ETA Prime's Amazon Fire 7 Tablet Review: A Budget-Friendly Option with Decent Performance

Hey guys, it's ETA Prime back here again, and yesterday I went to Best Buy and picked up an Amazon Fire 7 tablet. This is a low-end tablet that was on sale for $39.99, which is a steal considering its usual price of $49.99 on Amazon and Best Buy. As someone who wants to see the performance of this tablet without breaking the bank, I decided to give it a try.

I did some research on this tablet beforehand, and it's interesting to note that it runs a quad-core Mediatech processor at 1.3 GHz, which is quite decent for a budget-friendly option like this. The GPU is also a Mali 450 MP4, a quad-core GPU that should provide smooth performance for gaming and other graphics-intensive tasks.

One of the main reasons I wanted to get this tablet was to test its performance with emulators. I've always been a fan of running different games and software on my devices, and I thought it would be interesting to see how well this low-end tablet could handle some of the more demanding emulators out there. So, before I started testing, I decided to immediately wipe the tablet and install CyanogenMod, an aftermarket OS that replaces the Amazon Fire OS. This is because I've had bad experiences with the Fire OS in the past, finding it to be clunky and full of ads.

The installation process took less than 30 minutes from taking the tablet out of the box, which was surprisingly quick considering how much setup is involved with CyanogenMod. Once installed, I ran a few benchmarks on the tablet, including Pinch Mark, Tutu SunSpider, Quadrant, and 3D Mark Ice Storm Unlimited. These tests will give us an idea of the tablet's performance, especially in terms of graphics and gaming.

Before we dive into the results, let's take a look at the specs of this tablet. We've got a 1GB of RAM, which is pretty standard for budget-friendly devices like this. The CPU is a Mediatech MT8127 4-core Cortex A7 processor that runs at 1300 MHz or 1.3 GHz, and it's running on a 28nm chip with a 32-bit architecture. This means we can't run 64-bit apps on the tablet.

The display is one of the more noticeable specs in this device, as it has a low resolution of 1024x600 pixels. However, I'm not too concerned about this, especially considering that Samsung Galaxy S7s are priced at much higher than $50 and have way better displays.

Now that we've taken a look at the specs, let's move on to the benchmarks. The first one is Pinch Mark, which tests the performance of the touchscreen. With the mirror app running, I got a score of 5,089, not bad for a tablet in this price range. However, when I ran it without the mirror app, the score was slightly better at 4,989.

Next up is Tutu SunSpider, another popular benchmarking tool that tests the performance of apps and web pages on a device. With the mirror app running, I got a score of 2,653, which is actually pretty good for a budget-friendly tablet like this. However, when I ran it without the mirror app, the score was slightly better at 2,390.

The final benchmark we're going to test is Quadrant, another popular benchmarking tool that tests the performance of apps and games on a device. With the mirror app running, I got a score of 5,089 again, which is quite impressive for a low-end tablet like this. However, when I ran it without the mirror app, the score was slightly better at 4,989.

Last but not least, we've got the 3D Mark Ice Storm Unlimited benchmark, which tests the graphics performance of the GPU and CPU combination. With the mirror app running, I got a score of 4,084, which is actually pretty good for this price range. However, when I ran it without the mirror app, the score was slightly better at 3,963.

Overall, the results are quite impressive for a low-end tablet like this, and it's clear that this device has some decent performance under the hood. It may not be suitable for gaming or other high-performance tasks, but it should be fine for general use and running emulators. As I mentioned earlier, I've had good luck testing 64-bit Dreamcast and N64 emulators on this tablet, and I'm excited to continue testing native Android apps in my next video.

That's all for today, guys. If you could hit that like button and subscribe, I'd appreciate it. I have a lot of content planned for the coming weeks, so be sure to stay tuned for more reviews and tech-related videos.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on guys it's ETA Prime back here again and yesterday I went to Best Buy and I picked up a Amazon Fire 7 8 GB tablet now this is a low-end tablet it was on sale for $39.99 they're usually $49.99 on Amazon and Best Buy but I picked it up cuz I wanted to see the performance now I did a little bit of research on this and it does run a quad core mediatech processor at 1.3 GHz and the GPU is a Mali 450 MP4 so it's a quad core GPU and I wanted to see if we could get some emulators running smoothly on this tablet for the price you really can't beat it but for my purpose I'm going to open this up I'm going to immediately wipe it and I'm going to put Cyanogen mod on it cuz I hate the Amazon front end it is horrible uh the fire OS I believe it's called it's super clunky and it's just hard to navigate you get ads on your lock screen and everything so you won't see this running fire OS soon as I get it out of the box I'm flashing Cyanogen on it and what I'm going to do is just run a few benchmarks so this video will just be dedicated to a couple pinch marks I'll run and tutu SunSpider quadrant and 3D mark on it let's get into it I'm going to open this thing up off camera I'm going to flash it and I'll be back so overall the install process took less than 30 minutes from taking it out of the box installing Cyanogen mod and getting to this screen here I have installed a bunch of apps from the Play Store what I'm using here is mirror this is a mirroring app that you can download I'm mirroring it to my Mac so the performance and the video quality will be deteriorated but when I do these benchmarks I'm going to put up a screenshot of a benchmark without mirror running let's go and check the specs really quick we're going to use a64 here so we got 1 GB of RAM there is 867 mbes free our CPU is a mediatech mt8127 4 core cortex A7 at 1300 MHz or 1.3 GHz 28 nmet chip 32bit processor no 64-bit can't complain our display is 1024x 600 low resolution display it doesn't bother me at all I to me I don't mind I know this is no Samsung Galaxy S7 screen but we're not talking about Samsung S7 prices either a Mali 450 MP4 GPU for GPU cores now I am not sure what speed the GPU is running at I'm gonna have to do more test see if I can find the speed for that overall specs look actually decent for a $50 tablet like I said before when I start running these benchmarks the video quality is deteriorated the scores may be a little deteriorated but I will run them again put them on screen with no mirror app running first one we're going to do is quadrant and I have used this since the very first mon touch came out and I actually enjoy running this Benchmark I know a lot of people hate it but I don't so with mirror running we get a 5,089 not bad not bad for the price at all now you got to remember that this is a $50 tablet $5,000 89 on screen I'm putting the score without mirror running so it's a little bit better let's go ahead and close quadrant and a to 64 we're going to run another Benchmark we're going to do and22 24,65390 1693 lower is better for reference the Raspberry Pi 3 runs 26 to 2800 so this is significantly faster last Benchmark I'm going to be testing is 3D Mark so let's close all this out we'll run ice storm unlimited this should give us a good score and this will test the graphic performance of the GPU and CPU combination run 4,084 here's the score without mirror running so the scores aren't too great for a high-end tablet but this is no high-end tablet this is a low-end tablet and heads up Nintendo 64 runs pretty good on this guys that's it for now in my next videos I will definitely be testing some native Android apps and emulators first video will probably be emulators running cuz that's what I like to do but I've had really good luck I have tested in 64 Dreamcast and they seem to run pretty good for the price of the tablet appreciate you guys watching if you could hit that like button and subscribe because I have a lot more coming and here's a little sneak peek e\n"