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BARE FEATS LAB - real world Mac speed tests

2020 iPad Air 4
versus 2018 iPad Pro

October 24th, 2020 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist

Does the A14 Bionic chip in the 2020 iPad Air outperform the A12X Bionic chip in the 2018 iPad Pro?


GRAPH LEGEND

iPad Pro 2018 = 12.9-inch Liquid Retina display with ProMotion tech and 600 nits max brightness, A12X Bionic chip with Neural Engine
iPad Air 4 = 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display with 500 nits max brightness, A14 Bionic chip with Neural Engine

Geekbench 5 - Multi-Core CPU
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running Geekbench 5 Multi-Core CPU Test

Geekbench 5 - Metal GPU
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running Geekbench 5 Metal GPU Test

3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Physics
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running Slingshot Extreme Physics Benchmark

3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Graphics
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running Slingshot Extreme Graphics Benchmark

BrowserBench MotionMark
Measures browser's ability to animate complex scenes. (HIGHER Score = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running BrowserBench Motion Mark

Basemark Metal - Official Medium
1920x1080 Windowed (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running Basemark GPU Test

GFXBench Metal - Aztec High Tier
1440p OFFscreen (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)

2020 iPad Air 4 running GFXBench Metal Aztec Test

 

WHAT DID WE LEARN?

The 2018 iPad Pro (3rd generation) outperformed the 2020 iPad Air (4th generation) in 5 out of 7 tests.

We no longer have the 2020 iPad Pro (4th generation), but it should perform as good or better than the 2018 iPad Pro. We are holding out for the 2021 iPad Pro (5th generation).

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