What's faster: iOS 9 or iOS 10 on iPad Air (1st Gen)?

[baryon]

I have a first generation iPad Air running iOS 9, and it runs perfectly fine. It's fast, it has no bugs, and no problems whatsoever. I want to keep it that way.

Should I install iOS 10, or should I stay clear of it if I want to keep enjoying the good performance and responsiveness of my iPad? If iOS 10 is any slower than iOS 9, then I definitely don't want to upgrade.

 

[lagwagon]

iOS 10 (and its technically only beta still and also only 10.0) from my own experience and from what I've read of others is at the very least on par with iOS 9.3.5 performance, but in many cases actually better on a lot of devices. (Personally tested on iPhone 6, 12.9" iPad Pro and iPad 4)

 

[LolTakeri]

It is generally in par with 9.3.4(last I had). There is some lag with the home button,but it generally is great. I recommend you upgrade

 

[Suckfest 9001]

Here's a video that tests exactly that:

 

[JaJaWa]

The newest iOS 10 betas have got Spotlight search working properly on my iPad Air 1 and iPhone 6 Plus for the first time in their lives.

 

[bodonnell202]

I think performance wise they are pretty close, but iOS 10 feels faster as the animations are sped up a little.

 

[baryon]

Thanks everyone for the replies, so it doesn't seem that iOS 10 is slower than iOS 9, that's good news!

Here's a video that tests exactly that:

That's quite impressive, thanks for the video!

 

[Der Keyser]

I'm probably just an old grumpy man, but the speed differences has the biggest impact within critical apps like safari and email. The app launch/home button time - however annoying - does not impact nearly as hard as a 10% increase in webpage loadtime / reply to email and such.
The video does seem to suggest IOS 9 does still hold a small performance advantage within safari/email and other apps.
It's not much, but it's there, so please make sure it's within acceptable limits as there will be no going back.

 

[baryon]

I'm probably just an old grumpy man, but the speed differences has the biggest impact within critical apps like safari and email. The app launch/home button time - however annoying - does not impact nearly as hard as a 10% increase in webpage loadtime / reply to email and such.
The video does seem to suggest IOS 9 does still hold a small performance advantage within safari/email and other apps.
It's not much, but it's there, so please make sure it's within acceptable limits as there will be no going back.

Good point, the vast majority of the time I'm browsing web pages, so it sure would suck if it got any slower!

 

[Suckfest 9001]

I mean you can try iOS 10 now and you're pretty much guaranteed like a 2-3 week window in which you can downgrade back to 9.3.5 at any time. They won't stop signing 9.3.5 until past the public iOS 10 launch.