iPhone 12 Gaming Test Genshin Impact | Awful FPS Temperature performance! Don't buy! | A14 Bionic

This is a gaming test for iPhone 12 Running Genshin Impact on highest settings.
Performance is bad. I would not recommend this device for heavy gamers.

Content:
00:00 Start
0:01:25 Graphics Settings
0:01:32 Game Starts
0:11:45 FPS, Power and Temperature records

[techutopiareviews]

WHAT THE HECK, This is terrible. This video is a REAL REVIEW, not those with millions of views with fancy color grading footage in studios with rainbow lights.
99% of reviewers never mentioned anything regarding real raw performance and this throttling problem with iphone.
Tnx for good info bro.

[melisa]

It's not the phone's fault. The game devs haven't optimised it for the new A14 chip.

[ganuwoahh]

for some more info. i played genshin for about 4 hours yesterday. that was enough to kill the battery unsurprisingly. i play on high settings. bloom on, environmental detail on high, high render, taa antialiasing, and everything else on medium. the phone does heat up a bit but that's probably to be expected with a non gaming phone. fps drops do exist but not much if im being honest i haven't noticed it much. and the game does run fairly smooth otherwise.

[DameTech]

Definitely a result of poor optimization on both apple and game. I noticed despite better benchmarks iphone 12 is laggy. Which reminds me of iPhone 11 during launch. Within a few updates iphone 11 was lag-free. I assume the same, and once optimization and battery updates kicks in via iOS update, we’ll definitely see amazing consistent performance. This happens every year. It’s funny people forget this. Also happened with my note 20 ultra. New updates made the phone run soo much better

[georgiosalexandroschatzipe]

First game I've encountered where having the ROG phone 3 with the cooler makes a truly massive performance difference. This might very well be one of if not the most demanding mobile game atm.

[supremememebros]

The app is probably not yet optimized for the 12

[mochorlend]

This happens with Mi 11 too when they're launched, their chipset is not optimized but after some months, it gets so much better

[dnnaa]

all of these comments have been posted a year ago. i would like to know how genshin impact on the iphone 12 is now a year later

[clippedwings]

Very interesting findings. Thanks for doing this. I also experienced thermal throttling on my iPhone XR but playing it in front of a table fan completely solves the problem. It used to throttle hard after about 15 minutes of gameplay but cooling it with a fan allows the fps to remain stable throughout. I know its disappointing that the flagship A14 still throttles but try to play it with some ventilation- I guarantee it'll help improve your fps. Dropping the graphics will also help reduce heat generation.

[LeviBlackerman]

All the comments saying it WASNT about optimisation whereas now I’m playing on the same phone and it’s performing 100x better

[mattfury]

i would like to confirm this is an ios 14 issue, as on my 11 pro max since 13.7 the game ran perfectly smooth on 60fps balanced settings, now on 14.2 on the same settings there is framerate drops, textures not loading and texture pop-in is much more prevelant, really hope apple sort it out.

[Nicolas-qcjf]

For those who bought an iPhone like I did but are still in the denial phase: stop it. The game is actually really well optimized, it makes use of heavy occlusion when rendering, uses lowpoly for distant objects and loads low res textures first. It also (both on mobile and pc) dials down pushing the cpu/gpu when something in the UI say for instance, the MAP is rendered while also doing the same when switching from the overworld to the character selection screen. There's even fog to hide elements in the distance when you're gliding over mountains.

[moi-.-bicxo]

Nice vid man unlike other reviewers that only uploads 30fps only.

[carloRXK]

KIRIN 9000: allow me to introduce myself.

[vigneshaiyer]

Quick update I have been playing this game like maybe 50+ hours in a last couple of months or so, they only issues that I noticed was when the battery was nearing below 10% and while playing intense Co ops. I freaking love this game and the device

[mastertvlogs]

the app is not yet updated and optimized for A14 bionic thats why

[alstbond]

A14 chip has lower average FPS than the exynos 990. LoL!

[yuusha_tof]

Apple A14 Bionic: Exynos 990 Edition 😂😂

[MaNameizJeff]

The review is interesting and gives me one thing to test against with my samsung, but a little secret, you dont NEED to set graphics to bleeding edge. I play genshin impact entirely on my s20 using medium settings 30fps. It still looks good, performs great, I can play for hours and hours, and the phone only gets slightly warm. I suspect if you do the same with the iphone 11/12 it will be just as enjoyable. Except that I can use a ps4 controller on s20. ;)

[TechieConnoisseur]

I mean 40fps isn’t bad for Genshin impact the note 20 ultra performs worse it’s just a heavy game especially on Max settings. The only device I own that can run it well is my 2020 iPad Pro