Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 features a 64-bit Exynos 5433 SoC with 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 CPU and 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, coupled with 3GB of RAM. The GPU is Mali-T760.
This particular chipset was featured a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 variant last year, so we know that it is no slouch. We put the tablet through the usual set of synthetic benchmarks. Take a look at its results below.
GeekBench 3
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 4464
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 4275
HTC Nexus 9 3470
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 3276
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 2881
Nokia N1 2835
Apple iPad mini 3 2486
AnTuTu 5
Higher is better
HTC Nexus 9 60297
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 52170
Nokia N1 46547
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 70.4
HTC Nexus 9 60.2
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 53.1
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 36
Nokia N1 29.7
Apple iPad mini 3 28.2
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 25
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 22.5
GFX 2.7 T-Rex (onscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 52.2
HTC Nexus 9 46.2
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 39.6
Nokia N1 25.3
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 25
Apple iPad mini 3 23
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 17
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 14
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 32.6
HTC Nexus 9 31.5
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 27.3
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 14
Apple iPad mini 3 13.1
Nokia N1 13
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 8.1
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 5.6
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 24.7
HTC Nexus 9 22.6
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 19.8
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 12
Nokia N1 9.6
Apple iPad mini 3 8.9
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 4.7
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 2.9
Kraken 1.1
Lower is better
HTC Nexus 9 3953
Apple iPad Air 2 4054
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 4135
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 4647
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 4777
Nokia N1 5154
Apple iPad mini 3 5382
BrowserMark 2.1
Higher is better
HTC Nexus 9 2588
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 1953
Nokia N1 1693
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 1515
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 952
Basemark OS II
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 1937
HTC Nexus 9 1890
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 1192
Apple iPad mini 3 1099
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 1039
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 829
Basemark X
Higher is better
Apple iPad Air 2 29753
HTC Nexus 9 28244
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 24456
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 17434
Apple iPad mini 3 14781
Nokia N1 12839
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 6875
Basemark OS II (single-core)
Higher is better
HTC Nexus 9 3777
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 3224
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 2394
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 1999
Basemark OS II (multi-core)
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 13708
Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 8547
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 7493
HTC Nexus 9 7187
Overall, Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 offers improved performance over last year's model, especially on the GPU side. However, it isn't as powerful as the 14nm Exynos 7420 found in the Samsung Galaxy S6 family and Galaxy Note5.
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