We get our hands on retail units of Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, so we decided to benchmark them before anything else. As you probably know by now, the duo of 5.7″ phablets made their official debut a couple of days ago.

Both newcomers feature Exynos 7420 chipset developed in-house by Samsung with 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, 2.1 GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 CPU, Mali-T760MP8 GPU, and 4GB of RAM. Save for the slight bump in RAM, the hardware setup is the same as in Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge.

First up is the CPU-centric Geekbench 3 test. Rather unsurprisingly, the Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ performed right in line with the Samsung Galaxy S6 family.

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GeekBench 3
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
5246

Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1)
5242

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
5158

Samsung Galaxy Note5
5124

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
5095

HTC One M9
3761

LG G4 (final)
3522

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
3402

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
2922

AnTuTu 5 painted the exact same picture. Both phablets posted scores in the 70,000 points range – just like their smaller siblings and better than any of their Snapdragon-equipped competitors.

AnTuTu 5
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
70938

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
70053

Samsung Galaxy Note5
69465

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
68324

Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1)
67553

HTC One M9
51427

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
49441

LG G4 (final)
48693

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
48361

Thanks to the increase in RAM memory, Samsung Galaxy Note5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ posted eye-popping results in the compound Basemark OS II benchmark. Single-core and multi-core scores on the other hand, were in line with those of the Samsung Galaxy S6 lineup.

Basemark OS II
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy Note5
1852

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
1833

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
1826

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
1650

HTC One M9
1526

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
1410

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
1267

Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy Note5
3585

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
3567

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
3489

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
3372

HTC One M9
2401

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
1853

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
1453

Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy Note5
18653

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
18536

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
16856

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
16291

HTC One M9
10128

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
7002

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
6995

GFXBench puts the Mali-T760MP8 GPU found in both phablets to the test. Both handsets posted flagship-worthy results throughout.

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
59

Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1)
57

Samsung Galaxy Note5
56

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
56

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
50

HTC One M9
49

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
45

LG G4 (final)
34

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
30

GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better

HTC One M9
50

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
46

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
39

Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1)
37

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
37

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
30

Samsung Galaxy Note5
29

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
25

LG G4 (final)
25

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
26

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
25

Samsung Galaxy S6 (5.1.1)
25

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+
25

HTC One M9
23

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
21

Samsung Galaxy Note5
21

LG G4 (final)
15

Asus ZenFone 2 ZE551ML
13

GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better

HTC One M9
24

Sony Xperia Z3+ final
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Alleged live images of Meizu MX5 Pro Plus made the rounds online alongside some specs. The high-end device is expected to be a variant of Meizu MX5 with larger screen and more powerful hardware.

Rumored specs of Meizu MX5 Pro Plus include an Exynos 7420 chipset, 4GB of RAM, and 20.7MP camera. The SoC is the same as in the Samsung Galaxy S6 family and Samsung Galaxy Note5.

The screen of Meizu MX5 Pro Plus, as its name suggests, is expected to be in the 6″ range and with QHD resolution. For comparison, the regular Meizu MX5 packs a 5.5″ 1080p unit….

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Samsung released the first TV ad for the freshly announced Samsung Galaxy Note5. The flagship phablet will hit the shelves in the United States in less than a week, on August 21.

Unsurprisingly, the ad focuses on Samsung Galaxy Note5’s two biggest highlights. The latter include brand new design language, as well as the product family-defining S Pen.

You can find out more about Samsung Galaxy Note5 in our detailed first look.

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