Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra Work + Gaming Performance
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra : Work Performance
We first tested the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.
| Work 3.0 | Galaxy Z Flip 3 |
Galaxy S22 Ultra |
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra |
Galaxy Tab S7+ |
Galaxy Tab S7 FE |
| Mobile Platform | SD 888 | SD 8 Gen 1 | SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 865+ | SD 778G |
| Performance Score | 13317 | 12860 | 12351 | 12348 | 9747 |
| Web Browsing | 11637 | 10442 | 9696 | 11864 | 7355 |
| Video Editing | 7762 | 7444 | 6194 | 7664 | 6028 |
| Writing | 15316 | 15471 | 14411 | 12659 | 10512 |
| Photo Editing | 25357 | 30177 | 31774 | 26230 | 22188 |
| Data Manipulation | 11938 | 9691 | 10449 | 9511 | 8505 |
Surprisingly, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Get 1 was slightly slower than the Snapdragon 888 used by the Galaxy Z Flip 3, but the difference was just 7%, which means you won’t actually notice the difference.
For certainly, it will easily handle anything you throw at it, whether it’s just posting your latest Instagram pictures or editing a 4K video.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra : Gaming Performance
For gaming, we tested the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra using 3DMark, with these results :
| 3DMark | Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra |
Galaxy S22 Ultra |
Galaxy Z Flip 3 |
Galaxy Tab S7+ |
Galaxy Tab S7 FE |
| Device | SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 8 Gen 1 | SD 888 | SD 865+ | SD 778G |
| Sling Shot Unlimited | 10728 | 11094 | 9248 | 8793 | 6688 |
| Wild Life Unlimited | 9838 | 9106 | 3952 | – | – |
| Wild Life Extreme Unlimited |
2221 | 2220 | 1174 | – | – |
Look at that! The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 was a head above the competition when it comes to gaming!
It was 16% to 150% faster than the Snapdragon 888, and 22% faster than the Snadragon 865+!
For certain, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will crush any game you throw at it.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra : Overall Performance
We then tested the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra using AnTuTu, yielding these results :
| AnTuTu | Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra |
Galaxy S22 Ultra |
Galaxy Z Flip 3 |
Galaxy Tab S7+ |
Galaxy Tab S7 FE |
| Device | SD 8 Gen 1 | SD 8 Gen 1 | SD 888 | SD 865+ | SD 778G |
| AnTuTu Score | 950630 | 889167 | 696767 | 577726 | 508008 |
| CPU | 213689 | 203090 | 206228 | 161243 | 157465 |
| GPU | 417669 | 402617 | 242573 | 230859 | 155115 |
| Memory | 161903 | 146002 | 133586 | 98269 | 79972 |
| UX | 157369 | 137458 | 114380 | 87355 | 115456 |
The AnTuTu benchmark confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is a veritable beast of a performer, beating even the very fast Galaxy Z Flip 3 by 36%.
Its GPU performance was, in particular, spectacular, delivering 72% better performance than the Galaxy Z Flip 3, and 81% better performance than the Galaxy Tab S7+!
Interestingly, it was 7% faster than the Galaxy S22 Ultra, which uses the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. This is likely due to better cooling – its temperature only increased by 0.3°C, whereas the S22 Ultra’s temperature spiked by over 10°C!
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