Test: Apple iPad Air 2 (A1567, 128 GB, LTE) (sammanfattning)

Name: Apple iPad Air 2 2014
Brand: Apple

Strykt och stärkt. Nu ännu tunnare och snabbare, men fortfarande lika sofistikerad, långlivad och elegant som föregångaren. Apples iPad Air 2 omges av många superlativ och är verkligen den bästa modellen hittills. Men det finns också några mindre nackdelar, och iOS 8.1 fungerar fortfarande inte perfekt.

Daniel Schmidt, ✓ Stefanie Voigt, Published 11/13/2014 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 ...

Touchscreen Apple Tablet

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Microsoft Surface 2 Nokia Lumia 2520 Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Apple iPad Air 1 2013 Apple iPad Air 2 2014 DIN A4 ❌

Image Comparison

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iPad Air 2 (f/2.4, 1/60 sec, ISO 320, HDR)

Canon EOS 70D (f/4.5, 1/50 sec, ISO 100)

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iPad Air 2 (f/2.4, 1/242 sec, ISO 250)

Canon EOS 70D (f/5, 1/60 sec, ISO 100)

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iPad Air 2 (f/2.4, 1/15 sec, ISO 500)

Canon EOS 70D (f/4, 1/30 sec, ISO 2500)


413 cd/m²	422 cd/m²	438 cd/m²
412 cd/m²	423 cd/m²	446 cd/m²
425 cd/m²	413 cd/m²	447 cd/m²

Distribution av ljusstyrkan

Retina-Display tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2

Max: 447 cd/m² (Nits) Medel: 426.6 cd/m²
Distribution av ljusstyrkan: 92 %
Mitt på batteriet: 423 cd/m²
Kontrast: 693:1 (Svärta: 0.61 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.86 | 0.5-29.43 Ø4.92
ΔE Greyscale 2.37 | 0.5-98 Ø5.2
88% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
Gamma: 2.43

	Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	Nokia Lumia 2520 Adreno 330, 800 MSM8974, 32 GB eMMC Flash	Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Adreno 330, 801 APQ8074AB, 32 GB eMMC Flash
Screen		22%	-4%	-15%	-1%
Brightness middle	423	473 12%	290 -31%	753 78%	461 9%
Brightness	427	442 4%	291 -32%	699 64%	437 2%
Brightness Distribution	92	90 -2%	87 -5%	82 -11%	89 -3%
Black Level *	0.61	0.41 33%		0.77 -26%	0.59 3%
Contrast	693	1154 67%		978 41%	781 13%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	2.86	2.82 1%	2.37 17%	5.12 -79%	3.55 -24%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	2.37	1.45 39%	2.03 14%	6.46 -173%	2.58 -9%
Gamma	2.43 ^91%	2.47 ^89%	2.45 ^90%	2.4 ^92%	2.78 ^79%
CCT	6941 ^94%	6768 ^96%	6521 ^100%	6101 ^107%	6342 ^102%
Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998)	88		100 14%

* ... smaller is better

3DMark
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	21707 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	14858 Points -32%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	4552 Points -79%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	13908 Points -36%
Nokia Lumia 2520	16812 Points -23%
Microsoft Surface 2	14281 Points -34%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	18806 Points -13%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	33129 Points +53%
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	31542 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	18868 Points -40%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	4117 Points -87%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	13791 Points -56%
Nokia Lumia 2520	18048 Points -43%
Microsoft Surface 2	14812 Points -53%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	19518 Points -38%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	39590 Points +26%
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Physics (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	10379 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	8520 Points -18%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	7226 Points -30%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	14333 Points +38%
Nokia Lumia 2520	13562 Points +31%
Microsoft Surface 2	12692 Points +22%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	16678 Points +61%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	21086 Points +103%

Basemark X 1.1
Medium Quality (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	41488 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	4275 Points -90%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	17779 Points -57%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	25299 Points -39%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	36584 Points -12%
High Quality (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	29502 Points
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	7846 Points -73%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	12943 Points -56%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	28746 Points -3%

BaseMark OS II
Overall (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	1967 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	523 Points -73%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	886 Points -55%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	1431 Points -27%
System (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	4104 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	707 Points -83%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	1555 Points -62%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	1012 Points -75%
Graphics (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	4920 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	399 Points -92%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	1032 Points -79%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	8065 Points +64%

PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1
System (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	4979 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	2190 Points -56%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	2353 Points -53%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	5502 Points +11%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	6285 Points +26%
CPU Tests (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	73235 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	38536 Points -47%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	6717 Points -91%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	18213 Points -75%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	22985 Points -69%

Linpack Android / IOS
Single Thread (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	1021 MFLOPS
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	558 MFLOPS -45%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	85.2 MFLOPS -92%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	382.8 MFLOPS -63%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	347.9 MFLOPS -66%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	673 MFLOPS -34%
Multi Thread (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	2429 MFLOPS
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	977 MFLOPS -60%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	242.3 MFLOPS -90%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	770 MFLOPS -68%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	600 MFLOPS -75%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	726 MFLOPS -70%

AnTuTu v5 - Total Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014	63292 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	17247 Points -73%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	55435 Points -12%

Geekbench 3
32 Bit Single-Core Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	1479 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	327 Points
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	920 Points
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	915 Points
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	1127 Points
32 Bit Multi-Core Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 1 2013	2687 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700	1075 Points
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5	2712 Points
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet	2327 Points
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W	3495 Points

Legend

Apple iPad Air 2 2014 Apple A8X, PowerVR GXA6850, 128 GB eMMC Flash

Apple iPad Air 1 2013 Apple A7, PowerVR G6430, 16 GB eMMC Flash

LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026, Qualcomm Adreno 305, 16 GB eMMC Flash

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa, ARM Mali-T628 MP6, 16 GB eMMC Flash

Nokia Lumia 2520 Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974, Qualcomm Adreno 330, 32 GB eMMC Flash

Microsoft Surface 2 Nvidia Tegra 4, NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4, 32 GB eMMC Flash

Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB, Qualcomm Adreno 330, 32 GB eMMC Flash

NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W Nvidia Tegra K1, NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU, 16 GB iNAND Flash

Peacekeeper - --- (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	2750 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	1855 Points -33%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	640 Points -77%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	851 Points -69%
Nokia Lumia 2520 Adreno 330, 800 MSM8974, 32 GB eMMC Flash	542 Points -80%
Microsoft Surface 2 GeForce Tegra 4, 4, 32 GB eMMC Flash	791 Points -71%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Adreno 330, 801 APQ8074AB, 32 GB eMMC Flash	873 Points -68%

Browsermark - 2.1 (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	3646 points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	913 points -75%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	820 points -78%

Octane V2 - Total Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	10512 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	5113 Points -51%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	1810 Points -83%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	4588 Points -56%
Nokia Lumia 2520 Adreno 330, 800 MSM8974, 32 GB eMMC Flash	2714 Points -74%
Microsoft Surface 2 GeForce Tegra 4, 4, 32 GB eMMC Flash	3368 Points -68%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Adreno 330, 801 APQ8074AB, 32 GB eMMC Flash	4127 Points -61%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	6777 Points -36%

Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	291.1 ms *
Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	385.5 ms * -32%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	1137 ms * -291%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	1112 ms * -282%
Nokia Lumia 2520 Adreno 330, 800 MSM8974, 32 GB eMMC Flash	560 ms * -92%
Microsoft Surface 2 GeForce Tegra 4, 4, 32 GB eMMC Flash	384.5 ms * -32%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Adreno 330, 801 APQ8074AB, 32 GB eMMC Flash	1047 ms * -260%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	525 ms * -80%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	458 ms * -57%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	2396 ms *
Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	5584 ms * -133%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	16134 ms * -573%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	7847 ms * -228%
Nokia Lumia 2520 Adreno 330, 800 MSM8974, 32 GB eMMC Flash	11213 ms * -368%
Microsoft Surface 2 GeForce Tegra 4, 4, 32 GB eMMC Flash	10107 ms * -322%
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Adreno 330, 801 APQ8074AB, 32 GB eMMC Flash	7427 ms * -210%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	4286 ms * -79%

BaseMark OS II - Web (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	1263 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	537 Points -57%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	820 Points -35%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	863 Points -32%

* ... smaller is better

PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 | BaseMark OS II

PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - Disk Tests (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	72371 Points
Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	22031 Points -70%
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	15088 Points -79%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	24545 Points -66%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	28478 Points -61%

