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Don’t Expect Better Browser Performance from New iPad

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:13 am
by Apoptosis
Don’t Expect Better Browser Performance from New iPad
HELSINKI, FINLAND – March 20, 2011 – Futuremark®, the world leader in performance benchmarking software, today released the first benchmark results for the new iPad using Peacekeeper™, its free to use browser speed test. While web pages may look sharper on the new iPad’s improved display, the benchmark results show that the browsing performance of the new iPad is the same as the iPad 2, suggesting that the computational processing power in both devices is near identical. http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/results?key=stats

Peacekeeper is an HTML5 based browser performance test that can be used to measure and compare the performance of any browser on any Internet capable device, from desktops and notebooks, to tablets and smartphones. What’s more, as a device's browser performance is strongly linked to the power of its CPU, Peacekeeper offers a straightforward way to compare the performance of competing devices regardless of differences in operating system..

Popular tablets ranked by browser performance as measured by Peacekeeper
(higher scores are better)

- Acer Iconia W500 (Windows 8 consumer preview) - Peacekeeper score 405
- Apple iPad 3rd gen (iOS 5.1) - Peacekeeper score 384
- Apple iPad 2 (iOS 5.1) - Peacekeeper score 383
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - Peacekeeper score 356
- ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime (Android 4.0.3) - Peacekeeper score 344
- Apple iPad 1st gen (iOS 5.1) - Peacekeeper score 234

Peacekeeper offers a simple and easy way to compare any browser on any device. Peacekeeper is free to use, you don’t have to register and the test takes just 5 minutes to run. In fact, all you need to do is to press one button. Try it now! http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/

Re: Don’t Expect Better Browser Performance from New iPad

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:17 am
by FZ1
It's been fairly well publsihed the that processor speed in the new iPad is the same as the iPad 2. Graphics performance is another thing entirely. I'm not sure why people are all hung up on browser performance on tablets, pc's etc. There's maybe a few seconds difference in load times which most people wouldn't even know about unless they had 2 side by side. Half the time, the browser is waiting for the server to hand over the data anyway.

Re: Don’t Expect Better Browser Performance from New iPad

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:18 am
by Apoptosis
FZ1 wrote:It's been fairly well publsihed the that processor speed in the new iPad is the same as the iPad 2. Graphics performance is another thing entirely. I'm not sure why people are all hung up on browser performance on tablets, pc's etc. There's maybe a few seconds difference in load times which most people wouldn't even know about unless they had 2 side by side. Half the time, the browser is waiting for the server to hand over the data anyway.

Because the browser is where 90% of people spend their time... what is an OS

Re: Don’t Expect Better Browser Performance from New iPad

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:12 am
by FZ1
Right, but my point no one can tell the difference whether it's a second faster or slower here or there. Even if you used the browser all day long the cumulative time savings is maybe 5 minutes. People waste more time than that every day. They are only aware of the difference in speed because they keep reading about it. Honestly, if someone had asked me, the browser feels faster to me. #-o