The company developing the software is based in Chaoyang District, Beijing,[3] and was cofounded by Chinese entrepreneurs Shào Yīng (邵英)[4] and Liáng Bīn (梁斌).[5] They started multi-platform development, releasing an x86 Linux version in May 2021 [6] and a Windows version with ray tracing support in August 2021.[7]
Circumvention
The AnTuTu benchmark is so common that some hardware manufacturers have cheated on the benchmark, which made the benchmark unreliable.[8][9] In response to cheating, AnTuTu created a new benchmark, called AnTuTu X, which made it more difficult for manufacturers to cheat on the benchmark.[9][10][11]
Despite the changes introduced by AnTuTu X, cheating continued to be rampant; for instance, in 2021, AnTuTu delisted (and for three months, banned) the Realme GT after evidence was discovered that the phone was found to have used delay tactics in multithreading performance tests, as well as modifying the reference JPEG image for image processing tests.[12]
Versions
Versions of AnTuTu
Version
Date
Characteristics
1
2011?
CPU performance, 2D / 3D graphics, SD read / write and Database IO.
2
2011?
Support for double core.
New 3D benchmark that better shows game performance.
algorithm has been greatly adjusted in the CPU part
Reasonably and accurately express the performance difference between the L1, L2, L3 Cache that comes with the SoC and the memory LPDDR
Added HEIF picture decoding performance test
Added H264, H265, VP9, AV1 video codec performance test function
Other improvements and optimizations.
Notes
AnTuTu maintains rankings[20] for devices by parameters (CPU, GPU, RAM, UX, total), SoC (only Android; by CPU and GPU), and AI performance (only Android).
AnTuTu (mainland China) maintains rankings for Android devices total (standard version and lite version), SoC total, SoC AI total, positive rating and Android device cost effectiveness (¥4000 and above, ¥3000-¥3999, ¥2000-¥2999, ¥1000-¥1999 and below ¥999). Device total and positive rating for both iPhone and iPad. Vehicle total and SoC total for vehicle head unit. Clicking on any device name does not give extra details, instead it links to jd.com for easy purchase.[21]
Scores obtained on Android and iOS cannot be compared directly[22] due to differences in operating systems: core architecture, different programming languages, and graphical APIs.
^"About Us". Official website of AnTuTu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2016. 地址：北京朝阳区姚家园南路1号惠通时代广场8号楼 (Address: Building No.8, Huitong Times Square, No.1, Yaojiayuan South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing)
^卓克 (18 November 2015). "重新定义跑分意义 安兔兔6.0版本发布". PCPOP.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016. 安兔兔的创始人邵英介绍：在之前版本的积累中，这款软件已经在200多个国家使用，总用户超过2亿... (AnTuTu's founder Shao Ying said, through the previous versions of the software, it had been used in more than 200 countries, with the total user count over 200 million...)
