\nTablet<\/strong><\/td>\niPad Air<\/strong><\/td>\niPad mini (with Retina display)<\/strong><\/td>\nAsus Nexus 7 2nd Gen<\/strong><\/td>\nAmazon Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch<\/strong><\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition)<\/strong><\/td>\nSony Xperia Tablet Z<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| Screen size<\/td>\n | 9.7-inch<\/td>\n | 7.9 inches<\/td>\n | 7.02 inches<\/td>\n | 7 inches<\/td>\n | 10.1 inches<\/td>\n | 10.1 inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Display resolution<\/td>\n | 2048 x 1536<\/td>\n | 2,048 x 1,536<\/td>\n | 1,920 x 1,200<\/td>\n | 1,920 x 1,200<\/td>\n | 2,560 x 1,600<\/td>\n | 1,920 x 1,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| SunSpider test<\/td>\n | 388ms<\/strong><\/td>\n| 423ms<\/td>\n | 602ms<\/td>\n | 553.7ms<\/td>\n | 1069ms<\/td>\n | 1382ms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Battery life<\/td>\n | 13hrs, 45 mins<\/td>\n | 11hrs, 55 mins<\/td>\n | 7hrs, 14 mins<\/td>\n | 10hrs, 41 mins<\/td>\n | 9hrs, 36 mins<\/td>\n | 8hrs, 40mins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Price<\/td>\n | R8,999.00 (32GB with WiFi and Cellular)<\/td>\n | R7,899.00 (32GB with WiFi and Cellular)<\/td>\n | R5,999.00 (32GB with WiFi and Cellular)<\/td>\n | R5,199.00 (64gb with Wifi and Cellular)<\/td>\n | R9000.00 (32GB with WiFi and Cellular)<\/td>\n | R7,999 (16GB with WiFi & Cellular)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Engadget score<\/td>\n | 92%<\/strong><\/td>\n| 92%<\/td>\n | 90%<\/td>\n | 85%<\/td>\n | 80%<\/td>\n | 82%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n The SunSpider benchmark test was the common standard among all the tablets, so we added it in as a second ranking measure.\u00a0Please note that the lower the SunSpider score, the better the performance.<\/p>\n It is no real surprise to see the iPad Air coming out tops in both the Engadget score and SunSpider test, and at a shade under R9000.00 its owners will feel somewhat vindicated in their purchase.<\/p>\n We stacked Engadget’s scores up against AnandTech’s tablet GPU benchmarking table<\/a>\u00a0and the iPad Air game up second best.<\/p>\nAbove it was the\u00a0Microsoft Surface Pro, which did not receive great reviews from Engadget and others due to its poor design choices and low battery life – and therefore does not come recommended despite its strong benchmark performance.<\/p>\n Below are the top 10 tablets according to the AnandTech GPU benchmark scoring:<\/p>\n \n- Microsoft Surface Pro – 36,731<\/li>\n
- Apple iPad Air – 12,986<\/li>\n
- Apple iPad mini with Retina Display – 12,976<\/li>\n
- Google Nexus 7 (2013) – 11,882<\/li>\n
- Google Nexus 10 – 11,250<\/li>\n
- Apple iPad 4 – 10,418<\/li>\n
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 – 5,931<\/li>\n
- Google Nexus 7 – 3,130<\/li>\n
- Apple iPad mini – 2,914<\/li>\n
- ASUS VivoTab Smart – 2,895<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t
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