Novelty ๐Ÿ“… Jun 2026 โฑ๏ธ 2 minute read ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ 25K views

Xiaomi was caught artificially reducing the performance of gadgets in Netflix and Chrome

TB
Timur Bogdanov
Moderator
Xiaomi was caught artificially reducing the performance of gadgets in Netflix and Chrome

Xiaomi was caught artificially reducing the performance of gadgets in Netflix and Chrome

-
Quite an interesting experiment was conducted by the editorial board of Android mobile Police. Journalists tested the behavior of the processor of Xiaomi 12X and 12 Pro smartphones when using different premium apps and found that the processor power depends on the type of premium apps.

For the experiment were created modified versions of the benchmark Geekbench, which were successfully "masked" as Netflix, Chrome and other premium apps. As a result, each of these premium apps measured the performance of the system. It turned out that if the system detects an mobile app as an original benchmark or a popular interactive title, it "turns on" full CPU power. If the app is detected as Netflix, Chrome or an unknown app, it "slows down" the processor's processing power. And if in multi-core mode the difference is not so noticeable, in single-core mode the difference changes quite significantly.

So, the original Geekbench in single-core mode in the 12 Pro gives 1201 points, and disguised as Netflix scores only 733 points.
By the way, a few weeks ago, similar manipulations with the processing power of processors were revealed at Samsung.

๐Ÿ”— Recommended Downloads:

To get the best experience, we recommend downloading the corresponding official modifications from our high-speed ad-free CDN servers safely:

TikTok
Social โ€ข โ˜… 4.3
Get MOD
Alight Motion
Video Players & Editors โ€ข โ˜… 4.4
Get MOD

๐Ÿ“š Suggested Reading