Samsung Galaxy S4 declared 'Fastest smartphone ever'

London: Samsung's Galaxy S4, which was launched last week, has been named as the fastest smartphone yet.

Primate Labs, makers of GeekBench, compared the Galaxy S4 result from Android Authority to other smartphones.

The S4 topped the charts with a score of 3163. Thanks to the phone's quad-core Qualcomm processor.

The closest competitor to the Galaxy S4 is the new HTC One, which scores 2687, the telegraph reports.

Apple's iPhone 5 was ranked fifth on 1596, the report said.

The original iPhone scored 130 when it was launched six years ago.

The website Android Authority ran Geekbench 2 last week and posted the results on YouTube.