Motorola Xoom Gets Overclocked to 1.5GHz

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Xoom, Xoom, Xoom!

The just-launched Motorola Xoom is an impressive piece of kit. Boasting Nvidia’s Tegra 2 processor, the device already packs a punch hefty enough to make an iPad blush. However, it seems that dual-core 1GHz CPU wasn’t enough for some people, as the Xoom has already been overclocked.

Coolbho3000 over on the xda-developers forums revealed the good news in a posting published last night:

Benchmarking speeds for 1.5GHz are 47 MFLOPS in Linpack for Android (versus 35 MFLOPS stock) and 3105 in Quadrant at, compared to 2226 stock.

Check out the video below for a demo of the benchmarking process:

Check out xda-developers for binaries, kernel source, and full instructions (via Engadget).

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23 Comments Comment from the forums
  • skyline100
    So how is the battery life?
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  • im_caius
    1.5GHz Dual Core..
    Sounds better then most netbooks!
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  • CTPAHHIK
    Nice work nVidia - definitely ahead of it's competition.

    Let's hope Apple will not buy you out to secure shipments of fastest hardware on the market in addition to displays.
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  • harth13
    the galaxy tab will kick ass
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  • salimbest83
    thats some impressive milestone..
    :)
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  • wwwldmhr
    great oc :P
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  • kcorp2003
    any heat issues?
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  • ewood
    awesome. but can it play... angry birds? haha
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  • Pc Guru_07
    great
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  • ulysses35
    but can it play Crysis ?
    Reply