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by lucian1900 4613 days ago
They're more "different" than "weak" nowadays. Most tablets have way more memory and much better SIMD than a 360, with a (now) similarly powerful GPU, but with much lower bandwidth. While the end results don't look as good as on a 360 overall, some aspects do indeed look better.

The one huge difference is the input method, which will always hold tablets back.
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kayoone 4613 days ago
Thats true but my fact still stands that in terms of raw processing power for games they are still far off. I believe a Xbox360 manages around 10 GTexels/sec while the ipad Air is around 3 GTexels/sec. For comparision a modern desktop GPU is at about 50-80 GT/s which is where the new console generation is at as well.

Same story for GFlops and most other relevant metrics..

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lucian1900 4613 days ago
But the tablets have much higher resolution and often no aliasing. It's not quite so clear-cut when comparing only the end-result.
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