Nvidia's Tegra K1 32-bit SoC have been reigning supreme in GPU benchmarks ever since Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 and the Nvidia Shield Tablet have been launched but according to recently revealed GFXBench GPU benchmarks from Apple's iPad Air 2 A8X SoC, it appears that there is a new leader.


According to the GFXBench benchmark results, complied by GSMArena.com, Apple's 20nm A8X and its GPU manage to beat the Tegra K1 32-bit SoC and its 192 Kepler GPU cores found in both the Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 as well as Nvidia's own Shield Tablet. While we are still looking at Nvidia Tegra K1 32-bit SoC and we still have to see the A8X compared to the Tegra K1 64-bit chip which should be available soon with HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet, these are still GPU results and the new chip should not be much more faster, at least not in GPU benchmarks.

Apple's iPad Air 2 currently holds the first place in all GFXBench offscreen tests and Tegra K1-equipped Shield Tablet only manage to slightly beat it in onscreen tests, due to the smaller resolution on the Shield Tablet.

There are not many information regarding the Apple's 20nm A8X SoC and hopefully we will find out more and hear more about it as well as see how well it handles in full benchmarks and when compared to the upcoming Tegra K1 64-bit Nexus 9 tablet.





Source: GSMArena.com.