The chip actually makes the difference, according to the latest test results from Geekbench suggest. The values already mentioned iPad Pro with the M4 chip of around 3,700 points in the single-core CPU benchmark and around 14,500 points in the multi-core benchmark, the comparative values of the MacBook Air M3which Apple has been selling since March.
This therefore “only” comes to around 3,100 and around 12,000 points. The new iPad Pro outperforms the Macbook Air by around 20 percent. According to 9to5Mac, “an impressive generational leap,” at least when it comes to these benchmark results.
Big generational leap and AI orientation in the M4
The generational leap in computing power compared to the previous iPad Pro M2 is at least 42 percent for single-core and multi-core processors. In multi-core benchmark results, the M4 can keep up with the higher quality and more expensive chip M3 Pro for the current Macbook Pro 14 inch.
In addition to other interesting details, it should be emphasized that the Neural Engine of the M4 has also been significantly improved compared to the M3: Apple is talking about up to 38 trillion operations per second, more than twice as many as in the M3, which directly relates to Apple’s AI -Plans for its platforms can be obtained.
GPU performance should be comparable
Unfortunately, there are still no benchmarks for the GPU, i.e. graphics performance. This will be after Assessment from 9to5Mac but be comparable to the M3’s GPU performance – perhaps with a slight increase. The actual architecture of the ten GPU cores has probably changed little or not at all compared to the Macbook Air. In any case, the blog is certain: On paper, the M4 will offer a huge leap for Apple Silicon, especially when it comes to pure CPU performance. However, in the models with 256 GB and 512 GB of memory, Apple installs an M4 chip with only nine CPU cores – the comparison of 9-cores with 10-cores in CPU Geekbench should be interesting.