why would you buy then instead of an intel on windows? at least you have all the legacy on x86Oh, they’ll be able to match the performance, they’ll just have to do what Intel does and pump more wattage through it
So no, that would be an end
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So no, that would be an end
My 9.7” iPad Pro has a muti-core score of 1,075 so this will be a huge upgrade for me.
Just download the app and run it of course. Actually, I didn't even run it. I just searched for the appropriate test results on the app website.
Heh. My iPad Air 2 does even worse.
Thought it would have been today, but I guess it is tomorrow AM then.
because, more wattage than Apple still means less wattage than Intel
Oh, they’ll be able to match the performance, they’ll just have to do what Intel does and pump more wattage through it
The other option is to fake benchmarks. A strategy that even Nvidia couldn't resist.
It's still ridiculously fast. That single core will not make a noticeable difference in day-to-day workflows. If you know for a fact that the iPad will take the place of a computer in most situations, I will say that anything higher than the 512GB model is completely unnecessary unless you need that much storage.
Yea I wish they included M1 more in these articles. As a M1 iPad Pro user I'm more likely to want to upgrade. Thankfully my iPad seems to run just fine though.
Single core performance is more relevant for the vast majority of ipad users… indeed for most Apple users in general.
If you're a power user and leverage multi core workloads all day, great. But for most people.. energy efficiency and other aspects of the hardware are much more relevant to the overall user experience.
If you're a power user and leverage multi core workloads all day, great. But for most people.. energy efficiency and other aspects of the hardware are much more relevant to the overall user experience.
Let alone power consumption. I've heard the current Snapdragon X Elite SoC chips are major power hogs.
M4 is within 2% of 4000 single-core for Geekbench 6.3.
I'm thinking one of the M4 series Macs is gonna is gonna hit 4000, if the fanless iPad doesn't.
That's for sure. M4 will love some cooling. I remember iPad's mini 6 got higher score with it's A15 compared to 13 Pro, because was better cooled by iPad chassis (and the A15 was binned in the iPad with lower clocks).
I think its something competitors really need to work on to catch up with apple in many ways.
Apples advantage is the vertical integration of so many aspects of the system.
Im really surprise Microsoft haven't pulled off the same yet with the surface devices… i think its coming.. they have the resources to do it.
Why just the space? Why not the 16Gb of Ram? Or the extra processor? Or the matte display option? Apple gave several “reasons” to upgrade to a 1Tb… I was going For 512 myself, but the 16Gb and the bonus of an extra core did the trick for me. It’s a bloody expensive thing either way, so why not future proof it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ooh, snap. ;-)
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16 GB, not 12.Can someone explain to me why moving to 1TB of storage will increase the CPU cores and increase the RAM from 8 to 12GB?
I dont need the extra storage but I don’t need Apple to trim the performance
Because they want to charge you more for it to make a greater profit.
That’s stupid! Why can’t it be configured like a laptop? I don’t need the storage. Give me more ram and cores.
Sometimes, Apple makes such idiotic pricing schemes. My Mind was set on the 512GB, but seeing the 1TB gets me double the RAM and more cores, I am thinking of getting the 1TB even though the storage is not my priority.
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All fanless devices will throttle if you put them through a power-intensive task, but we’ll see how well this 20% additional thermal improvement will do with Apple adding graphite to the iPad’s internals plus the copper in the logo. But yes, I would love to see some real-world testing on this.
This statement applies to all Apple products these days down to the iPhone and Macs. There is very little software available on any of them that will stress out an M-series processor or even a recent A-series chip, bugs notwithstanding on the iPhone 15 Pro’s. Just think of all the software you run on your Macs and iPhones. To me, the only things that come close to creating heat or throttling are games, and most of those don’t either. Even a standard 4K video rendering doesn’t make any current Apple device sweat. To the vast majority, the M1 versions of iPad or Mac are more than enough. People in these forums, though, tend to prefer having the biggest and best of everything, even if we don’t need the power.