We ran a benchmark on the iPad Pro (2024), which is equipped with the M4 chip and has significantly improved performance from the previous generation.
iPad Pro - Apple (Japan)
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The iPad Pro that arrived at the GIGAZINE editorial department this time is the '11-inch 1TB Wi-Fi model (silver)' and the '13-inch 256GB Wi-Fi + Cellular model (space black)'. You can see how to open both models by reading the following article.
'Apple's thinnest ever' M4-equipped iPad Pro 11-inch and 13-inch models opening ceremony and appearance review - GIGAZINE
Looking at the specifications of the iPad Pro published on Apple's official website, there is no difference between the 11-inch and 13-inch models other than the display size, but the specifications of the M4 installed are slightly different between the 256GB/512GB and 1TB/2TB storage models. The 256GB or 512GB storage model has a 9-core M4 CPU (3 high-performance cores + 6 high-efficiency cores), while the 1TB or 2TB storage model has a 10-core M4 CPU (4 high-performance cores + 6 high-efficiency cores). The capacity of the installed RAM is also different, with the 256GB or 512GB storage model having 8GB and the 1TB or 2TB storage model having 16GB.
◆Check the bezel width
After opening the box, I turned it on, registered my Apple ID, and set it up to be able to use it to the minimum extent. Before running the benchmark, I measured the width of the black bezel surrounding the screen.
On the 11-inch model, the bezel width was measured at approximately 8mm.
The bezel vertical width was approximately 8mm.
The bezel width of the 13-inch model is approximately 8 mm.
And the vertical width of the bezel was about 8mm.
As the M4-equipped iPad Pro claims to be the 'thinnest Apple product ever,' it is quite thin, with a thickness of 5.3mm for the 11-inch model and 5.1mm for the 13-inch model. The size of the main body is slightly larger than the previous generation iPad Pro, but it is only 1.0mm vertically and 0.6mm horizontally, so there is almost no difference. In fact, the weight is lighter, so much so that the editorial staff who actually picked it up commented, 'It's so thin! It's so light!' Although the main body is thin, it is very solid and sturdy, so you don't have to worry about it bending when you hold it.
◆Tandem OLED Display
The iPad Pro (2024) with M4 is the first iPad series to feature an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display. Unlike LCD (liquid crystal) displays, which combine a backlight and liquid crystal, OLED displays have a mechanism in which the pixels emit light themselves. Therefore, while the light from the backlight shines through the black parts of the screen with LCD, making them appear slightly white, OLED displays the black parts as solid black.
Below is a video of the 12.9-inch model of the iPad Pro (2018) with an LCD display and the 13-inch model of the iPad Pro (2024) lined up, with the brightness of the display set to maximum and the same movie played. Looking at the black bands at the top and bottom, you can clearly see that the iPad Pro (2018) has a slightly white backlight leak, while the iPad Pro (2024) is properly black. Also, the brightness of the display itself is the same, and there were moments when the iPad Pro (2024) felt brighter and more colorful.
◆iPad Pro 11-inch 1TB Wi-Fi model
I ran the benchmark using Geekbench 6. The room temperature was 22 degrees, the humidity was 50%, and the Geekbench version was 6.3.
Below are the CPU benchmark results for the 11-inch 1TB Wi-Fi model. The single-core score was 3,736 points, and the multi-core score was 14,667 points. Looking at the 'CPU Information,' the CPU was shown to have 4 cores + 6 cores = 10 cores, and the memory was 15.1GB.
The breakdown of single-core performance looks like this:
And here is the breakdown of multi-core performance:
Compared to the single-core performance of Apple devices collected in the Geekbench database, the M4-equipped iPad Pro scored 3736 points, while the previous generation M2-equipped iPad Pro (11-inch, 4th generation) scored 2534 points, and the M1-equipped iPad Pro (11-inch, 3rd generation) scored 2265 points. In terms of performance scores alone, we can see that it has improved by nearly 50% from the previous generation.
Comparing multi-core performance, the M4-equipped iPad Pro scored 14,667 points, while the previous generation M2-equipped iPad Pro (11-inch, 4th generation) scored 9,622 points and the M1-equipped iPad Pro (11-inch, 3rd generation) scored 8,160 points.
The GPU performance score was 53,211 points.
Below is the performance breakdown of
The M4-equipped iPad Pro scored 53,211 points, while the previous generation M2-equipped iPad Pro (11-inch, 4th generation) scored 45,135 points and the M1-equipped iPad Pro (11-inch, 3rd generation) scored 32,105 points. In terms of performance score, it has improved by more than 17% from the previous generation iPad Pro.
We ran the Neural Engine benchmark on
Here's a breakdown of Geekbench ML performance:
We also ran
The performance score items are as follows:
Looking at the rankings as of April 2024, the previous generation M2-equipped iPad Pro 12.9-inch model scored 2,133,398 points, and the 11-inch model scored 1,943,378 points, which is a score increase of more than 20% compared to the previous generation.
◆iPad Pro 13-inch 256GB Wi-Fi + Cellular model
The 13-inch model's CPU performance score was measured using Geekbench 6, with a single-core score of 3,761 points and a multi-core score of 13,282 points. With 256GB of storage, the CPU has 3 cores + 6 cores = 9 cores, and the memory is 7.20GB. The single-core score is almost the same as the 11-inch 1TB model, but the multi-core performance score is slightly lower than the 11-inch 1TB model due to the reduced number of CPU cores.
The single-core performance breakdown is as follows:
The breakdown of multi-core performance looks like this:
The GPU performance score was 54,087 points, almost the same as the 11-inch 1TB model.
Here's a breakdown of Metal's performance:
The Geekbench ML Neural Engine benchmark score was 9570 points.
The breakdown of the results looks like this:
The Antutu Benchmark score was 2,667,580 points, almost the same as the 11-inch 1TB model.
The breakdown of the benchmark results was as follows:
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