iPhone 15 vs Galaxy S23 Ultra

The iPhone 15 runs Gemma 4 E2B about 2.5 times as fast as the Galaxy S23 Ultra (35 vs 14 tokens per second) and starts answering 7.6 s sooner.

Every model both run

ModeliPhone 15Galaxy S23 Ultra
Gemma 4 E2B35 tok/sfirst word 3.1 s14 tok/sfirst word 10.7 s

Measured only on the iPhone 15: Qwen3.5 2B.

Questions
Is the iPhone 15 faster than the Galaxy S23 Ultra for AI?
The iPhone 15 is faster on 1 of the the one model both run in Loci. The iPhone 15 runs Gemma 4 E2B about 2.5 times as fast as the Galaxy S23 Ultra (35 vs 14 tokens per second) and starts answering 7.6 s sooner.
Which runs Gemma 4 E2B faster, the iPhone 15 or the Galaxy S23 Ultra?
The iPhone 15 runs Gemma 4 E2B about 2.5 times as fast as the Galaxy S23 Ultra (35 vs 14 tokens per second) and starts answering 7.6 s sooner.

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How these speeds are measured

  • Every number comes from real chats in Loci, timed on the device that wrote the answer, with Loci's default settings.
  • Tokens per second is how fast an answer is written once it starts. On phones, four characters of text count as one token for every model; on a Mac, Loci counts the model's own tokens. Reading pace is about 5.
  • First word is how long an answer takes to start after you send a message. Longer conversations take longer.
  • Each device counts once. The large number is the median; the typical range covers the middle half of devices.
  • Each phone speed comes from at least 10 phones. Fewer Macs run Loci, so each Mac speed says how many Macs it comes from.
  • On phones, answers written in Low Power Mode or Battery Saver, in the background, or with web search or other tools are left out.