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Samsung Galaxy S2 Specs (2GHz, 1GB RAM, etc.)

Source: http://www.redmondpie.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-specs-will-blow-your-brains-out/
The current generation of smartphones – with their 1GHz processors and 512MB of RAM – are already very impressive at what they can do. But rumored specifications (along with a photo) are spreading of the next generation of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone – the Galaxy S2 – and its specs will. freaking. blow. your. head. off.
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It is supposedly scheduled for release sometime in early 2011 and will supposedly have the following specifications:
-A 2GHz Processor. Possibly the next-generation version of Samsung’s Hummingbird CPU.
-1GB RAM along with 4GB of ROM. This is, as with the CPU, twice the magnitude of current-gen hardware.
-32GB built-in flash memory. MicroSD card slot expandable to 32GB making the Galaxy S2 able to hold 64GB of data.
-8 megapixel camera with full HD (1920×1080) video recording. Current-gen smartphones record video at 720p (1280×720).
-A 4.3” 1280×720 Super AMOLED display
-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, b/g/n Wi-Fi, accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity / ambient light sensors.
-Run on Android 3.0 “Gingerbread”
While all these specifications are well and sweet, I really, honestly believe smartphone manufacturers, especially of the Android variety, should focus on increasing battery life by optimizing hardware + software instead of just blindly increasing clock speeds and doubling RAM. My HTC Desire still doesn’t last more than 15-16 hours whereas Taimur’s iPhone 4 blows past the 24 hour category without even going below 50%.
And yes, these specs are rumored. But if HTC and Motorola’s intentions of releasing 2GHz smartphones are anything to go by, they aren’t unbelievable.
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What do you guys think the battery quality will be?

Jesus, its only 8 threads under this
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817358

Doubting this, especially if scheduled for early 2011.
Specs looks two gen ahead of current, but if for real, I like it...well, except for the 4.3in screen.

I fail. Delete thread please.

I don't care until they actually give me froyo.

I don't know it sounds more like someones dreams/wish someone had more then a matter of fact...can anyone confirm that Samsung will be releasing Galaxy S2 at all?

they do love dangling the proverbial carrot in front of us don't they?
seriously though, why would you ever need dual core phones? I understand it's the next logical step, but I don't plan on bit torrenting HD porn from my phone. The original Galaxy still seems plenty new and amazing enough for me to not care about another phone for at least a year.

SeanFloyd said:
they do love dangling the proverbial carrot in front of us don't they?
seriously though, why would you ever need dual core phones? I understand it's the next logical step, but I don't plan on bit torrenting HD porn from my phone. The original Galaxy still seems plenty new and amazing enough for me to not care about another phone for at least a year.
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Someone posted this elsewhere yesterday and those were my exact thoughts on it. I mean I get it but is that something necessary (if it were actually true) for the near future? We haven't even hit 6 months with this beast yet.
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bdveteran18 said:
Someone posted this elsewhere yesterday and those were my exact thoughts on it. I mean I get it but is that something necessary (if it were actually true) for the near future? We haven't even hit 6 months with this beast yet.
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You can't never have too much speed on a phone. Flash contents need quite a bit of CPU and GPU power, emulators will benefit from this, Browsing Speed, Multitasking, etc.
It can't hurt to have the phone boot up faster either.

OMG this again....dud research its beeen posted few down from you......
its fake this rumor started July 5 and people are just blogging...ect of late for attention or they have been living under a rock last few months
Also you would think with these guys bringing up such an old rumor/news they would have something else to go on other than repeating what already been said almost 4 months prior.
You guys really think specs for a new galaxy S would "leak" just few weeks after its predecessor's release...just my opinion

I'd have to agree with the quote in the op though. Instead of doubling the specs, phone manufacturers should work on increasing battery life. The iphone doesn't have ridiculous specs but still manages to do nearly everything android phones do and do it smoother while still lasting a full day.
I don't really need my phone to do much more than it currently does. It matches the iphone in 3d smoothness which is great.. Now I just need it to open and close apps smoother and last a full day. The g2 does it with less ghz, so it should be possible with the vibrants current 1ghz processor.
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allthrottle said:
I'd have to agree with the quote in the op though. Instead of doubling the specs, phone manufacturers should work on increasing battery life. The iphone doesn't have ridiculous specs but still manages to do nearly everything android phones do and do it smoother while still lasting a full day.
I don't really need my phone to do much more than it currently does. It matches the iphone in 3d smoothness which is great.. Now I just need it to open and close apps smoother and last a full day. The g2 does it with less ghz, so it should be possible with the vibrants current 1ghz processor.
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G2 does it with less mhz/ghz is because it is on a 45 nm fabrication vs. vibrant's 65 nm fabrication. The smaller the more efficient.

