The Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet is powered by Qualcomm's MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 chipset. It's mostly identical to the Snapdragon 800 except the GPU is clocked about 30% higher.
Most high-end Android tablets have Snapdragon 800, so the Z2 Tablet should have an edge in 3D graphics. Sony also put 3GB of RAM, while the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 has 2GB and the iPad Air has just 1GB.
Since the CPU clockspeed is untouched, the Xperia Z2 Tablet stays close to the S800 devices in the CPU tests, although the Linpack result is lower than expected.
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
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 126
LG G Pad 8.3 131
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 136
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
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 843
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
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 2754
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 tablet also performs well in compound benchmarks like AnTuTu 4 and Quadrant. The extra RAM doesn't seem to be of much help in benchmark tests, but it will make a difference for real-world usage if you run many memory-intensive apps. Although Android reduced its memory footprint with KitKat, apps will only be getting more and more elaborate with time, so having 3GB RAM is good future-proofing.
AnTuTu 4
Higher is better
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 34016
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 33996
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 33198
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 33178
Transformer Pad TF701T 32991
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 32796
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 31109
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 24236
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 20216
LG Optimus G Pro 20056
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 20388
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 20052
LG G2 19815
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 19175
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 18177
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 17963
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 16769
LG Nexus 5 8844
The extra GPU performance clearly shows in the off-screen GFXBench tests, especially the new Manhattan test.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (1080p off-screen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 27.5
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 26
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 26
Apple iPad Air 25
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 25
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 22
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 22
Transformer Pad TF701T 21
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 15
LG G Pad 8.3 15
Google Nexus 10 13.9
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
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 11.7
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 Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 8.1
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 5.6
Galaxy Note 10.1 (Exynos) 5.6
The Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet has a 1,920 x 1,200 screen, that's almost half the number of pixels on a 2,560 x 1,600 tablet. This pushes the tablet's on-screen advantage further and the Sony beats the Galaxy Tab Pro's (which have the higher resolution screens and lower-clocked GPU) by more than double in the Manhattan on-screen test.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (on-screen)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 27.4
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 27
Apple iPad Air 21
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 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
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 11.3
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 9.9
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (Exynos) 5.6
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 5.0
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 4.7
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 2.9
Galaxy Note 10.1 (Exynos) 2.8
Those benchmarks show very low framerates because they are designed to be as heavy as possible rather than playable. Epic Citadel at Ultra quality shows how a game with all settings on high should perform.
Epic Citadel (Ultra quality)
Higher is better
Sony Xperia Z1 54.9
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 54.9
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 51.1
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
The Xperia Z2 Tablet has Chrome out of the box, the stock Android browser is not available. While desktop Chrome is a speed demon, the one on this tablet performs worse than Apple or Samsung's highly tuned browsers.
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
Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (S800) 607
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 651
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 953
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
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 2884
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
Vellamo
Higher is better
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition 2743
Transformer Pad TF701T 3089
LG G Pad 8.3 2505
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (Exynos) 2463
Samsung Galaxy Note II 2418
HTC One 2382
Sony Xperia Tablet Z 2265
Samsung Galaxy S4 2060
Google Nexus 10 1929
HTC Butterfly 1866
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 1777
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet 1658
Samsung Galaxy S III 1641
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 1633
Asus Nexus 7 (2013) 1597
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 1440
Sony has prioritized 3D performance with the Xperia Z2 Tablet and the results are excellent. The tablet has serious potential to be used as a gaming device, especially since it has Dualshock 3 controller support out of the box (more on that later).
In terms of overall performance, the Xperia Z2 Tablet is close to current flagship tablets, trading blows with them on the different tests.
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