All iPads 3 GB +

[max2]

Is 3 GB + of ram nessary nowadays for iOS 12 or 13? Thanks. I know it would have more upgrade room. What if you jailbreak does it help there too?

 

[1Icarus2]

I think the bigger question here is how are you going to give your phone more RAM? As far as I know you cannot upgrade your RAM.

Also, what version are you trying to Jailbreak on what iDevice?

 

[ericwn]

It was not necessary for 12 and isn’t for 13 but in certain applications you tend to see more performance with more ram. Until earlier this year many iPads were sold with 2 GB and that will surely give them the usual 3-5 years use at least.

 

[EugW]

3 GB is not mandatory but definitely recommended.

The fact that US$299 iPads now ship with 3 GB is rather telling.

 

[retta283]

On the topic of this thread, right now 3GB is nice but not required, but I'd say in 2020/2021 it will be greatly appreciated as more apps take advantage of it.

 

[akash.nu]

How’s RAM relevant to jail break?

 

[joeblow7777]

When you think about it, the so-called “budget” iPads have always been the most popular in terms of sales. Apple has said so themselves. A lot of people are still using the 6th and 5th Gen iPads, plus factor in all the people still using even older models. People tend to not upgrade iPads as frequently as other devices like their phones. My point is that I think it’s a safe say that the large majority of iPads in circulation right now have less than 3GB of RAM, and this may be true for at least a couple more years. Apple will want to ensure that these devices can still run iOS/iPadOS smoothly.

 

[AutomaticApple]

When you think about it, the so-called “budget” iPads have always been the most popular in terms of sales.

Sort of like how the "budget" iPhone is typically the best selling iPhone?

 

[joeblow7777]

Sort of like how the "budget" iPhone is typically the best selling iPhone?

Well, recently anyway. I don’t think that the 5c or SE outsold their higher end counterparts.

 

[1BadManVan]

not necessary, 5th and 6th gen ipads still run great on ios13 and will still receive more future updates

 

[ACG12]

You don’t have to have 3gb of RAM, but it helps.

 

[Digitalguy]

Let’s put it this way. Does IOS 13 run faster with 3GB of RAM instead of 2? The short answer is no. Wil IOS 14 or 15 run slower on 2GB devices? Nobody can tell for sure, but given the recent trend probably not.

The slightly longer answer is, while as fast, apps will refresh much more, which might make you lose unsaved data and takes time, so it’s ultimately somewhat slower, as it takes more to refresh than to just open where you had left it....

Now the even longer answer is, while IOS 13 takes less than 1GB to run it takes quite a bit of that GB. So we have little more than 1GB to run the rest (including IOS apps). How much do apps take? Well it depends, some apps very little, other like Word and other MS Office apps take over 300MB each, so put 2 side by side, open a large file in one of them and you are taking quite a good deal of those 2GB. While you use an app (or a tab), older apps are put put temporarily in a compressed state and will be decompressed to where you had left them (so contrary to windows for instance, RAM is always almost “full” in IOS). IOS compresses better than Android and it can keep quite a few in a small amount of RAM but at some point it will start to eject older apps out of RAM completely (refresh). If the active apps take a lot of the available RAM (see example above) even very recently closed apps will be ejected. IOS will not wait for the 2GB to be completely full and will try to keep some room for active apps to have some room to breathe, but sometimes if the active apps take already quite a lot and one suddenly increases the RAM request (e.g. if you open a large file) it can simply crash the system (and you’ll will be brought to your lock screen). Now add a 3rd GB and you have just basically almost doubled the free RAM for apps. So refreshes will be a fraction of those with 2GB.

 

[akash.nu]

Let’s put it this way. Does IOS 13 run faster with 3GB of RAM instead of 2? The short answer is no. Wil IOS 14 or 15 run slower on 2GB devices? Nobody can tell for sure, but given the recent trend probably not.

The slightly longer answer is, while as fast, apps will refresh much more, which might make you lose unsaved data and takes time, so it’s ultimately somewhat slower, as it takes more to refresh than to just open where you had left it....

Now the even longer answer is, while IOS 13 takes less than 1GB to run it takes quite a bit of that GB. So we have little more than 1GB to run the rest (including IOS apps). How much do apps take? Well it depends, some apps very little, other like Word and other MS Office apps take over 300MB each, so put 2 side by side, open a large file in one of them and you are taking quite a good deal of those 2GB. While you use an app (or a tab), older apps are put put temporarily in a compressed state and will be decompressed to where you had left them (so contrary to windows for instance, RAM is always almost “full” in IOS). IOS compresses better than Android and it can keep quite a few in a small amount of RAM but at some point it will start to eject older apps out of RAM completely (refresh). If the active apps take a lot of the available RAM (see example above) even very recently closed apps will be ejected. IOS will not wait for the 2GB to be completely full and will try to keep some room for active apps to have some room to breathe, but sometimes if the active apps take already quite a lot and one suddenly increases the RAM request (e.g. if you open a large file) it can simply crash the system (and you’ll will be brought to your lock screen). Now add a 3rd GB and you have just basically almost doubled the free RAM for apps. So refreshes will be a fraction of those with 2GB.

Brilliant explanation and to go with it, here’s a video.