Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021) runs laps around the competition in Geekbench

12 May 2021
The M1-powered tablet shows performance comparable to laptops with a 15W Intel or AMD processor.

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  • 12 May 2021

Anonymous, 12 May 2021I am pretty sure if it weren't Apple written before M1... moreNo, you missed the point completely. It's not about the brand.

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    • Anonymous
    • 7k0
    • 12 May 2021

    Anonymous, 12 May 2021powerful but what can it do!!!?? cant even do what pro nee... moreYeah, chips one of the most powerfull in segment and yet cant even run a basic editing program. Useless af for most people.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 12 May 2021

      Performance can be better but a tablet will never become a laptop. Everyone must have a laptop or PC for many tasks.

        This is getting very interesting, let’s see what Apps these iPads will run in future, maybe final cut? That would be big one. Maybe Logic for music producers?

        Maybe WWDC will tell us some news, interesting times ahead.

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          • 12 May 2021

          Anonymous, 12 May 2021I am pretty sure if it weren't Apple written before M1... moreHaters gonna hate my bottom. We're not interested that M1 chipset, we care a lot more about the inferior OS.

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            • Anonymous
            • H5}
            • 12 May 2021

            The m1 processor used in a restricted OS means nothing, also the bench marks are bs. Apple will never be anywhere near the processing power of amd processors. Wouldn't surprise me if Apple are paying those who bench mark there m1 processor with fake results. Over priced junk...

              Hemedans, 12 May 2021How would they know who hack it? You can run Android in iPh... moreif the person who does hack it doesn't share the news or at least how he did it, they won't know.
              and for the ''you pay money to buy hardware, what you do with your hardware is none of their concern", this doesn't mean a thing to apple, they still own everything they sold and can go after you if they see fit.

                Honestly, good for apple. They've really got a winner this time

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 12 May 2021

                  Anonymous, 12 May 2021🍏 Cheating in Geekbench. Android flagships giving much hig... moreAbsolute bs

                    FatShady, 12 May 2021even if someone manages to hack it, they won't say a t... moreHow would they know who hack it? You can run Android in iPhone 7, it's buggy though.

                    And you pay money to buy hardware, what you do with your hardware is none of their concern.

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                      • Pdy
                      • 12 May 2021

                      I agree with most people, iPadOS bottlenecks the M1, apple has to go big this upcoming WWDC

                        Hemedans, 12 May 2021A14 already is paper champion, in real life sd 865 is bette... moreeven if someone manages to hack it, they won't say a thing in fear of crapple's lawyers, they will probably sue his ass for 10b$ in damage.

                          A14 already is paper champion, in real life sd 865 is better than A14 in gaming, but probably with Ipad M1 won't throttle much.

                          Wish someone would hack it and allow to run other os.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 12 May 2021

                            Anonymous, 12 May 2021Put your similar configured rig up and we will do a video r... moreOnly HP ProBook x360 G8 was higher.

                              Wayne Morellini, 12 May 2021One benchmark does not all applications make. As expecte... moreThe manufacturing node number isn't as important in the power/efficiency conversation as transistor density. This article proves Intel's 10nm chips actually have higher transistor density than TSMC's 7nm chips (Intel's 10nm with 100.76MTr/mm2 (mega-transistor per squared millimeter vs TSMC's 7nm with 91.2MTr/mm2).
                              https://www.pcgamer.com/chipmaking-process-node-naming-lmc-paper/

                              So Apple may be ahead, even in density now, that will change soon as Intel and others close in on Apple’s their lead.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                Anonymous, 12 May 2021Put your similar configured rig up and we will do a video r... moreDon’t try to test them, because they Indians won’t even have the money lol

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                                  • ksb
                                  • 12 May 2021

                                  Anonymous, 12 May 2021🍏 Cheating in Geekbench. Android flagships giving much hig... morePut your similar configured rig up and we will do a video render test. Winner takes all.

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                                    • 12 May 2021

                                    The most imp thing is that now it comes with 8 and 16 gb ram, so photoshop and xcode, and final cut pro can now run at full speed

                                      Anonymous, 12 May 2021I am pretty sure if it weren't Apple written before M1... moreno one here is denying the m1's capabilities, we're just criticising the handicapped os that its running on.

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                                        • Wayne Morellini
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                                        • 12 May 2021

                                        One benchmark does not all applications make.

                                        As expected since the 1980's, when Arm was the most powerful desktop processor on the planet, and then the StrongArm by DEC. Apple just Wasted three decades of it's life following Power PC and X86 fantasies. But Apple has the advantage of superior small manufacturing node here compared to Intel, doesn't it? So, it does not tell how well it would perform on similar manufacturing processes.

                                        To see how even this performs, they need to restrict the TDP to the same on each processor, and do a test at the same GHz. To see performance per watt, and performance per GHz, to get an idea of how efficiently each architecture runs (between those three manufacturing processes). In this case, compared with the x86 processors, as the Arm representative.