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4 EU Gen7 GPU is likely to be quite competitive w/ iPad 4 GPU. Qualcomm's Adreno 330, while impressive in power unconstrained environments, throttles like made and does not run at full tilt for any real length of time in a commercial device.

Ashraf,

I've already made my projection here: #msg-88311787, and I wouldn't be as optimistic as to say that this would be competitive with Snapdragon 800.

I think we'll see several tiers of graphics products.

Top Tier: 3DMark Icestorm at 15-20+k
- Snapdragon 800
- Tegra 4
- Exynos 5420
- Apple A7X
- Haswell "Y" 6W
- AMD Temash 8W

Middle Tier: 3DMark Icestorm at 10-15k
- Bay Trail (see #msg-88311787)
- AMD Temash 3.9W (estimated)
- Apple A6X (estimated, not tested under this benchmark)
- Snapdragon 600 / S4 Pro (10-11k)
- Exynos 5410 (10k)

Bottom Tier: 3DMark Icestorm at <5k
- Tegra 3 (~3.5k)
- Mediatek MT8125 (~3k, SGX544, inside Asus MemoTab 7 HD)
- Exynos 4212 (~3k, Mali-400 MP4, inside Galaxy Tab 3 8.0)
- Intel Z2670 (~2k, SGX545)
- Marvell PXA986 (~2k, Vivante GC1000+ MP2, inside Galaxy Tab 3 7.0)

I do not expect Bay Trail to be as much performance as the next-gen bunch of 28nm-HPM SOCs about to roll out. It's certainly an improved position relative to Intel's prior instantiation, but I wouldn't set my expectations higher than winning middle-tier parts. Of course, we may see Haswell "Y" enter the scene with surprisingly good performance - assuming OEMs can keep it cool. But based on where the ARM SOCs are going, I think Haswell "Y" will be in good company.

Edit: finally found a score for the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 with Z2560 in it. It measures at about ~6k. Also includes a score for the Nexus 10 with Exynos 5150, which scores about ~8k. Hope that gives enough context to Bay Trail expectations.

http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/tablets/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-10-1.aspx