[Nexus 7 General] bcvictory:
[GUIDE] *19/8 UPDATE!* 4.3 RESULTS! N7 'Best' Kernel (Performance & Battery Tests)

A lot of people have been posting in these forums, "Which kernel is the best"?

I was intrigued and decided to work this out for myself and share it with the rest of the community.

This is not meant to hurt the makers of these kernels.

But FIRST, it is not a fact that there is a 'best' kernel. 'Best' is an opinion and everyone has a different opinion.

On the Nexus 7, I personally believe there is no 'bad' kernel and none of these kernels I have tested perform badly or lag heaps.

People still like to push their N7's as hard as they can though.

The Main 2 Features people look for in a kernel are:

Performance

&

Battery Life

Some people prefer performance over Battery, or vice versa, or an all-round kernel.

NEXUS 7

8GB

Paranoid Android AOSPAL 3.97

KERNELS

Kernel[022]JB4.3(1.60Ghz Quad)UV,CIFS+UTF-8,PowerHAL,Linux-3.x Hybrid]

by faux123

Ultimate Edition 22

[KERNEL][GPL][N7] franco.Kernel - r75

by franciscofranco

r75

[KERNEL] [ANDROID 4.3] LeanKernel: Minimalistic Kernel [V2.0, 8/2/13]

by azoller1

Version 2

[Kernel][4.2.2] M-Kernel - a61[WiFi/3G]

by Metallice

a61

[KERNEL] [3.1.10] [JB 4.3/4.2.2] [Purified Kernel r130] [Linaro] [07-08-2013]

by eng.stk

r130

[KERNEL] [GROUPER/TILAPIA] [4.2.2/4.3] OXYDO [3.2.49] [Linaro]

by sgt. meow

v7

[KERNEL][Grouper][JB 4.3] 3.1.12-XPerience-04 [12/08/13]

by TeamMex

v4

[KERNEL] Bricked-Kernel Grouper/Tilapia

by show-p1984

4.3 Stock Kernel

I will test another kernel if someone requests me too. I will not post other's results because they most likely have a different setup and therefore different results making it inaccurate.

NEW! 4.3 RESULTS

19/8 UPDATE

PERFORMANCE

Performance was tested with Antutu. Tested three times and averaged.

1.3 RESULTS

Kernels set to 1.3GHz max and used the default governor for the test.

1. M-Kernel: 13489

2. Franco: 13440

3. LeanKernel: 13298

4. Bricked: 13194

5. Oxydo: 13179

6. Xperience: 13139

7. Faux: 13122

8. Purified: 13102

9. Stock: 12903

MAX RESULTS

Kernels set to highest clockspeed, performance governor.

1. Bricked (1.6): 15339

2. Oxydo (1.6): 14938

3. M-Kernel (1.7): 14463

4. LeanKernel (1.5): 14343

5. Faux (1.7): 14155

6. Xperience (1.6):14147

7. Franco (1.3): 13440

8. Purified (1.3): 13102

9, Stock (1.3): 12903

BATTERY LIFE

Default Governor, 100% Brightness

Watching HD 720p Video on a Loop (MX Player Software Decoding) in a 10% range. The reason for this is not to kill my battery lifetime.

Max Freq at stock speed (1.3GHz)

1. M-Kernel:7 hours 5 minutes

2. Oxydo: 7 hours

3. LeanKernel: 6 hours 20 minutes

4. Franco: 5 hours 50 minutes

5. Purified: 5 hours 35 minutes

6. Xperience: 5 hours 30 minutes

7. Faux: 5 hours 10 minutes

8. Bricked: 5 hours 5 minutes

9. Stock: 5 hours

Max Freq set as high as it can go.

1. LeanKernel (1.5): 6 hours

2. Franco (1.3): 5 hours 50 minutes

3. Purified (1.3): 5 hours 35 minutes

4. M-Kernel (1.7):5 hours 25 minutes

5. Oxydo (1.6): 5 hours 10 minutes

6. Stock (1.3): 5 hours

7. Bricked (1.6): 4 hours 55 minutes

8. Xperience (1.6): 4 hours 45 minutes

9. Faux (1.6): 4 hours 40 minutes

OVERALL

Best Performance:

[KERNEL] Bricked-Kernel Grouper/Tilapia

by show-p1984

[Kernel][4.2.2] M-Kernel - a61[WiFi/3G]

by Metallice

a61

Best Battery Life:

[KERNEL] [ANDROID 4.3] LeanKernel: Minimalistic Kernel [V2.0, 8/2/13]

by azoller1

Version 2

Best Overall:

[Kernel][4.2.2] M-Kernel - a61[WiFi/3G]

by Metallice

a61

[URL="http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1950858"][KERNEL] [ANDROID 4.3] LeanKernel: Minimalistic Kernel [V2.0, 8/2/13]

by azoller1

Version 2

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4.3 Results