The new iPad Air with M4 turned out to be not as powerful as the iPad Pro with the same chip. |
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The main change in the new generation of iPad Air was the transition to the M4 processor, as in the 2024 iPad Pro. However, Apple used different chip modifications for them, equipping the more affordable model with a ?cut-down? version, which affected performance. The new iPad Air features an M4 with 8 cores (3 high-performance and 5 energy-efficient). For comparison, the iPad Pro, depending on the configuration, received an M4 with 9 or 10 cores. According to Geekbench 6 tests, the difference in single-threaded mode is minimal ? a matter of percentages. But in a multi-threaded scenario, the lag is already noticeable: the top version of the iPad Pro is almost a quarter faster than the iPad Air: Thus, with similar single-threaded performance, it is the number of cores that plays a key role under load. The 9-core version of the iPad Pro is about 10% faster than the iPad Air, while the 10-core version is more than 20% faster in tasks such as rendering, video export, and complex calculations. |
