On April 20 at an online event, Apple presented, among many things, the new iPad Pro with M1. A real machine that right now is considered a valid alternative to a Mac. But also, if we pay attention to the figures it shows, we have a device that is superior to the current MacBook Pro with Intel. A savage.
Benchmarks show that the iPad Pro M1 offers a 50% speed increase and outperforms the high-end MacBook Pro. The first orders for the iPad Pro M1 are scheduled to reach customers later this month. Before those arrivals, the first benchmark results of Apple's newest and most professional Tablet have reached Geekbench, and the results corroborate Apple's claims that the new iPad Pro is up to 50% faster than its predecessors. .
The fifth-generation iPad Pro with M1 processor get scores single-core around 1.700 and multi-core figures around 7.200. For the sake of comparison, the iPad Pro 2020, powered by an A12Z processor, achieves scores of 1.100 and 4.656 in single-core and multi-core benchmarks, respectively.
The performance of the iPad Pro M1 is on par with Macs with the new M1 chip, and significantly better than the iPad Pro A12Z it replaces. It even beats the top-end 16-inch MacBook Pro, second only to select iMac and Mac Pro configurations. So it's a good option for those who don't want a computer. Now, I keep saying that the problem with the iPad Pro is that the operating system is not macOS. So we will not be able to perform certain actions that we can with a Mac. But of course what we have in hand is the future.