BaseMark OS II - Memory (sort by value)
Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	832 Points
LG G Pad 10.1 V700 Adreno 305, 400 APQ8026, 16 GB eMMC Flash	493 Points -41%
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	468 Points -44%
NVIDIA Shield Tablet P1761W GeForce ULP K1 (Tegra K1 Kepler GPU), K1, 16 GB iNAND Flash	596 Points -28%

Hög belastning

Låg belastning


31 °C	36.2 °C	31.3 °C
30.5 °C	30.5 °C	30.4 °C
30.8 °C	29.7 °C	30.2 °C

Max: 36.2 °C
Medel: 31.2 °C


33.7 °C	42.8 °C	35.4 °C
32.3 °C	28 °C	33.4 °C
31 °C	32 °C	31.9 °C

Max: 42.8 °C
Medel: 33.4 °C

Strömförsörjning (max.) 47.7 °C | Rumstemperatur 21.1 °C | Voltcraft IR-350

(+) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 31.2 °C / 88 F, compared to the average of 30 °C / 86 F for the devices in the class Tablet.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 36.2 °C / 97 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F, ranging from 20.7 to 53.2 °C for the class Tablet.
(±) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 42.8 °C / 109 F, compared to the average of 33.3 °C / 92 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 30 °C / 86 F, compared to the device average of 30 °C / 86 F.

Strömförbrukning

Av/Standby	0 / 0.1 Watt
Låg belastning	1.2 / 5.1 / 5.4 Watt
Hög belastning	7.9 / 11.1 Watt


Förklaring: min: , med: , max: Voltcraft VC 960

Batteritid

Låg belastning (utan WLAN, min. ljusstyrka)		22tim 44min
Surfa med WLAN		10tim 30min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p		9tim 22min
Hög belastning (maximal ljusstyrka)		3tim 32min

	Apple iPad Air 2 2014 PowerVR GXA6850, A8X, 128 GB eMMC Flash	Apple iPad Air 1 2013 PowerVR G6430, A7, 16 GB eMMC Flash	Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Mali-T628 MP6, 5420 Octa, 16 GB eMMC Flash	Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Adreno 330, 801 APQ8074AB, 32 GB eMMC Flash	Nokia Lumia 2520 Adreno 330, 800 MSM8974, 32 GB eMMC Flash
Battery Runtime		7%	1%	18%	2%
Reader / Idle	1364	1425 4%	1094 -20%	1318 -3%	977 -28%
H.264	562	644 15%	395 -30%	875 56%	679 21%
WiFi	630	553 -12%	600 -5%	590 -6%	803 27%
Load	212	257 21%	333 57%	268 26%	186 -12%

Apple iPad Air 2 är fortfarande en riktigt bra surfplatta som tilltalar med material av hög kvalitet och sin nu ännu slankare konstruktion. Tyvärr resulterar den tunna konstruktionen även i vissa nackdelar, eftersom plattan blivit mer tryckkänslig jämfört med föregångaren. Skärmen är fortfarande en av de bästa som kan uppbringas i en surfplatta. Svärtan har tyvärr försämrats något, men ligger ändå på en mycket hög nivå. Endast Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 slår iPad Air på fingrarna i alla kategorier vad gäller skärmen.

Den nya A8X-processorn och grafikkretsen PowerVR GX6650 är en av de snabbaste kombinationerna på marknaden. Bara Nvidia Tegra K1 kan utmana och ibland överträffa Appleplattan. Det ska bli intressant att se om Google Nexus 9 också stryps under kontinuerlig belastning. Det här är lite irriterande när det gäller iPad Air 2, eftersom CPU-prestandan sjunker till nästan samma nivå som A7 i Geekbench 3. Ändå är iPad mycket snabb, och prestandaförsämringarna för närvarande inte märkbara.

Vissa problem med iOS 8.1 finns kvar. Några är åtgärdade, men operativsystemet är fortfarande inte perfekt och många appar behöver justeras. Andra frågetecken är avlägsnandet av den konfigurerbara vippbrytaren, signalbruset i Bluetooth-anslutningen, och det faktum att en dyr premiumprodukt inte stöder Bluetooth 4.1 eller LTE Cat. 6.

Apple levererar verkligen en bra uppgradering, men enligt vår mening finns det ingen anledning att byta upp sig om du redan äger den första iPad-Air. Användare av äldre iPads har å andra sidan mycket goda incitament för en uppgradering.