Early Apple iPad mini (2021) benchmarks reveal downclocked CPU and GPU

17 September 2021
The new iPad mini uses an Apple A15 chipset with 5 GPU cores like the iPhone 13 Pro duo, but it seems to run at a lower clock speed.

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Dudenoway, 18 Sep 2021Anyway andriod has alot fo junk code which makes the ram ma... moreUse your brain, anything above 8gb Ram is ok. My s21ultra 512gb 16gb ram has no problems no matter what you throw at it. You and your cheap 4 and 6gb ram

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    Kriegsherr, 18 Sep 2021With aluminum body, heat dissipates faster and throttling s... moreI'd take double copper cooling vapour Chambers like the massive expensive one on Sony 1ii PRO, with copper or ceramic glass than cheap aluminium.
    I'd take 916L stainless Steel over dustbin aluminium.

      AnonD-1018819, 18 Sep 2021I don't. I never smashed or cracked anything. I did sc... moreFor me or my friends, it's the Opposite. Slim cases protect against scratches but not much against breakage.

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        Kriegsherr, 18 Sep 2021With aluminum body, heat dissipates faster and throttling s... moreI don't. I never smashed or cracked anything. I did scratch everything, which is why I prefer glass.

          AnonD-1018819, 18 Sep 2021Yes and no. You can't just dump all the heat to the al... moreWith aluminum body, heat dissipates faster and throttling stops earlier.
          Aluminium is scratch prone but doesn't break like glass body. I would any day take one which doesn't break easily over one that doesn't scratch easily.

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            Dudenoway, 18 Sep 2021I learned this from a guy who actually has knowledge instea... moreWho? And what exactly did he tell you? Does he have any proof?

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              Dudenoway, 18 Sep 2021Nah he is being undercover. He may have became an andriod f... moreYes exactly. He tried tho, it didn't work so well lol

                Dudenoway, 18 Sep 2021Anyway andriod has alot fo junk code which makes the ram ma... moreI know that also I didn't say anything about which one is better or worse. He gave some confusing info that has nothing to do with overall performance of android or ios so I just pointed to the correct information.

                  Anonymous, 18 Sep 2021Show me this "junk" code please, such a bs answer... moreI learned this from a guy who actually has knowledge instead of bieng an anynomous troll who is toxic and andriod fanboy heavy duty. I do bash apple but I bash bacialllu every andriod oem and many ifans call me andriod fanboy. I'm the basher of em all anyway.

                    Anonymous, 18 Sep 2021Hello Rejzor. So you made a new acc called iAndroid. What a... moreNah he is being undercover. He may have became an andriod fan after getting destroyed by many people but I'm sure In heart he is still an iboy. But here he be am and andriod fan to not get bashed and destroyed.

                      Anonymous, 18 Sep 2021Show me this "junk" code please, such a bs answer... moreAndroid is built from Java.

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                        Dudenoway, 18 Sep 2021Anyway andriod has alot fo junk code which makes the ram ma... moreShow me this "junk" code please, such a bs answer from someone who does not understand technology

                          SizN80, 18 Sep 2021You need to understand that it is mostly desperate Android ... moreYou need to understand that andriod phones also cost well above 1k euro like the iphone. And yea aur ewe can't afford it but andriod has better specs in high end phones wiht cheaper or similar phone. It's literally iphone which started these wierd trends. Like removing hp jack the sd card and putting notch(although Sammy started the punch hole one) and being owverpeiced.

                            DarkTracker, 17 Sep 2021Android uses java with c and c++ not javascript. As far as ... moreAnyway andriod has alot fo junk code which makes the ram management worse and makes it much more laggy. So ios isn't more optimized but rather has better ram management and less junk code.

                              Anonymous, 17 Sep 2021This practice of underclocking and disabling cores by Apple... moreNo that not defective. Some guy explained and said they throw the defective ones away since they don't even work or they basically are a fail. The cores which don't work aren't used anyway. That's what they did they downclock it or clock it higher then they remove the core which is useless and then they make it slightly toned down version wiht no difference ein real life. Its profitable its good for environment and its a happy costumer so its a very genius method anyway.

                                Anonymous, 17 Sep 2021Tablet that is much larger than phones and do not need cool... moreTablets infact so need colling system. And infact only a vapor chamber or something like that is enough due to how large the space for tablets is they can out a large graphite sheet iwht vapor chamber which is enough and no need for actually dedicated cooling.

                                  Kangal, 17 Sep 2021Alright, calm down. Apple's devices are more superior... moreFirst of all anandtech is a fool and he is based of apple. Second of all many reviewers and websites said the iphone 12 throttled badly cuz it was too powerful and especially without a cooling system it had to throttle just to not fry ur hands because eof how much the raw power the A14 or the upcoming A15 holds. The sd 888 meanwhile gets heated up very easily cuz it uses it max perfomance and sinc eios is so optimized by apple and andriod oems dont bother to touch the chipset to downclock it(only Samsung does these cuz they own exynos) and optimize it to throttle slightly to not fry hands and to not destroy battery.

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                                    • 18 Sep 2021

                                    You don't need anadtech or AnTuTu ( even when favouring android score, google forbids it), when you have the most reliable - Geekbench.
                                    Now, I do understand why you search for alternatives, because it's scores heavily favours Apple, still it is the most reliable

                                      AnonD-1018819, 18 Sep 2021Just using heatpipes or vapor chambers doesn't solve a... moreUsing heatpipe is not even the main subject of my comment. You just pick one sentence and try to argue a totally different topic but for the sake of argument, OFC heatpipes were not the one that would resolve all the issue but it does help in distributing heat away from the SoC. All the phones that were used vs the iPhone with A14 bionic doesn't throttle hard compared to iPhone and guess what, all of them have heatpipes already such a coincidence wasn't it?

                                        Anonymous, 18 Sep 2021What? Anand Shrimpi, the founder of Anandtech, wasn't ... moreOkay, now we have proof you're a troll.
                                        You said he wasn't a Computer Scientist, well, here is some proof for you:
                                        https://ece.ncsu.edu/honor/anand-shimpi/

                                        Your whole conspiracy about Apple is just a blatant lie. They would not hire him if he wasn't useful to their company, this isn't a charity. Also, you keep forgetting that Anand himself has zero effect at AnandTech because he is separated from the company. Basically anything you say past this point will be ignored by me, and probably any other person reading it. Best of luck to you.

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