Dual core drag race: LG Optimus 2x, HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy S II

If you are in the market for a dual core phone,  it means for some reason or other you want the fastest phone money can buy. So, lets start there which is the fastest?

Hardware.

The LG Optimus 2x

• Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 chipset 
• 512MB RAM 

HTC Sensation

• Dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 8260 Snapdragon chipset 
• 768MB RAM 

Samsung Galaxy S II

• Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, Mali-400MP GPU, Orion chipset 
• 1GB RAM

Synthetic Benchmarks. Our favorite source of mobile phone information, GSM Arena has benchmarked the LG Optimus 2x, the HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy S II. 

In five out of six benchmarks the Samsung Galaxy S II is the fastest, with a tie with the HTC Sensation in one benchmark. As against the LG Optimus 2x, the Samsung Galaxy S II rules all the benchmarks.

• Galaxy S II versus Sensation (won-loss-draw): 5-0-1
• Galaxy S II versus Optimus 2x: 6-0-0

So the Galaxy S II is king. Who comes in second?

The LG Optimus 2x beats the sensation in four out of six benchmarks, the HTC Sensation taking one benchmark and forging a tie in another.

• Optimus 2x versus Sensation: 4-1-1

The LG Optimus 2x beats the HTC Sensation. Given the LG 2x is the cheapest option it is not bad option at all. 

Source: GSM Arena