First look at the Archos 101 G9 Turbo (1.5 GHz) 250 Gb

It’s finally here ! The Archos G9 device running at 1.5 GHz is starting to ship, here are a few unboxing pictures of an Archos 101 G9 Turbo (1.5 GHz) 250 Gb.

To accomodate with the 250 Gb hardisk (Seagate Momentus Thin, the first 7mm standard hard drive) the tablet has lost it’s USB charging capabilities and now requires a dedicated power supply, it also gained 3 millimeters thickness (15.6 mm vs 12.6 mm) and 286 grams compared to the Flash disk models.

Archos 101 G9 250 Gb on top, Archos 101 G9 Flash version at the bottom.

For the recall, have a look at the benchmarks comparing the Archos 101 G9 1 Ghz, 1.2 GHz and 1.5 GHz, all 3 models in Flash disk configuration.

Benchmarks results

Archos 101 G9 Turbo 1.5 GHz Archos 101 G9 Turbo 1.2 GHz Archos 101 G9 1 GHz CPU GPU TI OMAP 4460 1.5 GHz PowerVR SGX540 384 MHz TI OMAP 4430 1.2 GHz PowerVR SGX540 304 MHz TI OMAP 4430 1.0 GHz PowerVR SGX540 304 MHz Test setup Firmware version 3.2.69 3.2.77 3.2.69 NenaMark2 (fps) higher is faster 21.6 20.2 19.1 GPUBench higher is faster Absolute 35453 Relative 22587 Absolute 35108 Relative 21415 Absolute 35278 Relative 20894 Quadrant higher is faster 2066 1752 1362 CF-Bench higher is faster Native score: 13664 Java score: 3627 Overall score: 7641 Native score: 11332 Java score: 3244 Overall score: 6479 Native score: 9423 Java score: 1771 Overall score: 4831 Vellamo higher is faster 1248 1169 969 Multitouch test 4 points

Don’t forget to check our review of the Archos G9 series and other articles on the Archos G9 devices.

Thanks to our friends from Jbmm.fr for the unboxing pictures, don’t forget to check out their site for more pictures about this device.