PaiPiePia said:
G2 does it with less mhz/ghz is because it is on a 45 nm fabrication vs. vibrant's 65 nm fabrication. The smaller the more efficient.
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The Hummingbird is 45nm also
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=cpu&id=a10010&c=samsung_s5pc110
CPU probably handles 800mhz at a really low voltages and found it to be the sweet spot that also conserves battery life
And to answer why its faster well maybe its designed better, such as better cache and maybe some type of "hyper threading" technique....that would explain the extra pipelines on the scorpion ...raw speed isn't always everything
BTW this is all just a guess so dont hold me to this..i know PC's not so much this

Benchmarks vs Transformer Prime (and other tabs)

I was looking into buying either the TF / Prime this past week, and have been looking into the benchmarks I see on the net. I've seen a few reviews, one from AnandTech, and the other one from Slashgear and random Antutu benches across the web.
If I'm understanding correctly, it seems the Prime obviously does have an edge, however for general non-gaming use it seems the differences are minimal? Can anyone confirm or if you own both to test it out?
In a javascript benchmark (AnandTech.com), I'd only see a 0.4-0.5 second difference loading JS heavy webpages?
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The BrowserMark comparison at slashgear shows a 0.5-0.6 second gain by the Prime:
So are the benches really showing the difference is this minimal or are there more to talk about that I'm not seeing? (Not referring to game benches, not too interested in gaming)

From what I understand the main difference is in the GPU so for games and such it will matter... Also more hardware support for video making 1080p a feature now.
The cpu itself is clocked higher so I wonder what the differences would be with an equally clocked TF101. I guess barely noticable...
Off course there's the quadcore vs dualcore but I wonder if that really matters in day to day use. I don't expect a huge difference in user experience so in that regards I don't think there's a big reason to upgrade from TF101 to TF201.
I still will though, because the size decrease (and weight decrease) combined with the other factors still make it a nice upgrade. But looking at just performance, meh...

i overclock my Tf101 to 1.5ghz and its very fast now. i would argue an overclocked Tf101 would perform the same if not better than a prime in most of these tests.

But then again, the prime might have just as much overclocking room... Giving it the lead again.

The problem is that benchmarks generally mean absolutely nothing. Having a good benchmark doesn't mean you are going to get great real world use.

pside15 said:
The problem is that benchmarks generally mean absolutely nothing. Having a good benchmark doesn't mean you are going to get great real world use.
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That's the thing, having a machine that benchmarks 26% faster (TF201 vs TF 101) does not mean that it is going to necessarily be faster in real life depending on the software and how it uses it.

Benchmarks should prove the Prime to be a better machine, singularly. Dual/quad-core, it’s all about apps utilization and user functionality.
Then there’s price/performance, (in my case) a $250 101 beats the 201.

That's the part of what I've been trying to say. If I'm only going to see a split second of differences (0.5 second) in browsing around heavy javascript or just general web browsing performance, is there more than this?
Seems like so far the only argument I can see about getting a Prime is a GPU and CPU boost to gaming fps by 20-30 fps.
What about outside of gaming, in respect to general tasks that can take some time, like compressing a zip of a nand backup or large rom files, general encryption, etc.
The price per performance of the TF101 definitely seems to be taking the lead if we aren't talking about gaming apps.

dagrim1 said:
But then again, the prime might have just as much overclocking room... Giving it the lead again.
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My impression is that quad core performance vs dual core does not follow a linear scale.. If the way the architecture of 4x ARM CPU's (TF201) vs 2x (TF101) is any similar to how Intel Quad vs Duo started getting popularity a few years ago, I feel that there are going to be relatively few noticeable differences, when the dual can suit an average user without noticeably seeing any changes using a quad for their tasks... Mainly it will have to wait until which apps can utilize the multiple cores efficiently. Crysis for android?
Course I might be off base with this, that's why I wanted to ask you guys who have owned it.

Unless you are using high end games specifically designed for the Quad core/GPU, you should not notice a real difference. Much of what you do with any tablet or computer is speed dependent on outside sources ie network speed, ( both on your end and the other end) input speed etc. If you are using or rendering high end graphics, you will notice the difference, but then why use a tablet for that in the first place.

