When Apple announced the iPhone 5, there were some who expressed dissent over the iPhone 4S successor carrying only a dual core processor and not a quad core processor, like other smartphones in the market. With that in mind, one is inclined to say that the iPhone 5 if put in a speed pit with the third iteration of Galaxy S, will suffer a humiliating defeat. That seems true on paper but not in the video (via Mashable) shown after the break.

iPhone 5 S3 speed test

While you can get all the details in the video, here is the short and concise version. iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 contest for the speed king crown by going through two benchmark tests namely Geekbench and GLBenchMark with the iOS 6 running device putting Sammy’s latest smartphone device in the loser’s seat.

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