Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition Tablet Review

by Ray Willington — Monday, December 02, 2013, 10:50 AM EDT

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Benchmarks: CPU & Web Browsing

Next, we'll take a look at how the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition compares to some other mobile devices by examining its performance in a few benchmarks that are currently available in the Android Marketplace.

General Compute, Javascript and Web Browsing Performance

General purpose workloads

My, how far we've come. Just look at the improvements made since Samsung launched the original Galaxy Tab. The Note 10.1 2014 Edition rips through the Linpack benchmark, shaming every other Android tablet that we've had the opportunity to test. Frankly, seeing these numbers makes it all the more perplexing that the real-world use involves so much stuttering.

In the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, the Note 10.1 2014 Edition comes in ahead of its rivals, but not by much. We tend to put a good amount of stock in this test, given that much of your usage will likely involve the Web.

The Rightware BrowserMark benchmark evaluates web browsing and browser performance of a device. Here, the Note 10.1 2014 Edition comes out near the top, but barely. It's becoming increasingly difficult to pull way ahead of the competition now that everyone seems to be cramming the latest and greatest components into their products and optimizing performance for the web.