Did you know your phone's Ram's GB is not what it says it is??

[Aphiwe25]

This is my A36 device and it's claimed to be 6GB Ram on the specifications i than downloaded Geekbench 6 my final result report was 5.16 GB instead of the actual 6GB Ram.

For an example let's say you buy the Samsung S25 Ultra and it's said to house 12GB Ram on specifications based on ram GB it's not exact 12GB but maybe it might be 11.56GB i use to think it's exactly as based on specifications but i was wrong why is that?

I've also noticed with my old sold A16 5G based on specifications it was said to have 4GB Ram but on Geekbench 6 I got about 3.56GB Ram.

[Aphiwe25]

Definitely the 4 gig variant Is Not Enough especially with apps consuming larger space it is laggy and I say it could be used as a secondary phone for peace of mind.😂

[Munatsi399]

Take it this way, your device for example has 256gb Storage.... of the 256gb, your usable storage is +/-239.75gb, the system as its dedicated 16.25gb which is reserved just for that.... the same also goes for Ram, the Operating system reserves Ram for it's essential functions too, so that which is shown in Geekbench is you usable Ram... the difference is reserved for the Operating system

[Aphiwe25]

enkosi ngokundicacisela.

[Munatsi399]

Wamkelekile

[Masanza1]

Hi there it is actually 6GB ram because that space left actually calculated for specific Apps

[Aphiwe25]

Yeah it's just that I was a bit confused because when using third party apps like Geekbench 6 it show different results as posed to the actual 6GB but some people help me it now makes a bit of sense I guess.

[Hlaba-uje]

Even the battery capacity is not exactly 5000mAh. We all know that

[Aphiwe25]

Yeah but not everyone knows that because not everyone gets to fully go into their specifications of phone they will just believe what is on the actual box or rather advertised.