 17
Huawei Honor 6 17
Oppo R7 (retail) 15
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 15
Oppo R5 14.8
Xiaomi Mi 4i 14
Huawei Ascend P7 12.4
Gionee Elife S5.5 10.6
The more demanding Manhattan test introduces an expected overall hit in frame rates. In the offscreen test the differences between the S615 packing smartphones are negligible, save for the trailing R1x. The onscreen test widens the gap between HD and FullHD displays, but the R7 still does an OK job, given its hardware.
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy S5 12
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 12
Sony Xperia Z2 11.7
Xiaomi Mi 4 11.6
vivo Xshot 9.5
Huawei Honor 6 8.1
Meizu MX4 7.9
Xiaomi Mi 4i 6.2
Lenovo Vibe X2 6.1
Oppo R7 (retail) 5.9
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 5.84
Oppo R5 5.8
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 5.8
ZTE Blade S6 5.8
Oppo R1x 4.9
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 13
Sony Xperia Z2 12.2
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 12.2
Samsung Galaxy S5 12
Xiaomi Mi 4 11.3
ZTE Blade S6 11
Oppo R1x 9.6
vivo Xshot 9.4
Huawei Honor 6 8.7
Meizu MX4 7.4
Xiaomi Mi 4i 6.2
Lenovo Vibe X2 6.1
Oppo R7 (retail) 5.9
Oppo R5 5.8
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 5.8
The Oppo R7 comes with a pair of browsers installed. We tested both and when it comes to JavaScrip, Kraken 1.1 says that neither is impressive, but Chrome is marginally faster than Oppo's browser.
Not so in Browsermark 2.1, where Chrome posted solid scores upwards of 1400, while the proprietary app was nowhere to be found, with numbers around 600. We therefore concluded that Chrome is the only logical choice and posted its results below.
Kraken 1.1
Lower is better
Lenovo Vibe X2 4747
Samsung Galaxy S5 5968
Xiaomi Mi 4 6137
Huawei Honor 6 6937
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 7023
Sony Xperia Z2 7041
vivo Xshot 9114
Meizu MX4 9408
Oppo R7 (retail) 11257
Xiaomi Mi 4i 11439
Oppo R5 11656
Gionee Elife S5.5 12201
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 12266
Oppo R1x 12826
ZTE Blade S6 12865
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 13609
BrowserMark 2.1
Higher is better
Lenovo Vibe X2 2211
Samsung Galaxy S5 2066
Samsung Galaxy A7 (S615) 1655
HTC One (M8) Lollipop 1460
Oppo R7 (retail) 1433
Xiaomi Mi 4i 1396
Oppo R5 1319
ZTE Blade S6 1271
Sony Xperia Z2 1224
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 1171
vivo Xshot 1075
Huawei Honor 6 745
Xiaomi Mi 4 744
Meizu MX4 720
Oppo R1x 627
Gionee Elife S5.5 432
Altogether, the Oppo R7 is an average performer, given its internals. It is admittedly better optimized than the R1x, with Color OS 2.1 likely responsible. However, the 3GB of RAM fail to show any meaningful advantage in benchmarks, and the R7 is consistently outperformed by 2GB models.
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