Amazon Fire HD 10 Review: An Inexpensive Large Entertainment Tablet

Name: Amazon Fire HD 10
Brand: Amazon

by Jennifer Johnson — Friday, March 04, 2016, 11:50 AM EDT

The Fire HD 10 isn’t designed for hard-core gaming, but it should be able to handle basic games just fine. Let’s see how this tablet compares to others in some of our standard gaming benchmarks.

Graphics testing

iOS and Android Graphics testing

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We find the Fire HD 10 in the lower half of the comparison chart in the GFXBench T-Rex Offscreen test. Keep in mind this test renders the benchmark at a full HD 1080p resolution, which the Fire HD 10 will never attempt since its screen resolution is limited to 1280x800.

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In all components of the 3D Mark Ice Storm tests, the Fire HD 10 finds itself in the lower half of the comparison charts. It’s interesting to note that the $50 7-inch Fire tablet actually beat the Fire HD 10 by a small margin in the Physics component of this test.

We didn’t expect the Fire HD 10 to be a chart-topper in our gaming benchmarks. It would be unrealistic to expect smooth performance when attempting to play demanding titles, given the Fire HD 10's configuration and modest price point, but the tablet obviously would have no problem with casual titles such as Angry Birds or Candy Crush. Just set expectations accordingly.

Tags: Amazon, Fire, tablet, (NASDAQ:AMZN), fire-os, hd 10

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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