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Early benchmarks in: Apple iPad faster than Google Nexus One
While a margin of 10% on website load times might not, technically, be "blazing," it's certainly proof that the iPad is faster. The Javascript SunSpider tests are both more important and more damning: the iPad out-performs the Nexus One by a full 38%. Like the iPhone, the iPad is also 'locked down' by the Apple-governed App Store. However, with such awesome Javascript performance, web apps can always fill the void!
The AnandTech article focuses on the workhorses behind the devices: the new Apple A4 system-on-a-chip and the Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU used in the Nexus One. While they're both clocked at the same speed (1GHz), the A4 certainly looks like a better chip -- not that anyone really knows what the A4 chip is (Apple has been very secretive about it). AnandTech speculates that the iPad's more powerful battery could be one of the main reasons for the better performance, though.
In even better news, for those of us without the adamantine exoskeleton required to heft an iPad, the upcoming iPhone 4G will probably use the A4 chip too! Combine the A4 with the oh-so-shiny iPhone OS 4.0, and I think Android might be in trouble. Meanwhile, Google can only hope that the new 1.3GHz Snapdragon (due out later this year) will close the gap!
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Subscribe to commentsLevel 5Apr 5th 2010 11:22AM
Clock speed might not actually be the determining factor. Apple has stated that the A4 has a specific instruction set, so I can't imagine the OS not being tuned specifically for that chipset. It may in fact be clock for clock faster, but there's really no way to tell.
owenoliver1Apr 5th 2010 11:34AM
oh well it has flash so win for nexus
sodapopApr 5th 2010 5:05PM
One of the main problems with existing Flash apps is that touch screens do not have the same set of mouse events. So, you can be happy your phone has Flash, but it work properly when you poke at it.
Flash for the sake of Flash is illogical. Most of the content we want that uses flash is either movies of music. Both of which can be delivered without Flash. Additionally, it leave the user open to security holes from a third party which neither the phone manufacturer nor the OS/app provider has the ability to fix.
Then there is the bloatware nature of Flash, which is a resource hog... Just watch your phone crash when an incoming call comes in at the same time your are playing Farmville!
master811Apr 5th 2010 5:22PM
@Sodapop
Don't go buying Apple's "Flash is a performance hog" thing. There's a reason why Apple don't put it on their phones and it has nothing to do with the odd crash or performance, it's because they have no control over it or the content that Flash can show (either games or video).
Yes there ARE other ways to deliver video, but tell me another way of showing thousands of hours of streaming video on your phone FOR FREE. The iPhone/iPad sure as hell can't.
JustinApr 5th 2010 11:35AM
this is the most ridiculous apples to oranges comparison yet.
VolomanApr 5th 2010 4:43PM
noticed that too did ya?
next time DLS you should pit a Ski-doo and a Dodge Viper together
thats a fair fight
sodapopApr 5th 2010 5:08PM
Why is Apple to oranges comparison? Both are portable devices that run apps and games and view web content. Are you claiming that the lack of phone function makes them completely different devices!?
darwinsurvivorApr 6th 2010 3:24AM
@sodapop Because the iPad is litterally about 4 to 8 times the size of a phone and has about half the hardware capabilities.
The nexus (or any smartphone/pda for that matter) needs to fit inside a MUCH smaller compartment with half again as many parts (3g, bluetooth, usb) while running on a MUCH smaller battery.
It's like releasing a news article about your average PC being faster than most laptops, well duh!
owenoliver1Apr 6th 2010 4:36AM
im not talking about playing games on it no no of corse not i mean i have a htc hero with flash on it. Go to armor games its set up especially for touchscreen flash games.
Its not flash for the sake of flash but if your phone had a flash download in the app store you would get it right? also yea thats true mainly movies but a lot of sites still don't support it i have an ipod touch I don't even bother with the internet on it. As far as it can be delivered yea but on the move in a car I don't think so unless you have mobile broadband and a converter your cable and a damn lot of time. Also have a look at the hacking convention they couldn't do anything to google chrome which now had built in flash still cant touch it apple hate flash because it opens them up because they are so badly made. Flash on a mac is terrible why they are pushing html5 so much
I've watched my phone running at 600mhz and it looks fine to me. while the nexus is running at 1ghz and hey at least the nexus can multitask
m0m0Apr 6th 2010 2:31PM
yep.. by the same set of standards, my calculator beats ipad by a mile. zero loading time goddamnit!
.Apr 5th 2010 11:36AM
Figure network speeds and like Level 5 said, the instruction set was made for OSX Mini unlike Snapdragon that is used in Windows Mobile, Android, etc.
Not trolling but...
Snapdragon - Multitasking
A4 - Single Tasking
lamestcomparisoneverApr 5th 2010 11:42AM
That was the lamest comparison ever! Tomorrow it will be the MacBook Pro Vs the Nexus One..
youngsonicApr 5th 2010 10:54PM
LOL OR A NASA SUPER COMPUTER
216Apr 5th 2010 11:42AM
WOW. I'm so amazed. /endsarcasm
If anything, I like how this chart shows that the N1 is faster than the iPhone
r3loadedApr 5th 2010 11:47AM
The iPad has an enormous battery to power it, so it stands to reason that the OS will let the CPU run at full speed more often.
And stop comparing the iPad to smartphones - compare it to netbooks and see how bad its performance is in comparison.
michas_piApr 5th 2010 12:16PM
>web apps can always fill the void
How about a resounding no.
Kevin WellsApr 5th 2010 12:30PM
You're comparing a phone to a tablet computer. And?
Jorge SantanaApr 5th 2010 12:33PM
worst comparison, I am a big fan of this site but this deducts points
kojo87Apr 5th 2010 1:21PM
Download Squad didn't do the comparison. note the source link.
JorgeApr 5th 2010 1:30PM
I am not saying DS wrote it, the act of placing the article in their site tells me they support it or believe it is worthy news.