The first benchmark for Prime is done is slowest, power saving mode.

Asus TF201 Prime is the best

GasGuzz said:
Benchmarks should prove the Prime to be a better machine, singularly. Dual/quad-core, it’s all about apps utilization and user functionality.
Then there’s price/performance, (in my case) a $250 101 beats the 201.
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The 201 actually has a 5th core that is for normal usage, so most of the time you will be running a single core. I have seen in benchmarks that the internal flash on the 201 is slower than the 101. The 201 also has only a mono speaker compared to the stereo 101. The 101 right now has overclocking and custom ROMs. Add in price and that is the reason I just bought a 101 instead of a 201.
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iPhone 5 catches up to flagship droids in first Geekbench scores

Look like my S3 is going to be down..someone explain and what you think about this ?
It has its crown
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There was plenty of speculation what kind of CPU powered the new iPhone 5 and in the end it turned out to be a custom Apple design. So, how well did the Cupertino-based company did? According to an unverified Geekbench results, A6more than meets the 2x performance increase Apple promised.
The results are nothing short of amazing - the Apple A6 chipset has two custom cores rated at 1GHz with 1GB of RAM and it easily stands up to quad-core Cortex-A9 and dual-core Krait designs running at 1.5GHz.
The iPhone 5 has more than double the CPU performance of the 4S, beating it in every category that Geekbench tests. The RAM has gotten faster too. Even the A5X in the new iPad can't compete (understandable as A5X only improves GPU performance over the A5).
As for high-end Androids, Exynos 4 Quad and Tegra 3 based phones like the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X manage to outperform the iPhone 5 if they are running Android Jelly Bean. Under Ice Cream Sandwich, the performance of the One X drops down to the levels of the iPhone.
The HTC One S and its two Krait cores manage to match the iPhone 5 under Ice Cream Sandwich, so it should come out slightly ahead.
Just for fun, here's a dual-core Pentium 4 541 (Prescott architecture) downclocked to 2.4GHz matching the performance of the iPhone 5. This CPU came out in Q3 of 2004.
If these benchmark results do turn out to be from the iPhone 5 (results can be faked, so take it with a grain of salt) then Apple must have worked some serious magic. The Apple A6 chipset makes even Krait cores look slow (again, it's 1GHz vs. 1.5GHz).
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http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1030202

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/search?q=samsung+galaxy+s+III
See... How many S III scored lower than 1601...
All with JB leaks beats iPhone 5 score...
i think the benchmarking tool is a bit of weird. The One S also scored 1.5k... Not X but S.... S4 processor. Maybe it does not really use all the 4 cores?

the benchmark tool is useless... its more OS based then anything... change your launcher that u use and u'll get a different score every time...

I think you need to learn how to read geek bench the majority of iPhone 5 score is in fast memory the processor is still pretty slow by itself. Also mod please close this thread all iPhone threads crash and burn.
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why people open everyday same **** again again(@OP : Is apple marketing team has ordered open new thread everyday?). the iphone 5 have nothing new. just to say thinnest and tallest (but these kind of models already available years ago. ). If you want compare iphone 5 to galaxy line you have to compare it with galaxy s, sII or galaxy sIII mini. It's not worth it to compare to with sIII.
(By the way iphone5 cpu and memory provided by Samsung.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891076

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I got a 1741 on mine with stock 1.4ghz and jellybean. No sweat!!
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I think they used the US S3 which is dual cored, instead of the international S3. That's why the scores are lower.

1.Why post this on here?
2.A newer phone that is somehow faster....really? is that how technology works, well if it is then I guess the SGS4 to be even faster, and the SGS5, and I will go as far to say that the SGS24 will be greater still.

i think a lot of you who post Samsung s3 vs. whatever is insecure and are those who always want to have the best or be the best. People are competitive by nature but being obsessive, wasting your time and energy on products that serve the same purpose is a bit overkill. My advise is to find a cure for the disease you have. Just enjoy your phone.

swift2fly said:
i think a lot of you who post Samsung s3 vs. whatever is insecure and are those who always want to have the best or be the best. People are competitive by nature but being obsessive, wasting your time and energy on products that serve the same purpose is a bit overkill. My advise is to find a cure for the disease you have. Just enjoy your phone.
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Very well said! the other word " BIASED"

hero000 said:
Very well said! the other word " BIASED"
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I get over 2000 with the jelly bean and the processor overclocked to 1.6

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benchmarks

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?dir=desc&q=Sony+SGP771&sort=multicore_score
I have to say i am very impressed!!!

