iPad Pro What is the spec behind the storage and RAM?

[Sarbun96]

Just curious about my iPad Pro. I paid a premium for 512GB... usually, for Apple quality SSDs on the Mac and the insane speed they deliver, it’s sort of justifiable to pay the premium upgrade prices. But, I suspect on the iPad the technology isn’t as fast or cutting edge for storage. Does anybody know the type of technology that is used? Is it an SSD, or eMMC etc?

Bonus point, anybody know what the RAM specs are? Speed wise etc.

Or for some reason, do these not apply to the iPad? I know Apple don’t list it officially And if I asked them they’d just tell me it doesn’t matter because they deliver a sublime user experience.

 

[AutomaticApple]

eMMC

I can definitely tell you that it isn’t eMMC. Otherwise, it would feel like a slug.

 

[0906742]

.. usually, for Apple quality SSDs on the Mac and the insane speed they deliver, it’s sort of justifiable to pay the premium upgrade prices.

Arent't they just using NVMe SSD's soldered directly to mainboard in Mac's?
Just check the prices for NVMe's and you will be surprised, but I let you determine if that is pleasant surprise or not.
Just for a hint, 1TB M.2 NVMe drives street price is about $150.

 

[darngooddesign]

Download the iOS 'Mactracker' app.

 

[rui no onna]

They use NVMe but I believe the actual controller is built into the Apple chipset. Good sequentials but random write performance is around early gen SSD levels.

Arent't they just using NVMe SSD's soldered directly to mainboard in Mac's?
Just check the prices for NVMe's and you will be surprised, but I let you determine if that is pleasant surprise or not.
Just for a hint, 1TB M.2 NVMe drives street price is about $150.

Amazon Prime Day, there's some Phison E12 1TB ones on sale for $110.

 

[0906742]

They use NVMe but I believe the actual controller is built into the Apple chipset. Good sequentials but random write performance is around early gen SSD levels.

The chips are soldered on the mobo directly. Anyway perfomance it not that exceptional. My MBP 128GB drive is performing much worse than cheap (cost couple years ago under $100) NVMe SSD on my desktop. I believe larger drives are somewhat faster but still nothing exceptional compared to separately sold NVMe SSD’s.

Amazon Prime Day, there's some Phison E12 1TB ones on sale for $110.

Yeah, those are dirt cheap today. How much was it what they wanted for basic model to 1YB upgrade?

 

[rui no onna]

The chips are soldered on the mobo directly. Anyway perfomance it not that exceptional. My MBP 128GB drive is performing much worse than cheap (cost couple years ago under $100) NVMe SSD on my desktop. I believe larger drives are somewhat faster but still nothing exceptional compared to separately sold NVMe SSD’s.

Yeah, those are dirt cheap today. How much was it what they wanted for basic model to 1YB upgrade?

Iirc, $500 right now. It was much worse at 2018 Pro launch. The upgrade to 1TB cost $750. If you get cellular, then it's $900 more than base model. Yep, more than if you'd bought two iPad Pros.

Woohoo, just bought a 2TB Crucial MX500 (SATA3) for $150 for use as portable external storage. Not the fastest drive available but should be way faster than 2.5" HDDs and at least no worries about overheating.

Haven't seen any good sales on 2TB NVMe yet (for the laptop).