The new ones iPads Pro, launched last week, should reach consumers (those who have placed their orders online) starting tomorrow, Wednesday (3/25). A Reddit user, however, put his hand on his toy in advance and showed some long-awaited information about Ma's new tablet (read: benchmarks).
He also shared an image of gadget (11-inch model), which shows the new rear camera module with wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle lenses, in addition to the LiDAR scanner. It is also possible to note that the Smart Connector remained in the same position as the 2018 iPad Pro, but this is not the only similarity with the model of a year and a half ago.
In a Geekbench 5 test, the new 11 ″ iPad Pro scored single-core in 1,114 and multi-core in 4,654, basically putting it on par with its predecessor.
Precisely, the 11 ″ iPad Pro 2018 has average scores on the Geekbench 5 of 1,113 (single-core) and 4,608 (multi-core). Like the A12X, the new A12Z Bionic is an 8 core chip with clock 2.48GHz.
It was in the Metal graphic test that the new iPad Pro showed its “firepower”: with 9,864 points, he won the 2018 model, which obtained 9,020 points. This, however, was expected, since the A12Z has an 8-core GPU (versus 7 cores for the A12X).
In addition to the Geekbench 5 tests, benchmarks of the new iPad Pro's Antutu were also released. In these, however, the tablet did not beat its predecessor; in fact, his score was lower (!) than the 2018 model in some ways:
- iPad Pro 11 ″ 2020:
- CPU: 187,648 points
- GPU: 348,519 points
- Memory: 71,476 points
- iPad Pro 11 ″ 2018:
- CPU: 184,553 points
- GPU: 357,335 points
- Memory: 90,598 points
There is possibly a reason for this: the AnTuTu test may not yet be optimized for new hardware and / or for iPadOS 13.4, which is already installed on the new iPad Pro (and will be released to all users later today).
Further testing will be needed to confirm whether there are noticeable differences in performance between the iPad Pro 2018 and this year, but for now, it appears that any gains are modest. Anyway, this was enough to awaken in many people the idea that the models just presented are just “transition” versions for what may come later this year, as we have already commented.
The rumors of a second iPad Pro refresh this year start to make a little more sense; these iPads are really just only slightly jazzed up versions of the 2018 models with 14% extra GPU perf and 6GB RAM standard. Would be nice to see a 15" iPad this year… 👀 https://t.co/4PFjj6my9z
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) March 24, 2020
Rumors of a second iPad Pro update this year are starting to make a little more sense; these iPads are really just slightly sophisticated versions of the 2018 models with 14% extra GPU performance and 6GB of RAM by default. It would be nice to see a 15 ″ iPad this year 👀
As we said, it is important to keep in mind that tests may not be up to date for new devices or the latest Ma system; therefore, even more benchmarks it will prove whether the new iPad Pro's actually perform similarly to their predecessors or whether the improvements from one generation to the next have been significant.
This is all about analyzing performance, of course.
via MacRumors