“Apple’s claim that the new iPad’s A5X processor outperforms the Nvidia Tegra 3 when it comes to graphical power seems to be accurate — or at least that’s what a new test shows,” Sam Kieldsen reports for CNET UK.
“Australian tech blogger Richie ran a benchmarking test (video below) pitting the new iPad against the Tegra 3-equipped, Android-powered Asus Transformer Prime, and found that the dual-core/four-graphic-core A5X gave much better results than the quad-core/12-graphic core Tegra 3,” Kieldsen reports. “Richie, who says he was sceptical of Apple’s launch day claims, use GLBenchmark to run the test. With 3D graphics, the Transformer Prime scored 60 and 73fps respectively in GLBenchmark’s Egypt and Pro tests, while the new iPad scored 140 and 250fps. Round one to Apple.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If someone you know buys an Asus Transformer Prime (to go along with their Zune, presumably), please have their head checked immediately.
Apple did the benchmarks, I see no reason to doubt them. This just confirmed what Apple already said.
i can tell you after having my new iPad for one day the unsung hero of the new features is “dictation”…,it works with any app that requires a keyboard and if you can speak English the way it expects you to your typing days are Over..,have not typed ONE character since I started using it yesterday… Outstanding!!!!!
Quite a thread going on the Apple Discussion boards about some iPads either feeling much warmer to the touch than the iPad 2, or seemingly being “very hot”. As usual, your mileage may vary.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3810951?start=30&tstart=0
And 9 to 5 Mac weighed in with their own experience…including same issues (heat/battery charge time) mentioned in the AD thread.
http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/17/review-24-hours-with-the-new-ipad/
Especially read the comment section. Again, mileage may vary.
Again..more battery capacity = longer charge time. Faster hardware = (in most cases) hotter.
you definetly know where the GPU is! It gets warm for sure..but for people to get upset about it is laughable. More power = more heat, typically..and if people expect the iPad to stay cool while playing games is rediculous.
My iPad (3rd generation) does not get any warmer than my wife’s iPad 2.
I felt your wife’s iPad 2 while you were out of town, felt pretty hot to me Jay.
Watched video. Story should renamed:
Apple Graphics kicks Tegra in the teeth. Takes its wallet. Calls their family members and tells them Tegra has been served.
I expected Apple’s claims to be borne out, but a quad core beat a 12 core? That has to be Android’s fault, no?
Get ahead; stay ahead.
A they are not taking into account that the New iPad is rendering A LOT more pixels than the asus transformer.
That’s a good point.
I’ve always found Apple’s testing specs to be exactly as they state. Clearly, not all cores are created equal. That’s the benefit of customization.
That means the A5X equipped iPhone 5 should be right there performance wise with quad core Android phones like the Galaxy S3.
I’ll bet you anything that A5X is not going to be used in the next iPhone. It’ll destroy the battery life, and it’s unnecessarily powerful, and probably too big. I bet they’re making an A6 processor for it, with more focus on processor power and efficiency than graphics. The A6X will be the 4th gen iPad’s processor.
If the iPad 3 gets as hot as my wife, then I don’t care. 😉
The Droidtards and NViDIA are going to hate hearing these findings. They’re probably suspecting that Apple paid these testers to favor the A5X. After all, the Droidtards constantly claim that Apple is always behind the curve in hardware. NVIDIA is certain that their quad-core processor should be far faster than some ancient dual-core that’s probably modestly clocked. NVIDIA basically said that Apple was lying about the iPad’s performance compared to the Tegra 3. Benchmarks really aren’t all that important as long as users are satisfied with the overall performance of the device. I guess NVIDIA is going to have to retaliate with some specialized benchmarks of their own.
That’s not a trouncing that’s an ass whopping!
Just bought a prime over the iPad, couldn’t be happier
Oh, but you could be.
I’m confused. Could someone please describe the difference in terms of snappiness?
Tegra 3 is a wet noodle.
A5x is the thick rubber band that holds broccoli together.
Which one is snappy?
😀
I would really like to see somebody do an in depth report on just how a four core GPU A5X beats a 12 core GPU Tegra. It’s really quite amazing!