iPad Pro Why do people believe the M1 iPad Pro is going to be 65%, 70% of even 4 times faster than the current A12Z model?

[doboy]

Apple claims twice the speed which seems reasonable if they are keeping the same NAND chips used on my M1 Mac mini. Not only is the M1 SSD fast it hits amazing speeds with low threads and small file sizes which (IME) is a big reason why the M1 machines feel so snappy and need for more swap isn't as noticeable.

EDIT: I went back and checked, "up to 2X" the SSD speed. Still should be a big jump on top of GPU, CPU, and everything else.

Thanks, that's good to know.

 

[rui no onna]

yeah geekbench, for some reason...

I see GeekBench Metal scores as being primarily useful for compute tasks (Folding, etc). When gaming, other factors come into play.

 

[TheRealAlex]

Why are ridiculous numbers like this tossed around here and on other forums? Even on youtube... insane numbers being projected.

The M1 is going to push big benchmarks and all, but when it comes to "rendering" times (3D work, photo filters, video compression, etc.) it's going to be around 15% faster than the A12Z. Maybe 20%.

Those alone are impressive performance increases, so why do so many seem to think we're in for some revolutionary new hardware philosophy or something here?

The M1 is ARM, the A12Z was ARM... it's all ARM. The M1 isn't quantum or something.

Have to imagine some people will be disappointed.

I bought my M1 iPad Pro yesterday because I always buy the new one hah, but lets be real about what we're getting here.

I’ve already replied but I love this thread Topic so I’m replying again. Running my M1 MacMini at 1440p 144hz running MacOS Big Sur 11.3 apps are Instantly open and blazing Fast. On paper and in benchmarks it surpasses my Gaming PC 8700K

Keep all that in mind.

Now put that same M1 chip in an iPad Pro running iPad OS (which is already insanely fast A12X) now TurboBoost that performance with an M1 CPU and an 8 Core CPU and 8 GPU combo not the 7 Core junk the MacBook Air got.

 

[Freida]

2 generations newer chip and you are only expecting 20% increase? Are you working for Intel or have you not been around?

The M1 will be a beast in the iPad and the numbers will be crazy compared to the very old tech iPad Pro 2020 (which is basically 2018).

And no, its not all ARM. Its way more complicated than that.

If you think its going to be only 20% then you will be disappointed.

Why are ridiculous numbers like this tossed around here and on other forums? Even on youtube... insane numbers being projected.

The M1 is going to push big benchmarks and all, but when it comes to "rendering" times (3D work, photo filters, video compression, etc.) it's going to be around 15% faster than the A12Z. Maybe 20%.

Those alone are impressive performance increases, so why do so many seem to think we're in for some revolutionary new hardware philosophy or something here?

The M1 is ARM, the A12Z was ARM... it's all ARM. The M1 isn't quantum or something.

Have to imagine some people will be disappointed.

I bought my M1 iPad Pro yesterday because I always buy the new one hah, but lets be real about what we're getting here.

 

[DreamPod]

The M1 is ARM, the A12Z was ARM... it's all ARM. The M1 isn't quantum or something.

Nintendo Gameboy Advance was ARM too

 

[isoft7]

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[Homme]

Geekbench is a synthetic benchmark and not in any way indicative or fully representative of real world performance.

Thats my point in my post, sure, MaxTech on youtube can go bonkers all he wants over geekbench scores, but when it comes to rendering your 4K video? 15%, maybe 20%.

We will all see soon enough.

of course Geekbench isn’t representative of real world performance. That comes to the screen size, the massive amount of pixels for the CPU/RAM/GPU to push amongst other factors

Geekbench is more theoretical performance of the CPU not taking into effect the other

It’s gonna be an iPad Air like performance period. But the Air has a 7Core GPU the iPad Pro XDR will have the 8 Core GPU and that’s proof to me of binning. Where in CPU manufacturing some wafers will not come out as good as others so instead of ruining a whole wafer of CPUs they offer a lower spec product like the 8 Core 7Core GPU MacBook Air. Now for the XDR iPad Pro, Apple is in my guess using the absolute BEST binned M1 CPUs but the star of the show isn’t its performance. It’s the XDR Display.

Um no iPad Air 4 has a 4 Core GPU, only 3rd Gen Pros have 7 Core GPU.

 

[rui no onna]

Um no iPad Air 4 has a 4 Core GPU, only 3rd Gen Pros have 7 Core GPU.

The Air in this case is the $999 M1 MacBook Air 8C CPU/7C GPU. They use the same 8C/7C on the entry level iMac.