UK consumer watchdog Which? tested a range of popular tablets and discovered that when it comes to speed, theres only one champion, and thats Microsofts Surface Pro 3.
It turns out it wasnt only Microsofts slate that bested Apples tablets in the speed stakes. The Pad Mini 3, which sells for £319 in the UK, was beaten by the Tesco Hudl 2 which costs just £99.
Which? tested the tablets using the Geekbench software, and Microsoft Surface Pro 3 managed the highest score of 5,069, comfortably beating the Apple iPad Air 2 on 4,046 and the Google Nexus 9 on 3,537. Dont bother getting your calculators out, that means the Surface Pro 3 is 20 per cent faster than the iPad Air 2.
Our tablet speed test is a great indication of how fast tablets can run when downloading apps or using multiple functions at once, said Which? editor Richard Headland.
Nowadays we expect everything in a swipe or a click of the button, so understanding how quickly a tablet is able to process information is important to buyers.
The scores for the ten tested tablets are as follows:
1)Microsoft Surface Pro 3 128GB i5: 5,069
2)Apple iPad Air 2: 4,046
3)Google Nexus 9: 3,537
4)Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 2014: 3,060
5)Apple iPad Air 32GB wi-fi: 2,687
6)Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1: 2,650
7)Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5: 2,594
8)Asus MEMO Pad 7 ME572C: 2,351
9)Tesco Hudl 2: 2,084
10)Apple iPad mini 3: 1,790
Naturally there will be some (or maybe a lot) of disagreement when it comes to these findings, so sound off in the comments below.