This is mine!
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kutulu32 said:
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?dir=desc&q=Sony+SGP771&sort=multicore_score
I have to say i am very impressed!!!
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So much for better thermal capabilities of a tablet. Apparently the Snapdragon 810 throttles as much as ever, despite the more space offered by the tablet.
Here's M9's scores by comparison: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?dir=desc&q=htc+one+m9&sort=score
And exynos' (doesn't throttle): http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?dir=desc&q=+SM-G920S&sort=multicore_score
....in one word, disappointing.
BTW SD810 was/is supposed to perform (almost) the same as exynos 7420 when it doesn't throttle. Hoped that this tablet would too, well it doesn't (it throttles) so it is a pass for me :/

It's a shame if it in fact throttles despite being a tablet and the new revision of the chip but it will not affect normal usage and should not be a problem.
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The processor shouldn't get throttled in this tablet as it's inside a larger shell and should be able to disperse heat a lot better than inside a phone.
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Stevethegreat said:
So much for better thermal capabilities of a tablet. Apparently the Snapdragon 810 throttles as much as ever, despite the more space offered by the tablet.
Here's M9's scores by comparison: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?dir=desc&q=htc+one+m9&sort=score
And exynos' (doesn't throttle): http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/search?dir=desc&q=+SM-G920S&sort=multicore_score
....in one word, disappointing.
BTW SD810 was/is supposed to perform (almost) the same as exynos 7420 when it doesn't throttle. Hoped that this tablet would too, well it doesn't (it throttles) so it is a pass for me :/
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Even mi note pro throttles i know but nevertheless even with throttling the specs are nice.
My lg gflex 2 also throttles but with the right tweaking gaming performance is perfect.i think this tablet is very good for gaming. As for the comparisom between 810 and exynos (s6) nobody said that 810 is better.

kutulu32 said:
Even mi note pro throttles i know but nevertheless even with throttling the specs are nice.
My lg gflex 2 also throttles but with the right tweaking gaming performance is perfect.i think this tablet is very good for gaming. As for the comparisom between 810 and exynos (s6) nobody said that 810 is better.
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Yeah but they should had been equal (given their specs) if it was not for throttling. I just can't see why a tablet should throttle at all. Maybe it's bad design from Sony's part. For example nexus 9 doesn't throttle despite the fact that Tegra K1 has a greater TDP than Snapdragon 810. I mean SD810 has a relatively low TDP, it should not throttle on tablets, period...

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I just can't see why a tablet should throttle at all.
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The reason it throttles is likely because excessive power dissipation, even if it doesn't cause heating problems can still degrade the battery life. So Sony has possibly and wisely chosen this strategy so you and I can have close to 20 hours of running time. I am sure if you run exynos at full clock rate the battery life will be horrible too. So I guess if you want long battery life that is the price you pay.
Keep I mind that the maximum performance is still there to utilize if you need it once in a while, just not continually, which is consistent with most real life use scenarios . 99% of users don't see any significant impact on their user experience.

najoor said:
The reason it throttles is likely because excessive power dissipation, even if it doesn't cause heating problems can still degrade the battery life. So Sony has possibly and wisely chosen this strategy so you and I can have close to 20 hours of running time. I am sure if you run exynos at full clock rate the battery life will be horrible too. So I guess if you want long battery life that is the price you pay.
Keep I mind that the maximum performance is still there to utilize if you need it once in a while, just not continually, which is consistent with most real life use scenarios . 99% of users don't see any significant impact on their user experience.
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Depends on what you do. On multi window situations 20% more sustained performance can be a godsend, the difference between a leggy and a fluid experience. On my Samsung Tab's multiwindow low performance is always an issue and only Exynos 7420 / Snap 810 may solve it.
Now I understand that Xperia Tab is not that (no multiwindow), but I was thinking to install Linux arm and use it as my net book (in conjuction with the keyboard dock) as well as my tablet. Now I'm having second thoughts. I know I'm a minority in my needs from a tablet but I think a tablet SoC should behave differently than its phone counterpart. More potentialities in tablets.
I would think that next to stamina mode , a performance mode (existing only in Xperia tabs) would be welcomed. Sure battery would suffer but even 6-7 hours of laptop use is great for what it is. It would be like having a "laptop mode" (where one can use the full potential of the SoC) and a tablet mode (as it is today). I don't like constraints it is all...
BTW exynos 7420 throttles significantly less even after sustained usage (15-30 minutes). It still throttles but nowhere near SD810 levels, there is a gulf between them making Exynos to seem the significantly faster (even tough it isn't in raw numbers). Here's hoping Tab S2 would be using the 7420 (and not any older model), still I prefer Sony, xperia's weight and aspect ratio. For someone like me, this tablet represents a lost chance all because of throttling :/

