Samsung Galaxy S III beats everything in graphics and browsing benchmarks, including the iPhone 4S PowerVR GPU

Now that is something you don't see everyday - we knew the Exynos 4412 will make for the most powerful phone out there from the preliminary benchies that were sent to us for the Samsung Galaxy S III, but a confirmation from the real deal is another thing.

Anandtech ran a few graphics and browsing benchmarks during the hands-on sessions, and the results are illustrative for the processor and graphics oomph, beating even the PowerVR GPU in the iPhone 4S. The most impressive result, however, is in browsing - the combination of a quad-core 32nm processor and Android ICS made the Galaxy S III achieve desktop-like results, which almost double everything we've seen so far, so the browser should be melted butter.

Samsung announces new quad-core Exynos 4 Quad processor

Samsung has announced its next generation Exynos processor that will be powering its next Galaxy smartphone. The Exynos 4 Quad comes with four Cortex A9 cores that can go up to 1.4GHz individually and is based on Samsung's 32nm HKMG fabrication process.

The Exynos 4 Quad, also known as the Exynos 4212 (previously as the 4412), packs two times the number of cores as the Exynos 4 Dual (Exynos 4210) that you find in the Galaxy S II but due to the new 32nm processor is said to be 20 percent more efficient. The Exynos 4 Quad also uses power gating on all four cores along with frequency and voltage scaling for every core, which would help it cut down on power consumption when not in use. Samsung did not mention what GPU it will be using but it is likely to be the Mali 400-MP.