![]() ![]() If I’m just using the iPad to send emails, write a word document, surf the web, it will perform virtually exactly as older iPads.īut who knows, maybe Apple has plans to add more functionality to iPad’s software. Because other than rendering 4K videos (and how many people render 4K videos regularly?) it’s hard to find other tasks that really show off just how powerful the new iPad is. Ben sinīut as I said at the beginning, using the M1 on an iPad is overkill for most people. The 2021 iPad Pro (right) outperforms the other two devices in benchmarks easily. The 2019 Intel-powered MacBook took over 30 minutes.Įven though I expected these results (because the M1 MacBook Air beat everyone too in similar tests last fall), it was still surreal to see such a thin, quiet (the iPad doesn’t have fans) device completely outperform an almost spec’ed out Intel Core i9 CPU from 2019-the latter machine was straining itself to finish the job too, with fans whirring and base notably hot. The M1 iPad Pro finished the job in just over 13 minutes, beating all the other devices. In the second test, I rendered a 26 minute 4K/30fps video on iMovie with all my Apple devices. In the crucial multi-core portion, the M1 iPad doubled the score of the others. The M1-powered iPad Pro scored higher than the 2020 iPad Air, an almost spec’ed out 2019 Intel Core i9-powered MacBook Pro, and a Snapdragon 888-powered smartphone. The first is a standard benchmark test using the widely used app GeekBench. So yes, the M1 is a huge deal, a groundbreaking change in the long-established status quo. The MacBook Air that ran on the M1 chip shipped last November to rave reviews, as computer experts and reviewers noted that the M1-powered Macs outperformed Intel-powered Macs significantly in real world tests and benchmarks. It was a big promise, but Apple delivered. ![]() That changed last year when Apple stunned the industry by announcing it would stop using Intel CPUs because Apple has designed a mobile SoC that is powerful enough to run a full-fledged computer. Apple followed this order too for over a decade, using its A-series mobile chips on iPhones, but Intel CPUs for MacBooks. ![]() Using the same architecture as a smartphone chip (think Qualcomm’s Snapdragon or Apple’s own A-series), the M1 has all the required computing bits integrated into one chip, making for higher efficiency and synergy between computing parts.įor over a decade, it was accepted in the industry that compact mobile chips such as the M1 were suitable for smartphones, but heavy- duty computing machines still needed a dedicated CPU. One thing to note: only the larger 12.9-inch model use Mini LED the smaller 11-inch model still uses a traditional LCD panel.īefore we talk about the iPad Pro’s performance, it’s necessary to recap the significance of the M1 chip, designed and built by Apple. Long story short, the Mini LED on this iPad is the best screen in any Apple computer or tablet. So for relative small screens that are constantly jumping from app to app, OLED displays work well but for a large screen productivity machine that may be showing the same word document for hours? LCD display tech is the safer, more practical choice. Some readers may be wondering, “if OLED screens still produce greater contrast, then why not just use OLED?” Because OLED display panels are still expensive to produce and has a weakness in that it can’t display the same static image for long periods of time (the panel would suffer “burn in” damage if it did). It’s still not as deep as an OLED display’s black, but the gap has narrowed. But with Mini LED tech, the screen can produce convincing black colors. ![]() The color black, for example, has historically been problematic for LCD screens, because the fact the display uses backlights means it can’t quite produce pitch black tones the way an OLED display can. ![]()
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