AnTuTu (Chinese: 安兔兔; pinyin: ĀnTùTu) is a software benchmarking tool commonly used to benchmark smartphones and other devices.[1][2] It is owned by Chinese company Cheetah Mobile.

AnTuTu
Developer(s)Beijing Antutu Technology Company Limited
Operating systemAndroid, iOS
PlatformARM, x86, x86-64 and MIPS
Available inEnglish and Simplified Chinese
TypeBenchmark (computing)
Websiteantutu.com

Operations

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The company developing the software is based in Chaoyang District, Beijing,[3] and was cofounded by Chinese entrepreneurs Shào Yīng (邵英)[4] and Liáng Bīn (梁斌).[5] They started multi-platform development, releasing an x86 Linux version in May 2021 [6] and a Windows version with ray tracing support in August 2021.[7]

Circumvention

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The AnTuTu benchmark is so common that some hardware manufacturers have cheated on the benchmark, which made the benchmark unreliable.[8][9] In response to cheating, AnTuTu created a new benchmark, called AnTuTu X, which made it more difficult for manufacturers to cheat on the benchmark.[9][10][11]

Despite the changes introduced by AnTuTu X, cheating continued to be rampant; for instance, in 2021, AnTuTu delisted (and for three months, banned) the Realme GT after evidence was discovered that the phone was found to have used delay tactics in multithreading performance tests, as well as modifying the reference JPEG image for image processing tests.[12]

Versions

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Versions of AnTuTu
Version Date Characteristics
1 2011? CPU performance, 2D / 3D graphics, SD read / write and Database IO.
2 2011? Support for double core.

New 3D benchmark that better shows game performance.

New OpenGL based 2D benchmark.

3[13] 26-11-2012 Support for four cores and new graphics chips.

Support OpenGL ES 2.0 3D benchmark for 3D game performance test.

New 2D Benchmark for 2D Game Performance test.

Add compare page to compare scores with hot devices.

Support x86 and MIPS platforms.

4[14] 04-09-2013 Benchmark to User Experience (UX):MultiTask and Dalvik.

Support for octa-core.

Support OpenGL ES 3.0.

New scene in 3DRating Benchmark.

Improved classification of Memory and I/O.

5[15] 28-08-2014 CPU single-threaded performance testing

New engines graphic performance: 2D(Cocos2D) - 3D(Havok).

New test for 64-bit CPU.

New test HTML 5.

Support for Android Runtime (ART).

Update algorithm of total score.

Unify criteria of Antutu X(prevent fraud and cheating).

6[16] 03-12-2015 New designed 3D Testing Scenes based on Unity3D 5.0: Garden and Marooned.

Add new UX testing items and increase UX testing proportion.

New CPU Testing Added (based on the majority use of a single core).

New Score Proportion.

Cross-platform.

7[17] 01-02-2018 New designed 3D test scenes: Refinery and Coastline.

Support OpenGL ES 3.1 + AEP.

Support Tessellation and Shadow.

New UX tests that better reflect real-world use cases (Scroll, WebView and QR code).

New score proportion.

One tap to verify your device.

In-depth device info about battery temperature, battery level, and CPU load changes.

8[18] 17-10-2019 Introduces new Vulkan test scene-Terracotta Warriors.

Updates all the test items in Memory test.

Includes the display of hardware details in benchmark results page.

Includes CPU architecture info in My device section.

Fully supports Android Q.

Fixed incorrect display of camera parameters on some multi-camera devices.

Other improvements and optimizations.

9[19] 22-03-2021 Introduces new Vulkan test scene-Swordsman.

algorithm has been greatly adjusted in the CPU part

Reasonably and accurately express the performance difference between the L1, L2, L3 Cache that comes with the SoC and the memory LPDDR

Added HEIF picture decoding performance test

Added H264, H265, VP9, AV1 video codec performance test function

Other improvements and optimizations.

Notes

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AnTuTu maintains rankings[20] for devices by parameters (CPU, GPU, RAM, UX, total), SoC (only Android; by CPU and GPU), and AI performance (only Android).

AnTuTu (mainland China) maintains rankings for Android devices total (standard version and lite version), SoC total, SoC AI total, positive rating and Android device cost effectiveness (¥4000 and above, ¥3000-¥3999, ¥2000-¥2999, ¥1000-¥1999 and below ¥999). Device total and positive rating for both iPhone and iPad. Vehicle total and SoC total for vehicle head unit. Clicking on any device name does not give extra details, instead it links to jd.com for easy purchase.[21]

Scores obtained on Android and iOS cannot be compared directly[22] due to differences in operating systems: core architecture, different programming languages, and graphical APIs.

References

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  1. ^ AnTuTu. "AnTuTu Benchmark - Android Apps on Google Play".
  2. ^ Chris Hoffman (6 June 2014). "What Does AnTuTu Benchmark Actually Measure?". MakeUseOf.
  3. ^ "About Us". Official website of AnTuTu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2016. 地址:北京朝阳区姚家园南路1号惠通时代广场8号楼 (Address: Building No.8, Huitong Times Square, No.1, Yaojiayuan South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing)
  4. ^ 卓克 (18 November 2015). "重新定义跑分意义 安兔兔6.0版本发布". PCPOP.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016. 安兔兔的创始人邵英介绍:在之前版本的积累中,这款软件已经在200多个国家使用,总用户超过2亿... (AnTuTu's founder Shao Ying said, through the previous versions of the software, it had been used in more than 200 countries, with the total user count over 200 million...)
  5. ^ Hobo C (5 May 2014). "从手机跑分到数据服务,专访安兔兔创始人梁斌 (From smartphone benchmarking to data services, an interview with AnTuTu founder Liang Bin)". PCDigest.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  6. ^ "The Linux version AnTuTu Benchmark is online, Windows version coming soon". antutu.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  7. ^ "Supporting the Ray Tracing, AnTuTu Benchmark Windows Version Has Been Released". antutu.com. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  8. ^ "Rampant cheating by Android knockoffs prompts AnTuTu to launch new benchmark". AppleInsider. 3 October 2013.
  9. ^ a b "To Against Cheating Benchmark AnTuTu Release AnTuTu X Benchmark".
  10. ^ "AnTuTu X Benchmark Sep,2014". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  11. ^ Chris Chavez (7 October 2013). "AnTuTu X Benchmark prevents manufacturer cheating". Phandroid - Android News and Reviews.
  12. ^ Walker, Andy (2021-03-16). "Antutu bans the Realme GT after it finds evidence of benchmark cheating". Android Authority. Authority Media. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  13. ^ "AnTuTu Benchmark 3.0 Preview". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  14. ^ "Preview to AnTuTu Benchmark & 3DRating V4.0". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  15. ^ "AnTuTu Benchmark V5.0--New Era of Android Benchmarking". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  16. ^ "Antutu Benchmark V6--New Journey of the Best Benchmark". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  17. ^ "Antutu Benchmark v7 Released: New 3D Test Scenes and New UI Design". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  18. ^ "Antutu V8 Open Beta Released: Supporting Vulkan". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  19. ^ "AnTuTu V9 Public Beta Released". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  20. ^ "Ranking - Standard Performance - AnTuTu Benchmark - Know Your Android Better". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  21. ^ "标准版性能_手机性能排行榜_安兔兔跑分排行_安兔兔". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  22. ^ "Why the scores of Antutu iOS version are not comparable to Android version?". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
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