u/NienorGT

So, I purchased a (Walmart) onn 8.1 Core (2026) tablet to replace my ancient Samsung Tab and then I discover the whole new ADB and Immortal Launcher for Facebook portals and I started to play with it just to discover that this new tablet I just ordered is literally in the same ballpark as hardware goes.

I'm just speechless, Facebook really put good hardware in their Portals just to nerf it out with the worst software if a well reviewed entry level tablet from 2026 has very similar performance (except the double of RAM and a much much more responsive touchscreen lol).

I mean, on the technical side, the QCS605 in the Portal has A75 and A55 whereas the SM6225 (aka 865) in the onn Tab has a generation older combo of A73 and A53. On the graphical side however the Portal has an Adreno 615 while the onn Tab as an Adreno 610v2 and it seems like the V2 is better when I look at the specs on Wikipedia so I ran 3DMark and there it is also a clear win for the Portal this time.

I don't know if this info is useful, I just wanted to share it because it bewildered me to see such good performance from a 2019 "picture frame" made for video calls and how bad low-end tablets are and on top of all, these Portals were considered as eWaste only few months ago! Also, I paid $128CAD for TWO Facebook Portal (brand new, shipped by Facebook) in February 2022 and that onn tablet? $170CAD few days ago...

I just hope someone will find a way to fully jailbreak these and get a custom rom, if only for security purpose and also ditch Facebook stuff, because man Android 10 with 6 years old security patches is so ancient!

	Portal 10" 2nd Gen (2019)	onn 8.1" Core (2026)
Geekbench 6 Single	477	468
Geekbench 6 Multi	1324	1525
3DMark Slingshot Overall	3585	2243
3DMark Slingshot Graphics	3880	2139
3DMark Slingshot Physics	2831	2705

Link to Geekbench scores for more details (3DMark only give images to share)