2020 iPad Pro 12.9-inch versus the 2018 iPad Pro 12.9-inch and the 2019 iPhone 11 Pro
March 26th, 2020 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist
Should you buy or upgrade to the 2020 iPad Pro 12.9-inch? What performance and features does it offer over the 2018 iPad Pro? Or, for that matter, the 2019 iPhone 11 Pro?
GRAPH LEGEND
iPad Pro 4th Gen = 12.9-inch Liquid Retina display with ProMotion tech and 600 nits brightness, A12Z Bionic chip with Neural Engine, Wide and Ultra Wide cameras, compatible with new Magic keyboard
iPad Pro 3rd Gen = 12.9-inch Liquid Retina display with ProMotion tech and 600 nits brightness, A12X Bionic chip with Neural Engine, Wide camera, compatible with new Magic keyboard
iPhone 11 Pro = 5.8-inch Super Retina XDR display with 800 nits typical brightness, A13 Bionic chip with Neural Engine, rated IP68 splash, water, dust resistant
Geekbench 5 - Multi-Core CPU
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)
Geekbench 5 - Metal GPU
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Physics
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Graphics
(HIGHER Score = FASTER)
BrowserBench MotionMark
Measures browser's ability to animate complex scenes. (HIGHER Score = FASTER)
Basemark Metal - Medium
Resolution 1920x1080 Windowed (HIGHER Frames per Second = FASTER)
WHAT DID WE LEARN?
The 2020 iPad Pro (4th generation) is faster than the 2018 iPad Pro (3rd generation) but not by much. Both have more muscle than the iPhone 11 Pro.
There are other reasons to choose the 2020 iPad Pro. Dual instead of single backside cameras. The LiDAR scanner makes apps like Measure much easier to use. It supports WiFi 6.
The really big news is the floating cantilever Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro coming in May 2020. Finally the iPad Pro gets full-size, back-lit, scissor mechanism keys! And it's compatible with both the 3rd and 4th generation iPad Pro 12.9-inch.
Craig Federighi created a great demo of the iPad Pro Cursor feature.
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