According to geek bench browser, it's around the same ball park as a late 2009 Mac mini (2.5GHz Core2Duo)
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iPad Air Benchmarks Reveal 1.4 GHz A7 Processor, 2x Performance Gain Over iPad 4
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According to geek bench browser, it's around the same ball park as a late 2009 Mac mini (2.5GHz Core2Duo)
Actually, it does work that way. Google Moore's Law.
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Can you actually compare them like that? I seriously don't know but I am curious.
same basically performance in a 5s. The size of half your hand.... thats even crazier.
I'm not happy at how fast these expensive devices become outdated.
You should call apple and tell them to stop innovating.
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LOL , netbook = main PC
It's really stepping into the performance level of laptops a few years ago. That's really crazy and unimaginable when the original iPad debuted in 2010.
I remember when everyone completely ruled out that Apple will replace Intel with ARM processors on the low-end models.
Based on the development in the last two years and how far ARM Chips have come, i think it's possible.
Boost the processor in key areas and combine it with powerful, custom-built PowerVR Graphics, and you could do everything - REALLY everything - a standard user does today, including Video editing and gaming.
It could also bring the price down, or the weight, and offer even more battery life.
So what have Intel been doing the past couple of years exactly? I know they have improved on power consumption and what not but compared to how fast things are moving in the ARM world how exactly are Intel planning on competing in the long run?
At this speed it's only a few years until Apple's own Ax SoC's are more or less equal to Intel's offerings with lower power consumption and less heat created why would Apple carry on using Intel's chips in the future? Have Intel blinded themselves with the lack of competition from AMD and completely ignored the upcoming market that is ARM or something?
At this speed it's only a few years until Apple's own Ax SoC's are more or less equal to Intel's offerings with lower power consumption and less heat created why would Apple carry on using Intel's chips in the future? Have Intel blinded themselves with the lack of competition from AMD and completely ignored the upcoming market that is ARM or something?
Whoa whoa whoa. I'm still using an iPad 1. What wrong with that? Surfing still works just fine. In fact many apps are fine too. Is it fast, no. Does it work, yes.
I would like to upgrade but I can afford to, now if you want to send me one, PM me and we can get it set up! Lol
What about browsing the internet, sending emails, watching videos, playing games etc!! Things that most people do on these tablets.
iPad 2 is almoust 3 year old. Still impressive to be supported by the latest os.
Have been wondered same thing myself. Seems Intel like MS have felt comfortable with their desktop (and perhaps server) dominance. But once that segment shrinks, its not much left neither for MS nor Intel since they are late to the game in the mobile world.
Must be a nightmare for games developers (probably those most interested in the Air's performance boost) to get a game to work well across the iPad range, there's such a performance gap now. It's nothing like the console gaming market where the platform is completely stable/static for ~10 years.
Here, we're seeing a 5x-6x improvement in performance in 2 1/2 years.
Can't wait to see AAA games optimised for the Air/new mini.
Here, we're seeing a 5x-6x improvement in performance in 2 1/2 years.
Can't wait to see AAA games optimised for the Air/new mini.
It's far harder to scale down power consumption than it is to scale up performance. Plus, I really dislike using Geekbench as the be-all cross platform benchmark and making comments like X is 2x faster than Y. You simply need more data.
Where an Intel chip would excel is areas that demand more memory bandwidth than what the A7 has, which regular apps rarely stress. Video and image editing is a pretty good example.
I don't know. It surely would be an engineering challenge to get the same resolution, performance (& battery life) in a smaller enclosure, unless there's some compromises somewhere.
If it runs at the same clock speed, than yes. And since last years iPad mini only had an A5 its a 4x increase in CPU performance from year to year. iPad mini 1 buyers are really screwed now. They not even have Retina, which in my eyes is kind of mandatory for using iOS 7.
Someone needs to run a benchmark comparison against a MacBook Air
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I read that the iPhone 5s is faster than the first generation MacBook Air.
