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Hardware Performance
The Nexus 7 is home a NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. This includes a low power core for basic tasks and the ULP Geforce GPU. This T30L chipset is essentially a lower clocked Tegra 3 part compared to the one found in HTC’s One X smartphone.
There is 1 GB of RAM, of which roughly 975 MB is available to Android. This figure can vary depending upon workload as more RAM is required by the GPU by games.
Internal storage of the Nexus 7 is limited to either 8 or 16 GB, depending upon if you are willing to spend an extra 40 quid for the larger capacity. I have the 16 GB model and available storage is 13.24 GB, while on the smaller model it is a bit under 6 GB.
The Nexus 7’s main rival is the HTC One X. The device from HTC has a higher processor clock speed while the Nexus 7 has a newer and bloat-free software version on its side.
The Nexus 7 won this little shootout in six out of eight benchmarks where both devices have results. The One X’s higher clocks are most apparent in CF-Bench and GLBenchmark Pro – a graphics demo showing its age.
The Samsung Galaxy S III with its Exynos 4412 chipset consistently outperforms the Nexus 7, except in GLBenchmark’s Egypt HD test, where it managed a draw.
The Nexus 7’s performance is top of the line and is quite easily the most powerful device in its price and even size range.
