Sony MT27i (Pepper) appears on NenaMark benchmark

It was just yesterday that we speculated on spotting the Sony MT27i, also known by its codename Pepper, and here we are with the rumored smartphone appearing on a NenaMark benchmark instead. This handset is tipped to be powered by the ST-Ericsson U8500 chipset, and the NenaMark benchmark did lay to rest the speculation of any other mention of different chipsets in the process. Sporting a GPU that was listed as the “ARM Mali-400 MP”, this particular GPU sees action in ST-Ericsson’s NovaThor family of chipsets (U5500, U8500 and U9500).

Apart from that, the benchmark did reveal additional information such as a screen resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, not to mention the Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread operating system which should place it pretty updated. Surely the Pepper is a shoo-in as the successor to the Xperia neo, considering how it has a 1GHz dual-core chipset, a 3.7″ display at 480 x 854 pixels, a 5-megapixel camera at the back and a sealed battery. Surely Mobile World Congress cannot come fast enough now!