Do we know which 810 version gives those numbers?
There is a word out there that there is a newer version of the SD810 that had the overheating problem solved. Looks like it is not very wide spread yet though, and many early batches still have the old version.
So, we need to know if there is a difference in throttling between both version or not. After all those who plan to get the devices will buy it with the new version most probably.
Anyone knows how to know which processor version the tablet has?

Has anyone tested the SD 815 USA version of the z4?

6thfloor said:
Has anyone tested the SD 815 USA version of the z4?
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Couldn't find anything on that. Afaik there is/won't be no US model of the Z4T. And afaik the Snapdragon 815 doesn't exist.

One "BIG" A57 core always active?

Hi,
Been monitoring battery performance and CPU sleep states, and one thing I notice is that on my device the A53's spent a surprising amount of time at 1Ghz+ when the screen is on, and one of the A57 cores is always running a 384 when the device is idle, while the other 3 sleep. Is this Sony's attempt to keep the UI snappy? Having the A57 on all the time (screen on), even at that low frequency is going to use in the region of 100mW+ (which is about 4x that of each A53 core)
Can someone else sanity check my results?
I'm using perfmon, systempanel, and "floating monitors"
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It's also on the market for the price of a coffee, please consider buying it - great tool!

Yep sounds about right this Greek review:
https://translate.google.co.uk/tran.../2015/10/24/sony-xperia-z5-review/&edit-text=
Found that in most cases only one A57 core runs in the Z5.
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Pardon my ignorance but...how much worse do you think it is to run only the big cores and throttle them from 2Ghz to 300Mhz without turning ON and switching to the little ones? (In other words...disable the big little technology and just use the best 4 cores).
We're now using the little cores more than the big ones....and that 1.5Ghz cap could be the reason of a lot of stutters.
Changing the topic, now that Google is selling Nexus devices (5X and 6P) with big little. I think they will improve this ARM technology in future Android versions (including the kernel).
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thesebastian said:
Pardon my ignorance but...how much worse do you think it is to run only the big cores and throttle them from 2Ghz to 300Mhz without turning ON and switching to the little ones? (In other words...disable the big little technology and just use the best 4 cores).
We're now using the little cores more than the big ones....and that 1.5Ghz cap could be the reason of a lot of stutters.
Changing the topic, now that Google is selling Nexus devices (5X and 6P) with big little. I think they will improve this ARM technology in future Android versions (including the kernel).
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The little cores will be perfectly fine for most daily mundane tasks, such as checking emails, messaging etc. The stutters you mention probably is because the phone launched just before Marshmallow and Sony are focusing more on that OS, same kind of thing with the camera. The current camera app is just a placeholder for the proper app due for release in a week or two.

thesebastian said:
Pardon my ignorance but...how much worse do you think it is to run only the big cores and throttle them from 2Ghz to 300Mhz without turning ON and switching to the little ones? (In other words...disable the big little technology and just use the best 4 cores).
We're now using the little cores more than the big ones....and that 1.5Ghz cap could be the reason of a lot of stutters.
Changing the topic, now that Google is selling Nexus devices (5X and 6P) with big little. I think they will improve this ARM technology in future Android versions (including the kernel).
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In short, no. The little cores, whilst relative to the A57's are weak, they are by no means underpowered for running the UI and such. Do consider that the A53 core is faster than the A9 cores that powered previous flagships such as the Galaxy S3. Leaving one of the A57's ticking in the background is probably not such a bad idea having thought about it, as it allows fast handover when the high performance is required; I do however hypothesise that some of the stuttering might be due to threads being handed over to the A57, whilst it is running down at 384, which will be somewhat slower than the high frequency A53 core(s) the process is being passed from. It may be that we see a touch-boost or more aggressive CPU governor brought in to rectify this.
On a related note, there is a good article on the power-aware BIG.little implementation in the Snapdragon 810 here:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8933/snapdragon-810-performance-preview/4

Definitely for performance.
If they weren't set is this fashion the UI would feel sluggish and sluggish on wake up.
Your findings sound perfectly normal/adequate, resemble a "interactive" CPU governor.