M1 iPad Pro Over 50% Faster Than Previous Generation in Early Benchmarks

[chucker23n1]

How does that compare with the new iPad Air?

8% faster in single-threaded tasks, and 73% faster in multi-threaded tasks (with 4+4 instead of 2+4 cores).

This is largely explained by the slightly higher 3.2 GHz vs. 3 GHz clock.

 

[Macalway]

It's like putting a V12 in a Prius...why bother.

Awesome idea, thanks.

 

[appleoc]

New iPad owners better hope you see a huge iPadOS surprise. Otherwise, there may be a lot of unhappy people.

Not necessarily because an iPad upgrade is always good, these iPads don't just stop working in a year.

 

[BornAgainMac]

That doesn't sound so fast.

 

[roncron]

The power of the M1 is wasted on a device that runs iPadOS.

True also for the A12Z.

 

[cicalinarrot]

Must resist, must resist… It’s just a glorified A14X. Must resist…

It totally is. But it deserved being glorified, rebranded and given to Macs.
Some silly reviewers said “buy an iPad now that it has the cool Macs’ M1 processor”. They’ve been fooled by that ad were Cook steals the M1 from a Mac and puts it in an iPad because it clearly went the other way round. But hasn’t Apple been bragging for years about iPad Pro being faster than Intel laptops? They still run dual core processors...

 

[applicious84]

Apple gimps A12Z to make M1 look better, gimp-gate you heard it here first

This is an awful thing to say

 

[DesignTime]

Breaking news: 2022 iPad Pros 50% faster than older models.

 

[nStyle]

So, in comparison to my 4 years old A10x powered iPad pro 10.5”, the new one has

• 2x in single threaded performance,
• 3x in multi,
• 3x in graphics,
• 2x ram.

Pretty solid improvements I think.

I’m more impressed the 10.5 has held up so well. Despite these on paper improvements, the real world benefit is negligible. WWDC I guess

 

[Apple_Robert]

Not necessarily because an iPad upgrade is always good, these iPads don't just stop working in a year.

I understand that. I have a 2020 iPad Pro. For the hardware upgrade, not to mention the price, the OS should allow more than it currently does, in my opinion.

 

[Sankew]

I'm pretty sure these got leaked this early cause of the tech YouTubers who would have got the iPad Pro recently and run a benchmark to check the performance

 

[RavynArcadia]

Whatever, Intel still makes the world’s best microprocessors. I’m better off owning a Microsoft Surface.

And yet isn't AMD beating them? I'll take an iPad over a surface anyday.

 

[Serban55]

That spec, in and of itself really doesn't mean much at all, especially when the iPad has to use a crippled OS that doesn't allow full use potential.

These days, not the os is important..the apps are
If they will bring full photoshop, xcode, finalcut pro, logic pro ..its done, its perfect

 

[MauiPa]

Apple gimps A12Z to make M1 look better, gimp-gate you heard it here first

huh? you heard it here first!

 

[Serban55]

It's like putting a V12 in a Prius...why bother.

Why put an dead engine like v12 into an future engine bay like hybrid or electric car?!

 

[jhwalker]

Great - I can play Solitaire 50% faster!

Seriously, that's pretty much what I do with my iPad Pro ... 🙁

 

[MauiPa]

Whatever, Intel still makes the world’s best microprocessors. I’m better off owning a Microsoft Surface.

Then why are the Surfaces so dad gum slow? and why can't they run something better than Windows, dah?

 

[Serban55]

Whatever, Intel still makes the world’s best microprocessors. I’m better off owning a Microsoft Surface.

Hope you are not owning surface pro x with arm

 

[xxray]

So, in comparison to my 4 years old A10x powered iPad pro 10.5”, the new one has

• 2x in single threaded performance,
• 3x in multi,
• 3x in graphics,
• 2x ram.

Pretty solid improvements I think.

And yet, my 10.5 Pro still runs as well as day 1 beside some battery degradation and software bugs.

 

[Apple_Robert]

This days, not the os is important..the apps are
If they will bring full photoshop, xcode, finalcut pro, logic pro ..its done, its perfect

The OS is the core. Without a strong OS that allows the iPad to use more of its abilities, apps will be strapped as well.

 

[Serban55]

Whatever, Intel still makes the world’s best microprocessors. I’m better off owning a Microsoft Surface.

What!? Wake up, the best is the arm cpu from japan

 

[Manatee]

If only it had the OS and apps I need to make use of that performance. Maybe next year.

 

[Manzanito]

Whatever, Intel still makes the world’s best microprocessors. I’m better off owning a Microsoft Surface.

Intel doesn’t even make the best x86 microprocessors anymore.

 

[0-0]

Wow cannot believe they are running it at full speed amazing job apple

 

[MICHAELSD]

so does that, like make it, like the fastest ipad ever made??

Spoiler alert: next year’s iPad Pro will be the fastest iPad ever made.