amazon’s developer page says it uses a MediaTek MT8173 (64-bit quad-core),
And the MediaTek MT8173 is listed at notebook check
The Mediatek MT8173 is an upper mainstream ARM SoC (System on a chip) that was introduced in March 2015 and is primarily used for Android based tablets. It is manufactured in a 28 nm process and has a total of four CPU cores with two Cortex-A72 and two Cortex-A53 cores in a big.LITTLE configuration. The graphics unit is based on the IMG Series 6XT (Rogue) and has the designation PowerVR GX6250. Among others, the GPU includes a video decoder with 4K and H.265 support.
with one set of lackluster Geekbench 3 scores,
(1385 Single 2909 Multicore)
Compare that to an Apple A9X (used in an older iPad Pro)
3139 Single, 5343 Multicore
Now, I realize that geekbench is an absurd benchmark. But Apple themselves used it and others to justify the “iPad Pro – What’s a Computer?” campaign.
https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/01/ipad-pro-ad-computer-replacement/
This sort of thing actually fooled me into thinking that tablets had finally come of age, and I could think about replacing my ipad with something that supported the latest ancilary technologies (latest version of bluetooth, h.265 support etc). What I found out was that
1 PC like speed costs an arm and a leg.
2 Amazon, and indeed anything that’s affordable is way behind the performance curve.
3 I should save my money.
But I have different requirements and different budgets than you.
