LG G Pad 10.1 review: Inching along
Inching along
Synthetic benchmarks
The LG G Pad 10.1 isn't made to brake speed boundaries with its Snapdragon 400 chipset, quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 CPU, Adreno 305 GPU and lowly 1GB of RAM. Still this hardware package should be enough to push things along without serious hiccups.
So let's take a look at the numbers from the various benchmarks that we use. We've broken them down into all-round benchmarks, CPU benchmarks, GPU tests and finally web browsing performance consisting of JavaScript and HTML 5 tests. These tests should give you an idea of what performance to expect.
Basemark OS II breaks down performance by single and multi-core speed and finally has an overall score. The Snapdragon 400 didn't really impress with its scores here and offers almost the exact performance as its smaller sibling, G Pad 7.0.
GeekBench 3 is a cross-platform test and measures the entire hardware rig. It saw the 10-inch G Pad 10.1 as a bottom of the table performer but considering its rich company the score isn't surprising.
Basemark OS II
Higher is better is better
-
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
829 -
LG G Pad 10.1
529 -
LG G Pad 7.0
525
Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better is better
-
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
2394 -
LG G Pad 10.1
1243 -
LG G Pad 7.0
1141
Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better is better
-
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
7493 -
LG G Pad 7.0
4873 -
LG G Pad 10.1
4864
GeekBench 3
Higher is better is better
-
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
2881 -
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
2743 -
Apple iPad Air
2388 -
LG G Pad 7.0
1135 -
LG G Pad 10.1
1115
The Adreno 305 is tasked with pushing the HD resolution of the screen, push the entire Optimus UI and isn't really built to manage to many pixels. The on-screen GFXBench Manhattan saw an unplayable score of 3.8 fps for the G Pad 10.1 while Basemark X shows a three-digit score against four digits from top tier competition.
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better is better
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1
4.7 -
LG G Pad 7.0
3.8 -
LG G Pad 10.1
3.8 -
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
2.9
Basemark X
Higher is better is better
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
6875 -
LG G Pad 7.0
822 -
LG G Pad 10.1
807
We've already established that the G Pad 10.1 isn't made for heavy gaming and you should look more intently in the JavaScript and HTML 5 performance below. Kraken 1.1 shows a very poor score but that doesn't translate into poor browsing - things differ by a mere second or two between the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and the G Pad 10.1 in terms of loading speed.
HTML 5 looks much better for the G Pad 10.1Kraken 1.1
Lower is better is better
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
4777 -
LG G Pad 7.0
14761 -
LG G Pad 10.1
14794
BrowserMark 2.1
Higher is better is better
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (Exynos)
1515 -
LG G Pad 7.0
971 -
LG G Pad 10.1
949
For half the price of a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 or iPad Air you can't frown at the inferior performance in synthetic tests. Put in practical, real-life conditions the LG G Pad 10.1 does a very good job to hide its inferior hardware and provide a fast-enough operation.
Reader comments
- Anonymous
- 30 Jan 2020
- 8bm
Tablet wont come on..plugged in last night, will not come on this morning..is there a reset button anywhere? Tablet about 3 years old
- Anonymous
- 04 Oct 2015
- 42v
Does the tablet support video playback via HDMI?????
- JohnP
- 30 Nov 2014
- kj4
Great little tablet with some interesting features.