Computer hardware Overview and CPU Performance

The Oppo F1 comes with a typical array of hardware headed aside an above-mean SoC. Oppo has opted for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 616, which is a slight upgrade on the Snapdragon 615 that I've reviewed before in devices similar the Oppo R5. The Snapdragon 616 is an octa-core SoC with two clusters: one with four ARM Cortex-A53s clocked at 1.5 GHz, and another group of quaternion A53s clocked at 1.2 GHz. The only difference 'tween this SoC and the Snapdragon 615 is a 0.2 GHz time speed increase on the little meat cluster.

The Oppo F1 too includes an Adreno 405 clocked at 550 Megacycle. This GPU is more suited to 1080p displays than 720p displays, which makes it a really good choice for the lower-resolution display of the F1. As for connectivity, there's single-circle Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and A-GPS, but no NFC. You also get Category 4 LTE in most models, although there is a 3G-only model, and bands vary by region.

The Oppo F1 features 16 GB of expansive storage, aboard 3 GB of RAM.

In general-purpose use, the Oppo F1 is noticeably faster than a device equal the Moto G 2015, which uses a Snapdragon 410 SoC with just iv CPU cores. Multi-tasking particularly felt improved thanks to 3 GB of RAM, with faster loading of previously used apps, and web browsing matte up marginally faster. It's still several steps behind the latest flagship devices with Snapdragon 820 SoCs, but the Snapdragon 616 is more than capable for familiar use.

In the benchmarks above, the Oppo F1 was, connected average, 8% faster in CPU-qualified workloads than the Moto G 2015.