PerformanceTest Mobile vs Basemark GPU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PerformanceTest Mobile
Objectively benchmark your mobile device's speed and performance with a suite of tests. Analyze CPU, disk, memory, and graphics capabilities to ensure your device is performing optimally. Track results online and make informed purchasing decisions.
- CPU speed tests
- Disk read/write tests
- Memory speed tests
- 2D graphics rendering
- 3D graphics rendering
- Online result tracking
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PassMark Software, the leader in PC benchmarks, now brings you benchmarks for mobile devices. Fast, easy to use, mobile device speed testing and benchmarking. PassMark PerformanceTest™ Mobile allows you to objectively benchmark a mobile device using a variety of different speed tests. *Find out if your device is performing at its best. *View past results online at http://www.iphonebenchmark.net. *Measure the effect of configuration changes and upgrades. *Make objective independent measurements on which to base your purchasing decision. Seventeen standard benchmark tests are available in five test suites! Test Suites: *CPU Tests - Mathematical operations, compression, encryption and more *Disk Tests - Reading and writing files to internal storage *Memory Tests - Read and Write tests *2D Graphics Tests - Simple & Complex Vectors and image rendering and filters tests *3D Graphics Tests - Simple bouncing ball test, a more complex scenes, and a Space Battle Test using Unity.
Basemark GPU
This app provides a multi-platform 3D graphics benchmark for comparing the performance of smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and PCs. It offers a game-like workload and allows users to submit scores to a web service for global comparison.
- Multi-platform 3D graphics benchmark
- Compares smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and PCs
- AAA quality game-like workload
- Global performance comparison via web service
- Accurate frame rendering for reliable results
- Experience Mode for full graphics viewing
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Basemark® GPU is a multi-platform, multi-API 3D-graphics benchmark. It enables a comparison of the graphics performance of different smartphones and tablets. You can even compare the performance to Notebooks or PCs. The desktop version runs an AAA quality game-like workload by default, but also offers a test identical to the mobile version in this app. Basemark GPU also allows the user to compare their device to others around the world. For that, this free version of the benchmark always submits test scores to the Basemark Power Board web service. If you need a Basemark GPU license for a commercial usage please contact us. To circumvent VSync limitations on mobile devices, we render each benchmark frame off-screen and display only a miniature image of each frame on the screen. This way we can make sure that no frame is dropped, and the results are accurate. If you want to see the graphics in full glory, please choose Experience Mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Basemark GPU at 3.6 against PerformanceTest Mobile's 3.3. PerformanceTest Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basemark GPU holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PerformanceTest Mobile has 56 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of PerformanceTest Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Basemark GPU's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PerformanceTest Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, Basemark GPU every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PerformanceTest Mobile | Basemark GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (56 ratings) | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 644 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PassMark Software Inc | Basemark |
Customer experience
PerformanceTest Mobile
Basemark GPU
Bugs and requests
PerformanceTest Mobile
Reported bugs
25 issues- Crashes after graphics tests on iOS 18
- Auto-rotate orientation bug after benchmark
- Phone model reported incorrectly
- Tests not strenuous enough (limited 60FPS)
- App crashes on iOS 15.5
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- App crashes on A12 devices
- Benchmark does not continue on graphics tests with older iOS versions
- App crashes on iOS 7.1.2
- App crashes during 2D SIMPLE testing
- App crashes during 2D testing on iPhone 12 mini
- App crashes on iPhone 11
- App crashes on iPhone XS with iOS 13.4.1
- App freezes at the start of the “Memory” suite
- App crashes at the 2D complex vectors test
- App crashes on iPhone XR
- App force quits during graphics test
- App crashes on launch on iPhone 7 (iOS 13.3)
- App crashes on launch on iPhone 6s Plus
- Crashes on the last test, clearing results
- Submit results error on multiple iOS devices
- 2D and 3D tests are choppy on new iPad pros
- Graphic 3D test limited to 60FPS and doesn't fluctuate
- Memory read test shows blank or wildly different numbers
- Inconsistencies in online vs. phone results (Memory Read missing, CPU/Memory off)
- 2D transparent vector test gives highly variable results
Requested features
9 requests- Update for newer iOS versions and devices
- Fix auto-rotate orientation bug
- Add more tests (like Android counterpart)
- Add comparison list/option to compare with common devices
- Add option to compare personal previous tests
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- Update UI and design
- Support for larger screens and 64-bit processors
- Add dark mode option
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
Basemark GPU
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PerformanceTest Mobile
No in-app purchases
Basemark GPU
No in-app purchases
Questions
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