Since Geekbench only tests CPU performance on calculations, the score will be similar to the iPad2. Unfortunately, no matter what kind of benchmark system you use, you will get different results that may not mean anything. You have to take a look at real-world speeds in order to see a difference. In the case of the 2012 iPad, the real wonder of it is the rendering speed. Rendering a webpage for example will be faster than the iPad2 just due to the extra graphical power. It's all about real-world benchmarks such as, if you browsed a website to gather information for a paper you are writing, which would get it done faster? A. iPad B. Netbook C. Mac D. Windows PC. It will also be a certain amount of trade-off performance that you will be looking at.