The Google Nexus 7 has the Tegra 3 CPU on board, but you already know that. You also know that it’s running at 1.3 GHz, but recently the folks of XDA pushed it to the limit, reaching 2.0 GHz in frequency. The screenshots below are pretty clear on that aspect and last I heard this model was overclocked to 1.7 GHz, but now it surpassed that limit.
At 1.7 GHz Nexus 7 scored 7000 points in Quadrant and now it’s at 8000 with 2 GHz. Now the customization doesn’t involve the famous Trinity (derkenel) software, instead relying on a solution from Simms22 and Clemsyn at XDA Developers. Clemsyn came up with an experimental test kernel, one not meant for the public, that pushes the CPU to 2.0 GHz. While some are using his solution to push the performance to 1.8 GHz, the 2.0 GHz one is not stable and causes some issues.
With the scores you see here, even the Qualcomm quad core Snapdragon S4 is beat. Simms is saying that the Nexus 7 and Tegra 3 at 2.0 GHz are not stable, but with a few more tweaks it may become that way. More details can be found in the XDA thread in the source link below. Now imagine an overclocked Snapdragon S4 Pro…
