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Default GPU in Nexus S?

Okay so I ran Nenamark on both my Vibrant and Nexus S. To my surprise, Nexus S scored 39.5 FPS while the Vibrant scored 51.8 FPS.

Anyone know what GPU is in the Nexus S? I was under the impression it would be the same as the SGS line; there doesn't seem to be a definite answer either on the forums.

EDIT: Bleh, stupid me. Nenamark displays the GPU information. According to Nenamark, both Nexus S and Vibrant have a PowerVR SGX 540. So why the huge difference in benchmarks?
 
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Okay so I ran Nenamark on both my Vibrant and Nexus S. To my surprise, Nexus S scored 39.5 FPS while the Vibrant scored 51.8 FPS.

Anyone know what GPU is in the Nexus S? I was under the impression it would be the same as the SGS line; there doesn't seem to be a definite answer either on the forums.
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There is some suspicious stuff in the kernel sources that refers to the PowerVR SGX 535 chip. Hope Samsung isn't trying to pull a fast one on us by using a 535 and making it look like a 540 to apps. Interestingly, when trying to boot the Nexus S kernel on a Galaxy S, supercurio ran into display driver failures. Maybe because it's trying to use 535 drivers with a 540?
 
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Something is definitely up... it makes no sense that with the same hardware Nexus S scores less than Vibrant.
 
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And a Google employee confirmed the same GPU
I already edited the OP to state that Nenamark reads both as a 540. Now the question why are they benchmarking so differently.
 
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I already edited the OP to state that Nenamark reads both as a 540. Now the question why are they benchmarking so differently.
Oh sorry, didnt read the edit

Hmmm, Maybe Touchwiz does add some good lol

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Galaxy s/ vibrant only scores over 50 FPS on nenamark if you're OC :P
but yea score seems kind of low score 47 on my vibrant noticed some stuttering and not as smooth on NS scored 42

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galaxy s/ vibrant only scores over 50 FPS on nenamark if you're OC :P
but yea score seems kind of low

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I am not OC'ed though :( I am running completely stock, minus a few bloatware apps on the Vibrant.

Now that you mention it, though, I don't recall my Vibrant ever hitting 50 FPS on nenamark before. This is odd...
 
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I wouldn't worry good things will come with the great developers here im sure it will be tweaked

also neocore bench is pretty much the same as my vibrant 55.6
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