iPad Pro 2024 benchmarks blow away all but one of the PCs we’ve tested in the last 6 months

I tested the new iPad Pro, equipped with the new M4 chip, and I am on the ground.

Revealed during Apple’s “Let Loose” live event, the iPad Pro skipped an entire generation of chips (i.e. the M3 series) in favor of the all-new M4 chip.

When Apple bragged that the iPad Pro M4 would deliver a significant increase in performance from one generation to the next, I didn’t really understand the severity of the increase in the iPad Pro’s processing prowess. But now that I’ve tried it myself, I can’t believe my eyes.

The iPad Pro M4 beats (almost) every laptop we’ve tested in the last 6 months

The new iPad Pro, Apple’s thinnest tablet ever, now features a new Tandem OLED display that delivers stunning contrast, true blacks, and a dazzling display with a peak brightness of 1,600 nits.

However, nothing could prepare me for the stunning results from the M4 chip in the iPad Pro. The iPad Pro I tested sports the M4 with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU chip, which is only found in the 1TB and 2TB configurations. (I have the 1TB variant .)

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The other versions, 256 GB and 512 GB, also have an M4 chip, but the processor has fewer cores (9-core CPU). As such, the iPad Pro with 1TB and 2TB should slightly outperform the 256GB and 512GB options, as the extra core means it has to handle more tasks at once for concurrent processing.

iPad Pro M4’s Shocking Geekbench 6 Benchmark Results

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So I was minding my own business, humming a tune of absent-minded contentment while running the Geekbench 6 benchmark on the iPad Pro, and then my heart dropped into my butt when I saw the results:

• Single-core: 3,764

• Multi-core: 14,586

For the uninitiated, Geekbench 6 tests productivity workloads (e.g. PDF rendering and file compression), image editing (e.g. removing objects and adding filters). ), machine learning, word processing, etc.

Looking back on six months of data collection on our PCs and MacBooks, the iPad Pro M4 blew almost every computer out of the water. Even the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 15-inch MacBook Air, both with M3 chips, were left behind with multi-core scores of 11,998 And 12,057, respectively.

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The iPad Pro M4 even outperformed a number of gaming and creative laptops we tested:

THE only The laptop the iPad Pro M4 couldn’t beat is the incredible Lenovo Legion 9i (Intel Core i9-13980HX processor), a $4,000 gaming rig with a Geekbench 6 score of 17,711.

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Additionally, the new iPad Pro 2024 also offers incredible battery life, lasting over 16 hours on a charge.

If the M4 chip can cause This a lot of destruction with its performance prowess, imagine what will happen once the M4 chip inevitably makes its way into the next generation of MacBooks.

The iPad Pro starts at $999 for the 11-inch model and $1,299 for the 13-inch model. The new tablet is expected to go on sale on May 15.