Unlike the rest of the Pro series, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is powered the Snapdragon 800 chipset whatever the edition - Wi-Fi-only, 3G or LTE.
The Snapdragon 800 platform means you will be getting four Krait 400 cores at 2.3GHz and Adreno 330 graphics. The RAM you'll have at your disposal is 2GB - it should be enough for almost everything you throw at the slate. Still, a Galaxy Note 3-matching 3GB of RAM would probably have been more appropriate for such a powerhouse.
Until we see the new generation of Krait 450 and Cortex A5x cores arrives, the Krait 400 processor remains the most powerful on the market in terms of both per-core and total power. BenchmarkPi, Linpack and GeekBench 3 scores prove the Krait 400 dominance.
Benchmark Pi
Lower is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 99
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 100
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 115
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 116
LG G Pad 8.3 131
Transformer Pad TF701T 137
LG Optimus G Pro 147
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 211
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 324
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 351
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 470
Samsung Galaxy 3 7.0 483
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Plus 488
Linpack
Higher is better
LG G Flex 1102
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 1081
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 1054
LG G2 1054
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 1034
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 1010
Sony Xperia Z1 1004
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 791
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 788
HTC One 646
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 413
LG Nexus 5 393
HTC One mini 320
Geekbench 3
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 2937
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 2867
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 2743
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 2706
Transformer Pad TF701T 2665
LG G Pad 8.3 1950
HTC One Max 1899
HTC Butterfly 1257
The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 comes with a display resolution higher than 1080p and while it didn't show on AnTuTu 4 test, it surely did affected its Quadrant score.
AnTuTu 4
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 34016
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 33198
Transformer Pad TF701T 32991
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 32796
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 31109
Samsung Galaxy S4 24716
LG G Pad 8.3 24440
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 24236
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 20216
LG Optimus G Pro 20056
HTC Butterfly 19513
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 19131
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 17159
Google Nexus 10 12695
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 9070
Quadrant
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 21618
LG G Flex 20521
Sony Xperia Z1 20388
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 20052
LG G2 19815
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 18177
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 16769
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa) 12446
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 12376
HTC One 11746
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 11404
LG Nexus 5 8844
Oppo N1 8099
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini 7153
HTC One mini 6048
So, how well can the Adreno 330 GPU handle the 1600x2560 pixel screen? Let's find out. First we ran the familiar GFX Benchmark's offscreen tests, which are about raw power and not real-life performance. Naturally the Adreno 330 did great and occupied the top of the charts.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (1080p off-screen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 26
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 26
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (Exynos) 25
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 22
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 22
Transformer Pad TF701T 21
Samsung Galaxy S4 17.1
Apple iPad 4 16.8
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 15
LG G Pad 8.3 15
Google Nexus 10 13.9
Sony Xperia Z 13.5
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 13
Sony Xperia ZL 12.8
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 7.0
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 4.0
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan (1080p off-screen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 9.7
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 9
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 8.9
LG Nexus 5 8.5
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 5.6
Galaxy Note 10.1 (Exynos) 5.6
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (Exynos) 5.6
The more important benchmarks for the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 are those running onscreen, since they will show the slate's real-life performance. Quite expectedly, because of the higher resolution screen, it delivered a lower frame rate than S800-powered 1080p flagships on the demanding T-Rex and Manhattan graphic tests. Its performance noticeably fell on the Epic Citadel as well. The Adreno 330 will still manage playable framerates on the majority of the games in the Play Store, but we suspect there will be few hiccups on the heaviest titles.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (on-screen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 27
LG Nexus 5 24
Apple iPad Air 21
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (Exynos) 17
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 17
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 14
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 14
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan (on-screen)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 9.9
LG Nexus 5 9.5
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (Exynos) 5.6
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 5.0
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (Exynos) 4.7
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 2.9
Galaxy Note 10.1 (Exynos) 2.8
Epic Citadel (Ultra quality)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z1 54.9
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 54.9
LG G2 51
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 48.5
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600) 37.2
HTC One 35.6
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 33.2
HTC Butterfly 29.6
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 27.6
Finally, we put the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 through the SunSpider and BrowserMark benchmarks to test its JavaScript and overall browsing performance. The higher resolution wasn't of a burden here and it did as great as all other S800 devices.
SunSpider
Lower is better
Apple iPad Air 373
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 531
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 569
Transformer Pad TF701T 606
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 651
LG Optimus G Pro 1011
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 1150
LG G Pad 8.3 1190
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 1233
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 1366
Google Nexus 7 1703
new Apple iPad 1722
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 1891
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 1953
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 1992
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 2253
Huawei MediaPad 2490
BrowserMark 2
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 3659
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 3138
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 3096
Transformer Pad TF701T 3005
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 2933
LG G Pad 8.3 2664
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 2386
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 2363
HTC One 2262
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 2228
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 2170
LG Optimus G Pro 1801
Oppo Find 5 1797
Google Nexus 10 1773
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 1612
HTC Butterfly 1475
It is obvious the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is a powerhouse, but even the mighty Adreno 330 sometimes struggles when faced with so many pixels. The day to day performance will be as great as you could hope for, but some gamers might be less than perfectly happy.
Something we noticed - the 2GB RAM will fill up rather quickly once you start using Multi Window extensively and may run out. Samsung did great optimizing the feature and we've never experienced actual freezing or an app crash, but we saw the RAM bar full quite a few times. Reducing the number Magazine widgets helps freeing more RAM, though.
So, the Tab Pro 8.4 is a snappy device and will deliver great performance. The Snapdragon 800 chipset powering the slate is put under more pressure than on the 1080p flagship, but it still passed the test with flying colors.
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