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Realme GT Banned by AnTuTu for Alleged Benchmark Cheating
The Realme GT was marketed with a score of over 750,000 on the AnTuTu version 8, much higher than 708,000 that Xiaomi Mi 11 scored with a Snapdragon 888.
AnTuTu said that the Realme GT delayed threads when running the multithreaded test on its benchmark app, in order to use the fastest CPU cores. Those tactics helped the phone receive higher benchmark scores, AnTuTu has alleged.
In addition to thread delaying practices, AnTuTu said that the Realme GT modified the reference JPG image used by the benchmarking platform to reduce processing times and achieve a higher score. The phone is said to have used mosaic colour blocks instead of processing the image verbatim genuinely, to reduce its quality and cut down processing efforts, the company said.
AnTuTu said that both delaying threads and modifying the reference image are against the purpose of giving fair benchmark results. As a result, AnTuTu decided to remove the phone from its listing. The company also said that after seeing the higher-than-usual benchmark scores, it did question Realme but received no response.
AnTuTu has given an ultimatum to Realme to provide clarity on benchmark cheating, and modify the system to avoid manipulating results. AnTuTu said that it would otherwise remove the Realme GT permanently from its listing.
AnTuTu also mentioned that it is currently working on further optimising the anti-cheating programme that would be available on the version 9 of the benchmark app. The new version would deduct points and levy other penalties if it finds any cheating issues.
Realme had not responded to Gadgets 360 for a comment at the time of filing this story.
In the past, companies including Huawei, OnePlus, and Oppo were found cheating benchmark results. UL Benchmarks even pulled Realme sibling Oppo’s Find X and Find F7 from its platform for “high and misleading” scores in 2018.