Anandtech put the iPad 2 under a GLBenchmark 2.0 test, a great benchmark for seeing the power of the GPU (where Apple is claiming 9x the performance of the original iPad), and came away with some staggering results. The iPad 2, or I guess more specifically, the A5 chip is going to be an absolute beast for 3D gaming. It’s incredible, it’s almost silly to put the Tegra 2 (which is in the Xoom) and A4 in the same conversation as the A5. Anandtech says:
Those lucky few who unchained a thousand or two notes for the thrills of a new MacBook Pro have been busily Geekbenching them since. Already, the results are looking hotter than last year’s models. [9to5Mac]
Let’s say you want a 4G phone, because 4 is one more G than your current phone has. If you’re deciding between Sprint’s finest – the HTC Evo Shift and the Samsung Epic 4G – you’re gonna want to watch this.
Admittedly, I was a little disappointed to discover the G2′s new Snapdragon processor is only clocked at 800MHz, but according to some leaked figures from GLBenchmarks, it should run at around the same speed as Motorola’s Droid X and 2.
That Toshiba AC100 Android-powered netbook may not be the most desirable combination of hardware and software out there, but it already has one big plus point – it’s Nvidia Tegra 2 chipset destroys anything else in terms of raw speed.
Last week, PC Pro challenged its readers to see whose rig could render a 3D graphics benchmark the quickest. An Intel engineer took the prize using a test rig overclocked to nearly 5GHz and cooled to -40C.
