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NVIDIA Shield Tablet
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NVIDIA Shield Tablet

Tablet Released

Display diagonal
8 in
Chipset
NVIDIA Tegra K1 (T124)
Battery capacity
5,197 mAh

Graphics & compute benchmarks

Archived cohort medians

GFXBench, GLBenchmark and CompuBench results retain the tested system, API, operating system and resolution. Offscreen tests fix the render resolution; onscreen results also reflect the display workload. These historical submissions do not establish performance in current games.

1080p ALU 2 OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

56.03* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

1080p Driver Overhead 2 OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

22.58* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

1080p Manhattan 3.1 OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

23.18* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

1080p Manhattan OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

33.77* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

1080p T-Rex OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

64.44* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

1080p Texturing OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · MTexels/s

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

5,356* MTexels/s

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

1440p Manhattan 3.1.1 OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 2560 x 1440 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

12.63* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Aztec Ruins High Tier OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 2560 x 1440 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

5.88* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Aztec Ruins High Tier OffscreenAndroid / Vulkan / 2560 x 1440 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

5.37* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Aztec Ruins Normal Tier OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

16.72* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Aztec Ruins Normal Tier OffscreenAndroid / Vulkan / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

16.46* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Car Chase OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

15.02* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Tessellation OffscreenAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1080 / offscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

61.28* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

ALU 2Android / OpenGL / 1920 x 1104 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

39.82* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Aztec Ruins High TierAndroid / OpenGL / 1920 x 1104 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

9.95* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Aztec Ruins High TierAndroid / Vulkan / 1920 x 1104 / onscreen · fps

Higher is better.

NVIDIA Shield Tablet

9.44* fps

NVIDIA Shield tablet

NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 · SoC: NVIDIA(R) Tegra(R) K1 (Cortex A15 - ARMv7)

Median results, not the best run. Sample counts and individual test dates are unreported. Different systems using the same GPU remain separate configurations.

Benchmark results

  • Reported score · version unreported · cpu_score7,984*Platform unreported Compare results
  • Reported score · version unreported · gpu_score97,876*Platform unreported Compare results

Display

Display diagonal
8 in
Resolution
1920x1200
Panel
IPS Retinal LCD
Horizontal pixels
1,920 px
Vertical pixels
1,200 px

Processing & platform

Chipset
NVIDIA Tegra K1 (T124)
Processor
Cortex-A15
CPU cores
4
Clock configuration
2.2 GHz
Graphics
NVIDIA GK20A (Kepler)

Memory & storage

Memory options

  • 2 GB
    Capacity
    2 GB

Storage options

  • 16 GB
    Capacity
    16 GB
  • 32 GB
    Capacity
    32 GB

Cameras

  • 5 MP
    Light-capture estimate
    Not available Sensor size and aperture are needed.
    Flash
    None
    Resolution
    5 MP

Area-based index at equal illumination, f-number and exposure time. Not a camera-quality rating; lens transmission, sensor efficiency and processing are excluded.

Battery & charging

Battery capacity
5,197 mAh
Removable battery
No
Battery technology
Li-Ion

Connectivity & software

Operating system
android 4.4.2*
Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
4.0 + LE

Connectivity & features

  • 3.5mm jack

Cellular networks

  • 2G GSM
  • 3G UMTS
  • 4G LTE

Variants & identifiers

Also known as

  • Nvidia SHIELD Tablet

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 7 fields
cpu
cores
4*
freq
2.2*
name
Cortex-A15*
date
2014-07-01T15:00:00.000Z*
display
h
1,200*
s
8*
w
1,920*
maker
name
Nvidia*
memory
ram
2,048*
rom
16,384*
name
id
SHIELD Tablet*
long
SHIELD Tablet*
os
type
android*
ver
4.4.2*
Specifications 2 · 3 fields
name
Nvidia SHIELD Tablet*
cpu score
7,984*
gpu score
97,876*

* Provisional data