How to Test Speed for Android

How to Test Internet Speed on Android

To begin testing the internet speed on your Android device, proceed as follows:

1. Go to Google Play Store on your Android device and type “speedtest.net”. Select the app marked speed test by Ookla.
   
2. Tap the install button and wait for the installation to complete. You can track the progress of the download in the notification bar.
   
3. Once the installation is complete, locate the “Speedtest” icon in your android device and tap it to open the app.
4. When the app opens tap the “Begin Test” button that appears in the center of the screen.
   
5. The app will begin to test you download and upload speed shortly. First the download speed will be tested.
   
6. And afterwards, the internet upload speed will be tested.
   
7. The results will be shown at the end of the internet speed test as follows:
   

How to Test Android Performance

An Android’s performance depends upon many different factors. It is a combination of CPU, GPU, memory, bandwidth and many other factors. If you are interested in testing the performance of your android with respect to CPU and GPU speed, you can make use of an app like Device Control which lets you tweak system and OS settings. Using such apps you can overclock or underclock your CPU and similarly temper with other system settings to see the effect of each on the overall performance of your android. Similarly, to test the performance of your android with respect to graphics you can make use of BaseMarkX; an app specifically designed to test 2D and 3D graphic running capability of an android making use of the unity 3D engine.

However, testing the performance of your android using such apps one by one for each functionality will not only take up a lot of your time, it may turn into a great hassle. Therefore, the next part of this article features some tips and tricks that you can use to test your android performance with ease.

Tips and Tricks for Android Speed Test

You can always make use of apps that have been specially programmed to test an android’s performance. Such apps are known as benchmarking apps and a whole lot of them can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. We will be taking a look at the best three in this article.

AnTuTu BenchMark

AnTuTu Benchmark is an android benchmarking device which test your android device’s perfromance on the basis of some predefined parameters like CPU performance, 2D graphics performance and 3D graphic performance etc. It is available for free on the Google Play Store and is very popular among users looking to test their android performance.

To test your android’s speed using AnTuTu Benchmark app, follow these steps:

1. Downlaod and install AnTuTu Benchmark to your android device. Wait for the installation process to complete and launch the app on your android device.
2. In the tab marked “Test” hit the “Test” button to start the benchmarking process. Additonally, you can switch to the “Device Info” tab to display details about your device.
   
3. AnTuTu Benchmark will test your device performance against a number of parameters like CPU and RAM speed etc and display your results. You can run the test again by hitting the “Test Again button” or you can display detailed results using the button marked “Details”.
   
4. Moreover, AnTuTu Benchmark also lets users compare between the perfromance results of two devices.
   

Vellamo Mobile Benchmark

Vellamo Mobile Benchmark is a benchmarking app by Qualcom which mainly focuses on testing browser speed in addition to testing CPU, memory, and bandwidth testing. It also includes a Multicore mode that tests the efficiency of thread latency and handling.
To make use of Vellamo Mobile BenchMark to test your Android’s speed, follow these simple instructions:

1. Downlaod and install Vellamo Mobile Benchmark to your android device from.  Wait for the installation process to complete and launch the app on your android device.
2. Select the kind of test that you want to run on your device by pressing the arrow button corresponding to that test. There is a wide range of teste available in the Vellamo Mobile Benchmark app.
   
3. After the completion of the tests you can compare results with other devices too.
   

PassMark Performance Test

PassMark Performance test is a popular android benchmarking app that can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store. It checks android performance against some CPU, graphics, and memory and system tests. The test results can then be submitted to the app’s website and can be compared against the test results of other devices.
To begin testing your android’s performance using PassMark Performance Test, proceed as follows:

1. Download and install the PassMark Performance app from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.passmark.pt_mobile&hl=en and install it to your mobile. Wait for the installation to complete and launch the app on your android device.
2. You can select individual tests by selecting any one from its corresponding category or you can simply run all the tests one by one by hitting the “Run Benchmark” button at the bottom of the screen.
   
3. The app will run all the tests one by one on automatically and display all the scores of each category cumulatively as well as individually as shown below.
   
4. The cumulative tests can be displayed by simply minimizing the categories as shown in the following figure.
   
5. These results can then be compared with the results of other devices. For this purpose, switch to the tab marked “Compare”. The comparative results will be shown as follows: