After the scandal of Samsung with the slowdown of certain apps and games comes a similar controversy with Xiaomi. After the discussion in networks on the subject of Samsung the Geekbench co-founder has accused Xiaomi to perform a similar practice. We tell you what it is regarding, if your Xiaomi is within this controversy and if it really is something negative for users. It is a rather serious matter and one that highlights the Xiaomi action protocols.
Xiaomi is purposely throttling some games
Everything points to Xiaomi is doing the same as Samsung. The company limits the performance of the device when running certain very powerful and demanding games. The goal of this intentional strangulation is to reduce overall energy consumption.
If you reduce performance, you also reduce battery consumption. In return you have a device capable of giving 100% but that is giving 80%. This can be translated into performance issues in certain very powerful games. The mobile is capable of giving everything, but Xiaomi limits it to don’t waste so much battery.
The curious thing in all this mess is that this it does not happen when the running app is a benchmark. When the mobile runs a performance test this intentional throttling disappears so we can squeeze the device to the max.
How is it possible to know? The co-founder of Geekbench has confirmed that they have changed the name of the app from Geekbench for the one from Fornite. When performing the test, a decrease in the final score can be seen. That is, the mobile limits the performance believing that a game is running, so the result is worse.
The single core test drops 30% and the multicore falls 15%. That is, Xiaomi lowers the performance by 15 to 30% when you run a powerful game.
Is it something normal? Is it as bad as they say?
All operating systems, whether mobile or not, limit certain actions or reduce certain parameters in order to conserve energy or have a lower cost. It is something quite normal in technology and well seen when it is reported on.
The problem here is that Xiaomi does not indicate it and it has no transparency when it comes to showing how your smartphone behaves depending on what occasions. A benchmark does run it 100% because it is interested, but not a game, because it is also interested.
It is not something extremely worrying when you have a high-end in your hands. Probably that 15% less performance does not affect the gaming experiencebecause it has enough performance to not have to give 100%.
The point is that this process is repeated in the smartphones of mid-range, which, yes, might need to give 100% for a game to run well. If they don’t give it they can have slowdowns or «lag“, because of this intentional strangulation.
Which Xiaomi are affected by this?
It is a question that we cannot answer at this time. The co-founder of Geekbench has simply commented that Xiaomi also performs this strategy and has confirmed it with tests, but at no time is it indicated what part of your catalog does.
In the case of Samsung only some devices triggered this intentional throttling strategy. We do not know if Xiaomi is carrying it out on all or only on some smartphones.
It is possible that following this controversy Xiaomi will launch some kind of statement in this regard. Samsung, for example, said it would remove it from certain smartphones. We will see what Xiaomi says following knowing that also intentionally lowers the performance of your mobiles when you are interested. What do you think of the strategy? Have performance problems with your Xiaomi?
