Rumour: Windows Phone 8 Juggernaut Alpha benchmarks show performance improvements

The WPBench benchmarking tool has already revealed a number of upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices. None came with benchmark results but the tool has now revealed the mysterious Juggernaut Alpha (first spotted this month) and the first Windows Phone 8 benchmark results. It scored an impressive 151.14, about 50% better than the HTC Titan’s score.

Rumoured Windows Phone 8 Juggernaut Alpha benchmark results

The score is likely attributable to the Juggernaut Alpha using a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor whereas the Titan uses a single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 one.

All in all, the benchmarks promise some significant performance improvements for Windows Phone 8 devices over current Windows Phone 7.5 ones.

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