Work + Gaming Performance
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE : Work Performance
We first tested the devices using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.
| Work 3.0 | Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra |
Galaxy Tab S7+ |
Galaxy Tab S9 FE |
Galaxy Tab S7 FE |
| Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 865+ |
Exynos 1380 |
SD 778G |
| Performance Score | 12351 | 12348 | 11650 | 9747 |
| Web Browsing | 9696 | 11864 | 9028 | 7355 |
| Video Editing | 6194 | 7664 | 6193 | 6028 |
| Writing | 14411 | 12659 | 15302 | 10512 |
| Photo Editing | 31774 | 26230 | 27122 | 22188 |
| Data Manipulation | 10449 | 9511 | 9248 | 8505 |
The Samsung Exynos 1380 did well in this test, delivering performance close – within 6% – to that of older flagship-class processors like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the Snapdragon 865+. Interestingly, the Exynos 1380 did better in the Galaxy A54, delivering a score of over 13.5K.
In any case, the Exynos 1380 is fast enough, even if we did not run this test – Galaxy Tab S9 FE did not feel slow at any app we tried.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE : Gaming Performance
For gaming, we tested the devices using 3DMark, with these results :
| 3DMark | Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra |
Galaxy Tab S7+ |
Galaxy Tab S7 FE |
Galaxy Tab S9 FE |
| Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 1 | SD 865+ | SD 778G | Exynos 1380 |
| Wild Life Extreme Unlimited |
2221 | – | – | 826 |
| Wild Life Unlimited | 9838 | – | – | 2997 |
| Sling Shot Unlimited | 10728 | 8793 | 6688 | 6223 |
Where the Samsung Exynos 1380 really falls is in gaming performance. Even in the easy Sling Shot Unlimited benchmark, it was 7% slower than the mid-range Snapdragon 778G, which is 2.5 years old.
That doesn’t mean the Galaxy Tab S9 FE is useless at games. It runs 2D games and simple 3D games like Roblox perfectly fine. It’s the more strenuous 3D games that it will struggle in.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE : Overall Performance
We then tested the Galaxy Tab S9 FE using AnTuTu, yielding these results :
| AnTuTu | Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra |
GGalaxy Tab S9 FE |
Galaxy Tab S7+ |
Galaxy Tab S7 FE |
| Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 1 | Exynos 1380 | SD 865+ | SD 778G |
| AnTuTu Score | 950630 | 591126 | 577726 | 508008 |
| CPU | 213689 | 193122 | 161243 | 157465 |
| GPU | 417669 | 136759 | 230859 | 155115 |
| Memory | 161903 | 118456 | 98269 | 79972 |
| UX | 157369 | 142789 | 87355 | 115456 |
The AnTuTu benchmark showed that this Fan Edition tablet performs at around the same level as the Snapdragon 865+, which is a flagship-class mobile SoC, albeit from 2020.
As you can see, its CPU is particularly fast, while its GPU is slow. In other words, this entry-level tablet will do great in work applications and simple games, but don’t rely on it for high-end 3D games!
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