iPad New iPad Ram Question

[jeme]

Moving from 1TB 11 inch iPad Pro, will I notice the difference between 16GB and 8GB of Ram? Only using 200MB of the 1TB on the current ipad. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

 

[MayaUser]

depends on what apps you will use
Davinci or affinity etc it will surely take advantage of the 16gb ram

 

[outlawarth]

I’m actually wondering about this also. Would there be any difference with safari reloading tabs for instance?

Do the tabs reload often on the 8 GB?

 

[jeme]

YEs and the impact on how many apps open - I sometime have 10 to 20 apps open.

 

[rui no onna]

I use this app to monitor my memory usage.

‎Usage Widgets

‎Usage is a tool to monitor your device's activity, data usage, connection speed, and more. It comes with 21 Home Screen widgets, fully customizable Super widgets, and new Lock Screen widgets! √ Main features: - Monthly and daily Data usage tracking - Real-time Network Connection...

apps.apple.com

I normally have a few GB free (with 16GB RAM) so I'm guessing reloads wouldn't be too bad dropping down to 8GB specially now with swapfile support on iPadOS 16.1.

 

[Digitalguy]

I’m actually wondering about this also. Would there be any difference with safari reloading tabs for instance?

Do the tabs reload often on the 8 GB?

Often is a subjective word, they reload much, much less than on 4GB (where reloads are constant even with 1 tab open) and less than on 6GB too. But they reload too, especially after a while (but that may also be due to battery optimization, not just RAM limitation, as mobile systems eject stuff from RAM after a while to improve battery life).