8 best tablets for games

On the company's website, this model is modestly called a premium tablet for a friendly family. In principle, if you evaluate the potential of the device, focusing on the characteristics of the screen and the available amounts of memory - marketers of the company are not so much exaggerated. Another thing is that for such a high resolution gaming performance of the popular single-chip system Snapdragon 625 may not be enough. Anyway, with maximum graphics quality settings. Adreno 506 is responsible for its processing in the SoC, and the capabilities of this accelerator are limited to 130 GFlops. Well, in AnTuTu the tablet gives out about 57 thousand points.

By the way, it’s not just like that about a friendly family. The device has a conveniently organized "children's" mode and can be protected from "blows of fate" with the help of a powerful bumper, screen filter and stickers on the back side (Kids' Package optional package).It remains to warn that in February a very ambiguous firmware update (number S000037_180203) was released, after the installation of which many owners had problems with power consumption and phantom clicks.

The latest reincarnation of the Tab S2 line was the 2016 model on the Snapdragon 652 single-chip system. Despite the already respectable age, it is still one of the best options for a middle-class gaming tablet. Actually, there is no big choice for mobile gamers. At least, from among the 10-inch tablets which are available in our retail. Apart from the iPad, which we will discuss below, only ZenPad (which is Z500KL) is able to make up some competition with the recommended tablet. But the latter is based on the 650th Snapdragon, which is two times smaller than the “fast” cores. In other words, the performance under load is lower. Adreno 510 is responsible for the graphics in both cases, and the “ceiling” of this GPU is limited to 180 GFlops. Like the latest family, the tab S2's internal memory is 32 Gb, not more. This is what is bad.

In general, a good gaming tablet with high-quality sound path, "tenacious" wireless interfaces and good autonomy. For hardcore gamers is not interesting, as far as Snapdragon 435 with Adreno 505 on board for such an application and is not designed (up to 50 GFlops). In addition, the tablet is equipped with far from the fastest flash memory of the possible options. Actually, only because of these reasons, the model receives such a low rating. If your game addiction does not extend further than quests or logic games - just a chic version of an 8-inch tablet. It’s a pity that the onscreen buttons do not move when the orientation is changed, but this panel can be hidden at all, and you can use the convenient and functional control button.

One of the most inexpensive tablet game class. All modern heavy games run on it at maximum settings, although it may be some subsidence in the FPS. The dual-core graphics accelerator provides performance of about 80 GFLOPS, and the device itself is gaining about 28 thousand conventional rating units in the AnTuTu program. The output of the picture is made on the display of very decent quality, the main disadvantage of which is the lack of automatic brightness control. The device battery capacity is impressive - not every top-level tablet can boast a 7000 mAh battery. Not surprisingly, the device shows almost record autonomy. Do not spoil the overall impression and powerful sound, as well as support for fourth-generation networks and dual-band Wi-Fi, conforming to the 802.11ac specification.

The outdated A9 processor, which is installed in this iPad, is capable of giving odds to almost any single-chip system of comparable cost. Its graphic part is able to process machine commands with a speed of 230 GFlops, and the tablet itself “gives out” about 125 thousand AnTuTu points. Bad with A9 only with multitasking, but gaming applications are well without it.

From the point of view of Apple, the model in question is a budget one; therefore, decent cameras are not suitable for it, the display has an air gap, and the sound through the speakers is mono. And for marketing reasons, there are no versions in the iPad line with 64 Gb internal memory, which is very sad for gaming use. Well at least with the autonomy of the iPad (2017) everything is in order. Please note that as a navigator you can use only the LTE version of the tablet (Wi-Fi + Cellular), and its price tag is not so pleasant to the eye.