Take a look at the performance of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, and find out how well this ultra-premium tablet performs!
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra : Flagship Class Performance!
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra runs on the most powerful mobile SoC available for Android devices – the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Fabricated on the latest 4nm Samsung process technology, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 boasts a powerful Adreno 730 GPU as well as eight processor cores in a triple-tier architecture :
- a Cortex-X2 prime core running at up to 3 GHz,
- three sustained-performance Cortex-A710 cores running at up to 2.5 GHz, and
- four energy-efficient Cortex-A510 cores running at 1.8 GHz.
On paper, this is about as powerful as it gets in 2022, but let’s take a look at how it actually performs!
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!
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra : Performance Summary
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra was meant to be the ultimate Samsung tablet for 2022, and it does not disappoint.
Built around the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 – the fastest mobile SoC that exists for Android devices – it offers a tremendous boost in GPU performance, which should make gamers and mobile content creators happy.
The benchmark results amply demonstrates, you can count on the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra to easily handle anything and everything you throw at it.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra : Price + Availability
Samsung is offering the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra in five RAM + storage capacity options globally :
- 8 GB + 128 GB
- 12 GB + 256 GB / 512 GB
- 16 GB + 256 GB / 512 GB
But over here in Malaysia, it is available with 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage for RM 5,899 (about US$1,387 / £1,063 / A$1,877 / S$1,892.
Here are some online pre-order options :
- Malaysia : RM5,599 | RM5,719 | RM5,899 | RM5,899
- Singapore : S$1,645 | S$1,689 | S$2,125
- United States : US$1,689 | US$1,389
- United Kingdom : £1,066 | £985
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