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Hardware Performance
The Nexus 7 is home a NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. This includes a low power core for basic tasks and the ULP Geforce GPU. This T30L chipset is essentially a lower clocked Tegra 3 part compared to the one found in HTC’s One X smartphone.
There is 1 GB of RAM, of which roughly 975 MB is available to Android. This figure can vary depending upon workload as more RAM is required by the GPU by games.
Internal storage of the Nexus 7 is limited to either 8 or 16 GB, depending upon if you are willing to spend an extra 40 quid for the larger capacity. I have the 16 GB model and available storage is 13.24 GB, while on the smaller model it is a bit under 6 GB.
The Nexus 7’s main rival is the HTC One X. The device from HTC has a higher processor clock speed while the Nexus 7 has a newer and bloat-free software version on its side.
The Nexus 7 won this little shootout in six out of eight benchmarks where both devices have results. The One X’s higher clocks are most apparent in CF-Bench and GLBenchmark Pro – a graphics demo showing its age.
The Samsung Galaxy S III with its Exynos 4412 chipset consistently outperforms the Nexus 7, except in GLBenchmark’s Egypt HD test, where it managed a draw.
The Nexus 7’s performance is top of the line and is quite easily the most powerful device in its price and even size range.
thats a hell of a good deal for the price. Not quite ipad standard but only a fraction of the cost.
if its made by ASUS should be a decent bit of hardware.
Only downside is that Apple are so far ahead in screen technology that these tablets become less appealing. Obviously the price is great, but until one of them manages to beat apple on both price and specs its going to be a one horse race.
people say the money isn’t t here for these devices, but Apple are outselling them all! and its mega expensive.
Im looking at a tablet for a secondary purpose. the blackberry playbook is £150 now in the UK. which is better for much the same price? this or Nexus 7?
I have had one for a while now, got it the 2nd week it was out.
I love using it, its so nice and compact, the battery life is great. The screen colours are a bit unsaturated like he says, but I really didn’t notice until having it right next to something more saturated displaying the same image/colours.
Yeah its not up to the screen res of the new iPad but thats not too important to me especially considering the price difference. This is the perfect device for web browsing and having fun while laying on the couch etc. Anything more intense is better for the gaming computer anyway. To me the iPad is too expensive to fit the hole that it fills, this falls in that hole quite nicely.
Don’t forget that nexus 7 has 32gb version, too 😀
another sweet-spot for tegra device here, a bit disappointed when it has screen lift problem with some devices, but overall it’s A-ok 🙂