Early benchmarks for the 9.7-inch iPad Pro reveal that Apple has slightly underclocked its processor compared to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.
TechCrunch Editor in Chief Matthew Panzarino posted his Geekbench results to Twitter earlier today. The 9.7-inch iPad Pro features an A9X processor, same as the 12.9-inch; however, it is clocked at 2.16 GHz compared to 2.24 GHz for the larger tablet.
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro received a single-core benchmark score of 3022 and a multi-core score of 5107. That's slightly less than the 12.9-inch iPad Pro which has a single-core score of 3224 and a multi-core score of 5466.
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Nnnnnd - March 23, 2016 at 12:33am
This is disappointing. I have been waiting for a new iPad hoping that they can bring more power for us normal iPad users. But now it is $100 more expensive, no 64GB version, and only 2GB with downclocked CPU. Why call it iPad Pro? At least this makes the 12-inch iPad Pro more appealing.
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gamerscul9870 - March 23, 2016 at 1:35am
It's 2gb ram because of the screen size that it only needs enough of it. Who knows what too much does. Also, just flat out not calling it pro is an understatement. MacBook pros are called Pro's because of how it's built compared to the air, but even the air can have about the same power like that. So what, that's enough to call the air a pro to? Not to mention in the article, it still says iPad pro 9.7-inch uses a little less ghz which isn't that big of a difference compared to the 12-inch.
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Vic - March 23, 2016 at 4:27am
You're wrong. RAM is for how much you can have running at the same time. The screen has to do with the processor.
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gamerscul9870 - March 24, 2016 at 12:13pm
iPad 9.7-inch models only need 2GB RAM because of the screen size and software optimization, similar to the iPhones.
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Peter Z - March 28, 2016 at 3:57am
RAM has nothing to do with screen size. The underclocked processor may be because of the smaller screen, but RAM relates to how many programs/apps you can run at the same time. Apple likely reduced the RAM to differentiate between the 12.9-inch and 9.7-inch models.
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Guest - March 22, 2016 at 11:51pm
I think it was a mistake to call it iPad Pro instead of iPad. I thought they got rid of the 12.9 inch at first; it's just going to be more confusing.
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gamerscul9870 - March 22, 2016 at 11:58pm
Lame? It's still past 2Ghz and you flat out call it a no pro? Do you know why it's named pro in the first place other than processor power?
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toyu - March 22, 2016 at 7:49pm
Smaller battery than 12.9 inch iPad Pro.
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J-L - March 22, 2016 at 7:44pm
Smaller screen size need less processor power, I guess apple don't want the 9.7" pro over power the bigger flagship version.
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Vic - March 22, 2016 at 6:57pm
Disappointing move by Apple. Should've just been called iPad.
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gamerscul9870 - March 22, 2016 at 7:59pm
Unless of course it's enough to power multitasking and everything else that's involved with it just as much as the 12-inch pro version does so...
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Vic - March 22, 2016 at 9:35pm
Ya but they're all over the place. So far a weak start to 2016 for Apple
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gamerscul9870 - March 22, 2016 at 9:55pm
I think the start of something this year not weak was standing on their ground against fbi.
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Vic - March 22, 2016 at 11:07pm
Ya and I have huge respect for Apple that they're the only people that care about that. Hopefully wwdc and the fall event will have magic
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