Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Quad Core Tablet Review

Name: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (WiFi) Tablet
Brand: Samsung

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, August 30, 2012, 11:18 AM EDT

GLBenchmark is new to our 3D performance benchmark set. The test suite is an OpenGL ES 2.0 benchmark with a number of performance metrics incorporated in it. We specifically use the Fill Texture Fetch suite to measure raw texture fill rate of a graphics core and the Egypt Off Screen test to measure 3D performance in frames per second. The Off Screen test renders workloads at 1280x720 for all devices, but off-screen, so Vsynch and screen refresh are not limiting performance.

Graphics testing

OpenGL 3D Rendering Performance

The two GL Benchmark graphics tests we ran also paint the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 in a favorable light. In the Egypt Off-Screen test, the Galaxy Note 10.1 pulled ahead of every other tablet we've tested. In the fillrate test, the Galaxy Note 10.1 also performed very well, besting all of the Tegra 3-based devices and trailing only the Apple iPad 2.

Tags: Samsung, Android, tablet, touchwiz, ICS, Galaxy Note, s-pen

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com