This thing is a beast 4Core M4 but 16GB RAM is beyond my expectation.
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iPad Pro So glad I got 16GB of RAM. Everything is snappier never closing any Aps.
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Have you ever even tried an 8 gb iPad?
Placebo seems like a great drug.
I wish I could afford 32GB because my 16GB RAM M1 MacBook Pro has experienced frequent beach balls and applications become slower to open than before. Hope your 16GB can last for several years.
For almost everyone 8 GB is enough
Anyone needing more knows if, why, and for what they need more
Anyone needing more knows if, why, and for what they need more
There’s no meaningful impact of RAM in an iPad like there is in a Mac.
I'm curious how many apps even ask for the entitlement to use more RAM; I bet 99% don't
developer.apple.com
com.apple.developer.kernel.increased-memory-limit | Apple Developer Documentation
A Boolean value that indicates whether core features of your app may perform better with a higher memory limit on supported devices.
At this point, I'm not saying 8GB is enough or 16GB is too much until after iPad OS 18 is announced at WWDC. Not holding my breath.... but just saying..... 
I can max out 8GB of RAM by running 2 games simultaneously on my M1 iPad Pro, CPU and GPU too. It's not that hard. M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM fares better in that regard.
Certainly.
The comparison discussed here is between iPad having 8GB RAM on another iPad having 16GB.
Ah yes, I'm glad the usual scenario where I'm playing multiple video games at the same time is covered on the 16GB model 🙂
There will hopefully be many improvements announced regarding at WWDC yes. But none of thodse will require 16GB on an iPad. iPad OS runs on the iPad, iPad Mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. There are variations in how ipadOS operates on those different devices (stage manager for example), but any new features Apple announces, including AI ones, will broadly need to work well across their whole iPad lineup. Will 26GB RAM potentially make a diffefence to the speed and efficiency of how any new features run? Potentially, we will see. But I personally think any difference will be marginal.
They don't make an iPad with 32 GB of Ram. I'm surprised your 16 GB of Ram on your MacBook Pro is resulting in slowdowns. I have an 8GB M1 MacBook Air and it's running fine - even when I push the RAM to its limits.