Processor Performance Compared: iPad Vs iPhone 3GS Vs Nexus One

A4 Processor chip performance

The iPad is finally out and it is time to revisit some of the speculations that we had reported prior to the launch.

Ane of the most debated topics was the performance levels of the A4 Soc that powers the iPad. This was significant not merely because the fleck has been designed in-house by Apple, just also because there are indications that A4's SoC may also power the iPhone in the hereafter.

So what can we make of the A4 processor now that the iPad has reached its users? Folks at AnandTech accept carried out an in-depth study comparison iPad's A4 processor confronting iPhone 3GS' Cortex A8 and Nexus One's Qualcomm QSD8250 chip.

The study looked into two crucial aspects – processor functioning while loading several popular websites on these devices and the performance of real world JavaScript on the iPad, iPhone 3GS and Nexus One using the official WebKit SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark examination. The results are quite a revelation. While the study indicates a 10% faster webpage loading time on the iPad compared to the Nexus One, the A4 shows a 37.6% better operation over Nexus One'southward Qualcomm SoC in the JavaScript Criterion test. The iPhone 3GS was outperformed by the other ii devices in both the tests, which is understandable considering that the handset launched much earlier and so uses a marginally outdated technology.

A4 Processor chip performance

While the conclusions from the study indicate to a much improved processor performance on the iPad, it all the same needs to exist noted that the next generation Qualcomm chip for devices like the Nexus Ane is due to be released later this year and is expected to run at one.3 GHz. For a perspective, the A4 processor operates at ane.0GHz. Equally the written report notes, the next-gen Snapdragon chips "could be enough to either equal or outperform Apple's A4 based on what we've seen here today".

With Android smartphones like HTC EVO 4G expected to exist launched in the summer with the one GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, we think the combination of iPhone Os 4.0 and Apple tree A4 in the next generation iPhone might be able to stave off competition from Android phones for most of 2022. However, Android phones with the side by side generation Qualcomm chip towards the end of the twelvemonth will probably outset giving some serious contest to even the next generation iPhone.

If you take already got your iPad, we would like to hear your views on A4's performance. How would yous rate information technology against your iPhone? Practise you think information technology is good plenty for foruth generation iPhone? Allow us know your accept on this in the comments.

[via AnandTech]