So I decided to do a benchmark, just for comparison’s sake. A G1, for reference, has a Qualcomm MSM7201A, at 528 MHz. The aPad beats it in every category.
aPad iRobot
Graphics Score: 112.00
CPU Score: 181.51
Memory Score: 150.96
File System Score: 50.64
Eken/iXsoon M001
Graphics score: 59.09
CPU Score: 102.13
Memory score: 105.4
File system score: 18.25
G1:
Graphic score: 97.38
CPU score: 122.95
Memory score: 125.7
File system score: 10.52
I don’t understand why a full-on tablet has benchmarks only marginally higher than the G1, which is a bit sluggish, even though it has only a tiny screen to manage. Okay, sure, the tablet “beats the G1 in every category”, but not by a huge margin. I think you intended for these benchmarks to make the aPad look good, but to me they make it look quite bad. The G1 is several years old and, as I said, a bit sluggish. I would expect a brand-new tablet to be several times speedier on the graphics front, not 15 or 20% better.
Am I missing something? Is there more context required to interpret these benchmarks? How do other Android devices perform on these benchmarks? How about competing tablets?
Mike,
I’m sorry that this benchmark is not what you are looking for. It is simply a comparison of devices, and yes, the middle one is a competing tablet. It’s here to demonstrate that the advertised specs are in fact as good or better than what they are advertised at. The G1 is the only phone I had available, if you have other benchmarks, feel free to submit them. If you look at it in terms of ratio, 122.95/528mhz vs 181.51/600mhz (quoted) is quite different.
You cannot make the comparison of “a full-on tablet” to the G1, it’s like saying your desktop should be faster than your laptop on the grounds that it is a larger device. It simply does not hold true, and consider the price you usually pay for a phone: $600 against the $100-$200 price point of most of these tablets. You get what you pay for.
Thanks for the comment!
Hi, Koppit.
Thanks for clearing that up. I suppose what it comes down to is whether the device performs well. I feel like my G1 is a bit sluggish. It tends to hiccup on 400 kbps video, the browser is fairly slow, and even the interface is a little laggy sometimes. I was disappointed to see a tablet that looked to have similar benchmarks, hoping for more oomph from a device that was focused less on phoning and more on computing. Having used an iPad briefly and been impressed with it, I guess I’m looking to be as wowed by an Android tablet, which is what I will ultimately buy.
I don’t think of my phone as a $600 device (I paid $30 on contract with Rogers), but of course you’re right that it is.
If you get any more devices and are able to benchmark them, I think that would be handy. I haven’t seen many Android tablet benchmarks, so I think there’s a good case to be made for publishing more benchmarks.
I’ve just received my ipad from dealextreme… and i do’t know if is the right one… i’dlike to run the benchmar… what app did you use to test it?
Click on AndroidAPK up on the titlebar, then look for the benchmark app I used. Let me know how it works out!
hi i haveapad android the thing is .the battery is bonly for an hour y is that tnx…