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Overclocked Performance on CyanogenMOD CM7 on Google Nexus One and MyTouch 4G

When I previously ran the performance test on a couple of Google Nexus Ones and a T-Mobile MyTouch 4G running CyanogenMOD CM7, the tests were run using all default CPU settings  to compare the optimizations using the standard CPU speeds.  Some people reached out and asked how the performance compares when overclocking is used on the devices.  The results shown below summarize the performance using the built in CPU overclocking of CyanogenMOD CM7.

We’ve also tested a second MyTouch 4G running the stock ROM to give even more comparison results for you to see.

 

Google Nexus One:

Google Nexus One

Google Nexus One

The results running a stock Google Nexus One are:

Android Version: 2.3.3

Kernel: 2.6.35.7

Build Number: GRI40

Quadrant: 1089

Smartbench 2010: Productivity-992  Gaming-984

Smartbench 2011: Productivity-1156  Gaming-707

 

Here are the results for the Google Nexus One using the latest nightly build of CyanogenMOD CM7:

Android Version: 2.3.3

Kernel: 2.6.37.2

Build Number: GRI40

 

The CPU Governor is set to Performance and each device is plugged into power for all these tests.

 

Mhz 998 1036 1075 1113
Quadrant: 1158 1517 1472 1567
Smartbench
2010
:
Prod: 894
Gam: 1077
Prod: 988
Gam: 1141
Prod: 1023
Gam:1220
Prod: 1038
Gam: 1231
Smartbench
2011
:
Prod: 948
Gam: 810
Prod: 969
Gam: 914
Prod: 1229
Gam: 922
Prod: 1054
Gam: 992

 

We see varying results at different CPU speeds and very unexpected result for Quadrant with the CPU set to 1036 Mhz.

 

T-Mobile MyTouch 4G:

T-Mobile myTouch 4G

T-Mobile myTouch 4G

The results running a stock T-Mobile MyTouch 4G are:

Android Version: 2.2.1

Kernel: 2.6.32.21

Software Version: 1.17.531.2

Quadrant: 1762

Smartbench 2010: Productivity-775  Gaming-1145

Smartbench 2011: Productivity-1014  Gaming-1117

 

Here are the results for the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G using the latest nightly build of CyanogenMOD CM7:

Android Version: 2.3.3

Kernel: 2.6.32.28

Build Number: GRI40

 

The CPU Governor is set to Performance and each device is plugged into power for all these tests.

 

Mhz 1017 1113 1209 1305 1401 1497 1516
Quadrant: 1962 2258 2281 2478 2535 2703 2770
Smartbench
2010
:
Prod: 1154
Gam: 1665
Prod: 1220
Gam: 1775
Prod: 1215
Gam: 1834
Prod: 1286
Gam: 1907
Prod: 1401
Gam: 2128
Prod: 1517
Gam: 2154
Prod: 1566
Gam: 2254
Smartbench
2011
:
Prod: 990
Gam: 1292
Prod: 1073
Gam: 1402
Prod: 1131
Gam: 1462
Prod: 1588
Gam: 1555
Prod: 1342
Gam: 1604
Prod: 1379
Gam: 1740
Prod: 1426
Gam: 1702

 

As you can see, the results are more in line with the CPU setting unlike the Google Nexus One where the performance did not increase, but instead decreased in some of the tests.  As we have no control over how the software benchmarks your devices, we cannot vouch for any of their results.

I hope this gives you more background into the overclocking performance of these devices and CyanogenMOD CM7 and if you have any benchmarking requests, please let us know and we’ll do what we can to accommodate your requests.