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Why doesn’t Marques do benchmark battery tests?

October 30, 2025 / 00:43

This episode discusses battery performance in smartphones, focusing on the limitations of benchmark tests. The conversation highlights how different chips, software, and operating systems affect battery life.

The speaker shares their skepticism about benchmark battery tests, arguing that they do not reflect real-world usage. They explain that video playback tests favor phones optimized for that specific task, while other tests may not account for everyday use.

OnePlus phones are mentioned as an example of devices that, despite having smaller batteries, manage to last longer due to aggressive background task management. The speaker emphasizes that no single benchmark can accurately represent a user's overall battery experience.

TLDR

Benchmark tests fail to accurately reflect real-world smartphone battery performance.

Episode

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I don't do benchmark battery tests. I don't believe any of them will inherently be able to tell me what my

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battery experience will be like. Certain chips and certain softwares and certain

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OS's, they all handle things so differently. If you just do video playback, your winner will be the one

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that optimized the best for video playback. If you just do benchmarking until the phone dies, yours will be the

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one that draws the least power at max load. If you just do like using a phone like regularly, I've noticed a lot of

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OnePlus phones that even though they don't have the best battery, they are very aggressive with killing background

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tasks. So, they don't have the biggest batteries, but they last forever cuz they're constantly killing background

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tasks. I don't see any single battery benchmark that can account for all of my usage of a phone. So, I don't do battery

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benchmarks. See?

Episode Highlights

The Flaws of Battery Benchmarks
Battery benchmarks can't capture real-world usage effectively. 'I don't do battery benchmarks.'
“I don't do battery benchmarks.”
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October 30, 2025

Episode Quotes

I don't see any single battery benchmark that can account for all of my usage.
Why doesn’t Marques do benchmark battery tests?

Key Moments

Real-World Usage00:38