Cheating on industry standard tests and benchmarks ain’t new. Recently and most notably, auto makers Volkswagen, and Fiat Chrysler were caught cheating emissions tests. The tech industry isn’t immune either. A widespread investigation into cheating on mobile benchmark scores was sparked after it was discovered that Samsung had been artificially boosting GPU clock speeds on its Galaxy S4 handset when known benchmarks were started.
Over the years, XDA has since caught Samsung, HTC, Sony, and LG all cheating in the arms race that is phone benchmarks. Major manufacturers have collectively agreed to stop following the incident, but OnePlus has since started the deceptive practice again. XDA has discovered that the OnePlus 3T is now boosting CPU clock speeds during benchmarks as well.
