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Given that those benchmarks running on operating systems, the software(OS) matters. >And old iPhones remain usable longer than old Android phones. It depends which Android phone you are comparing with. If you compare with a flagship, it should be head-to-head. But i think that is because of stability/efficiency of iOS over android.

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Given that those benchmarks running on operating systems, the software(OS) matters.

No, if the OS significantly slows down a benchmark, it's a bad OS. Both Android and iOS are fine in this respect. (It's a bit fuzzier for graphics tests, I admit, where driver quality comes into play.)

> But i think that is because of stability/efficiency of iOS over android.

From what I understand iOS is pretty picky about background processes. Limit what can run in the background (and for how long) with android and you will probably get similar results.

I don't understand why you are all talking about software and the OS. My point was that for basic benchmarks testing things like CPU speed and storage speed -- the hardware -- iPhones tend to be ahead of Android phones.

A quick google search gives me results like this: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/galaxy-s9-benchmarks,review-519... "Galaxy S9 Is Fastest Android Ever, But iPhone X Is Faster"

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