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Just in the middle of yesterday night, Apple launched three iPads on the official website without holding any press conference, namely the tenth-generation iPad and the two iPad Pro. There have been a lot of explanations about these two products, but most of them have not made a very detailed and in-depth summary.
So, next, this article will provide a detailed and in-depth summary and analysis of the improvement of and . The actual experience that the improvement can bring . In the end, we will also give a purchase suggestion, hoping to help you in need.
iPadPro series: only squeeze a little toothpaste, the price is more than a little
The iPad Pro series released this time is still two products - the 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions. The appearance design is no different from the previous generation. Let's summarize the upgrades of the iPad Pro series compared to the previous generation.
Upgrade point 1: M1 chip is upgraded to M2 chip.
The biggest upgrade of the new iPad Pro is reflected in the "core replacement". Its processor has been upgraded from the previous generation of M1 chip to a brand new M2 chip, and it is also a full-blood version of M2 chip with a 10-core GPU (M2 also has a residual-blood version of 8-core GPU).
In addition, the new version of iPad Pro also has a hidden upgrade point - the improvement of memory specifications. The new version of iPad Pro is equipped with a full-blood LPDDR5 memory of 6400, while the old version of iPad Pro is equipped with a LPDDR4X memory of 4266. The former has a higher memory bandwidth, which will be more obvious to the improvement of GPU .
Specific performance improvement and power consumption performance, let’s look at the following data:
①CPU running score (top M1, bottom M2): single core is increased by 9% , multi-core is increased by 14% , with limited improvement.
②GPU running score (left M2 and right M1): has increased by 34.9% . The test in some games is thanks to the blessing of high bandwidth, and can even be higher than this level.
③Power consumption comparison: M2 full load is slightly higher than M1, but the overall difference is not big.
is shown in the figure below. This is the test of GPU power consumption of M2 and M1 chips tested by Geek Bay. You can clearly see that the GPU power consumption of M2 reaches 13W, which is about 30% higher than the 10W of M1. Of course, this is just that in the extreme environment and in daily use of consumers, the gap in power consumption is not big. As for CPU power consumption, according to the current test data, the power consumption performance of M1 and M2 is basically the same as that of .
In addition, compared with M1, M2 has added support for ProRes encoding engine , which may be of some value to consumers with professional shooting appeals, but who will use iPad to shoot videos? Although
M2 has significantly improved GPU performance compared to M1, since at this stage, there are very few software that can fully exert the performance of M1 chips in the iPad OS system, let alone M2, because iPad OS still does not have the ability to completely replace productivity equipment at this stage, the performance improvement of M2 compared to M1 is basically unsatisfactory.
Upgrade point 2: Supports Apple Pencil hover function.
Another important upgrade point of the new iPad Pro is to support the hover function of Apple Pencil. What is hover? Before Apple Pencil touches the screen, it first displays the possible position of the pen that can be put into contact on the screen, so that users can adjust the position more accurately.
This function is more useful for users who often use iPad Pro to draw illustrations, but according to the experience on Samsung and Microsoft tablets, the experience improvement brought by this function is not high, and requires a certain learning cost (most people are still used to smearing and changing when painting)
upgrade point 3: Bluetooth 5.0 upgraded to Bluetooth 5.3.
The new version of iPad Pro's Bluetooth specification has been upgraded from the previous 5.0 to the latest 5.3, but it is also a regular update and has a weak perception.
Upgrade point 4: Supports RAW format hardware acceleration.
also belongs to the hardware characteristics of M2 and may have certain value for special consumer groups, but due to the influence of the system level, the perception is not strong.
or above is a summary of all the upgrade parts of iPad Pro (sixth generation) compared to iPad Pro (five generation). Apart from the above four upgrade points, there is no difference between the new iPad Pro compared to the old ones - appearance, screen, camera, ID design, and even three-dimensional and weight data.
However, its price has increased by astonishingly compared to the old model. The starting price of the 12.9 and 11-inch versions of iPad Pro have increased by 800 and 500 yuan respectively compared to the previous generation, setting a record high.
Purchase suggestions: is not recommended to buy, it is recommended to purchase second-hand M1 version iPad Pro.
iPad Tenth Generation: Fully upgraded, and replace iPad AIR 5
Compared with iPad Pro, iPad basic class updates are relatively huge, and it can even be said to be a complete transformation.
Upgrade point 1: The appearance of has changed a lot, the series's ancestral Home buttons have been removed, and they use right-angle bezels and full-screen design similar to iPad Air5 and iPad Pro, which is consistent with mainstream iPad models.
upgrade point 2: Lighting interface is updated to USB-C interface, and the adaptability has been greatly improved.
Upgrade point 3: A13 processor is upgraded to A14, and the performance has been improved.
upgrade point 4: 800W rear camera has been upgraded to 1200W, and a new microphone radio device is added around the camera, and it supports 4K 60FPS photography. The overall specifications are exactly the same as those of iPad Air5.
Upgrade point 6: The position of the front camera of has changed, and is placed in the center of the right border. The specifications and the previous generation have not changed, and are still 12MP.
Upgrade point 7: loses weight comprehensively and becomes thinner. The thickness is reduced from 7.5mm to 7mm, and the weight is reduced from 487G (WIFI version) to 477G.
Upgrade point 8: Home key fingerprint unlocking changes to side fingerprint unlocking.
From the entire device configuration, you can see that although the tenth generation of iPad follows the previous generation's rules in its name, the more accurate product name of this product should be iPad Air5SE, because except that it is not as good as iPad Air5 in terms of processor, many other configurations are exactly the same as AIR. For example, they have almost the same screen, almost the same shape, almost the same rear camera and front camera configuration, etc.
In other words, if you don’t care so much about performance, the tenth generation of iPad is a very good choice. Although its price is 1,000 yuan more expensive than the ninth generation of iPad, it is 1,000 yuan cheaper than the iPad Air5, which makes up for the gap in this price range very well. The cost-effectiveness is quite good. It is recommended to buy it.
Purchase suggestions: is worth buying, and the cost-effectiveness is much higher than the new iPad Pro.
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