Benchmarks comparing Archos 101 IT, Toshiba Folio 100 and Acer Iconia A500 Tablets

Archos 101 IT and Toshiba Folio 100 tablets have been out for a while, but they are still great machines for anyone having a small budget (less than 350 euros) to invest in a 10 inches capacitive tablet.

This article provides a head to head benchmark comparison for both devices, focusing on the CPU and memory performance. The dual core Nvidia Tegra 250 CPU gives a great advantage to the Toshiba Folio 100 tablet, let’s see how it goes.

Benchmarks results

	Archos 101 IT	Toshiba Folio 100	Acer Iconia 500
CPU CPU Speed Memory	Texas Instrument OMAP 3630 Single-Core ARM Cortex-A8 1000 Mhz 256 Mb	Nvidia Tegra 250 Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9 1000 Mhz 512 Mb	Nvidia Tegra 250 Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A9 1000 Mhz 1024 Mb
Test setup Firmware version	Stock firmware 2.3.26 in Overdrive mode (1000 Mhz)	FolioMod 1.4 Custom firmware running at 1000 Mhz	android 3.0.1 build acer_a500_1.015.05_com_gen1 running at 1000 Mhz
SetCPU native bench lower is faster	C: 829.37 Neon:336.53	C: 568.97 No Neon support on Tegra2	C: 541.433 No Neon support on Tegra2
Linpack higher is faster	12.791	36.088	42.903
Neocore (760×480) higher is faster	24.2 fps	55.9 fps
Smartbench 2011 higher is faster	Prod. index: 838 Games Index: 1136	Prod. index: 2638 Games Index: 1927
Quadrant Pro higher is faster	Total: 1202 CPU: 2639 Mem: 1201 I/O: 1647 2D: 203 3D: 319	Total: 2762 CPU: 5858 Mem: 2541 I/O: 4217 2D: 210 3D: 986	Total: 2285

Benchmark results pictures

Archos 101 IT	Toshiba Folio 100

Thanks to Cajl for providing benchmarks for the Iconia 500.

For Archos performance improvements, you can also refer to our benchmark on the Archos 70 IT overclocked up to 1200 Mhz.

Please remember benchmarks are just numbers measuring the raw performance of a device. They do not reflect the stability of the system, and the short or medium term durability. We do not recommend overclocking if you don’t really need it, overclocking make the hardware run at an higher clock rate than it was designed for, it will drain your battery quicker and may reduce your tablets components life.

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