Description
Gears for Android(TM) is a heavily modified port of the infamous "gears" demo to Android.The Gears demo is an open source project intended to help developers learn how to create OpenGL ES programs on Android. The Gears demo was originally written by Brian Paul as part of the Mesa3D project. My implementation includes variations for Java/OpenGL ES 1.x, Java/C/OpenGL ES 1.x and Java/C/OpenGL ES 2.0. I have also added several features not found in the original implementation including touch screen support, VBOs and an on-screen FPS counter.
The FPS (frames-per-second) counter is often used as a benchmark metric for graphics programs. On Android the frame rate is limited by v-sync (typically 60 FPS) which is the fastest rate that a display can refresh the screen. Since Gears is capable of rendering much faster than v-sync on most devices it provides limited benchmarking value.
NEW - Reimplemented in OpenGL ES 2.0.
joseph
Apr 17, 2012 6:41:14 PM
Awesome Great idea for a port. More Android sample code is always a good thing.
Jon
Apr 8, 2012 4:23:44 AM
Stock non-rooted G2X getting constant 116 fps up to 117
Justin
Apr 6, 2012 9:12:25 PM
Nice Droid x2 stock hitting 60 fps while rotating and zooming. Thanks to nvidia tegra 2
Magmax
Feb 21, 2012 5:54:12 PM
galaxy y Spin like a boss 78-83 fps
TJ
Feb 11, 2012 10:02:33 PM
HTC Aria.. CM7...61 fps Rock solid baby.
troy
Jan 7, 2012 9:24:38 AM
Lif you have a 1 GHz processor or faster and gpu not much point. Xperia arc s gets 60fps vsync constant. Even when rotating gears like a mad man. Lol
Pankaj
Dec 31, 2011 9:54:27 AM
Optimus Gives 65-67 fps lg optimus one running cm7.1 android 2.3.7...lol
Michael
Dec 13, 2011 6:39:10 AM
GLXgears! Gotta love Linux. Stock HTC Amaze gets 61 fps VERY steady, including while zooming and rotating like a madman.
SilverUniverse
Nov 13, 2011 4:41:42 PM
Stats ZTE Blade (San Francisco) Constant 45fps (46 every now and then) CyanogenMod nightly (pre 7.1.0) Samsung galaxy s (i9000) 54-56fps stock rom 2.3.5
Errol J
Oct 30, 2011 9:10:36 PM
Sweet Metro PCS LG ms910 sweet phone. Rooted running at 65-67 fps.