iPad Pro Is the Fastest Tablet Ever

Information technology goes without saying that the iPad Pro is the fastest tablet Apple tree has ever made. That'southward to be expected; it's the latest and greatest slate powered by the powerful new A10X Fusion processor.

The question is how much more powerful is it?

We benchmarked the x.5-inch iPad Pro against the other iPads in Apple'southward lineup equally well as Android rivals, and according to results, the new x.v-inch iPad Pro's A10X scrap is a third faster than about other tablets on the marketplace, though only ten percent faster than its predecessor.

AnTuTu

On the AnTuTu criterion, which measures overall system operation, the new iPad Pro scores 205,223, the highest score we've ever seen on whatsoever device, not just tablets. It's higher than the 2022 12.9-inch iPad Pro, with its A9X processor (187,411), the A9-powered iPad (126,384), and the aging iPad mini 4 (84,841).

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That means the new iPad Pro is nine percent faster than the older model, 38 percent faster than the iPad, and a staggering 59 percent faster than the mini four. Compared with the Snapdragon 820-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 (139,783)—the nigh powerful Android tablet on the market—it'south 32 percent faster.

The just Android device that comes shut is the HTC U11 with a Snapdragon 835 processor (175,241), but the iPad Pro is still 15 percent faster.

Geekbench

We also tested the iPad Pro using Geekbench, a measure of single-core and multi-cadre CPU operation. Apple has typically excelled at having fewer, faster processor cores, while Qualcomm loads its chipsets with more cores and multiple low-ability cores to improve multitasking and battery life.

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With the iPad Pro, information technology doesn't matter; the slate blows all other comers out of the water, scoring 3929 single core and 9348 multi-core. Again, it'due south the best result we've seen on whatsoever device, including the 12.nine-inch 2022 iPad Pro (3119/5247), the iPad (2522/4369), the mini four (1709/2901), and the Galaxy Tab S3 (1609/3963).

Graphics Performance and Spider web Browsing

Graphics performance is also improved. On the PCMark suite, the iPad Pro scores 3263 for graphics operation, a pocket-size improvement compared with last yr'south 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3163).

The bigger gap is with the iPad (1994) and mini 4 (1086). On GFXBench suite, this translates to 208fps on the T-Male monarch offscreen test, again a modest improvement over the 12.ix-inch iPad Pro (170fps), but a big jump over the iPad (82fps) and mini four (48fps). The Tab S3 does no better than the iPad in this examination (83fps), making the iPad Pro threescore percentage faster than its primary Android competitor. On the iPad Pro, demanding games will be smoother and provide sharper graphics and better textures.

When information technology comes to web browsing, the iPad Pro again excels in the Jetstream and Browsermark tests (203.five and 472.7, respectively). It's quite a chip faster and more efficient than the 12.9-inch iPad Pro (150 and 300.7), iPad (130 and 250), and mini four (80.5 and 187.five).

What all this boils downwards to is that the new 10.five-inch iPad Pro'southward A10X Fusion processor volition exist slightly faster than the A9X in speed, graphic performance, and web browsing, simply the gap betwixt the ii isn't big enough that the average user will notice.

Where the iPad Pro really excels is compared with A9 and Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered tablets. There, the new iPad Pro is betwixt 30 to 50 pct faster, showing how far Apple'south new chipset has come up compared with the previous generations. If y'all own an older, non-Pro Apple device or an Android slate, you may desire to give some serious thought to an upgrade.