The seventh-generation iPad mini has a performance boost over previous versions thanks to the A17 Pro chip.
Initial benchmarks of the seventh-generation iPad mini have been published, showing a performance increase of about 30 percent over the previous version.
While Apple often compares the performance of new products to previous generations at launch events, users often have to wait for public benchmarks to get exact numbers. The first data from Geekbench 6 has appeared, showing significant improvements thanks to the A17 Pro chip in the new iPad mini.
iPad mini 7
According to information from AppleInsider, the seventh-generation iPad mini's single-core performance reached 2,801 points, while its multi-core performance reached 6,796 points. Both of these figures are higher than the iPad mini 6, which uses the A15 Bionic chip, with improvements of 32% for single-core and 27% for multi-core, respectively.
Geekbench scores in the iPad mini 7 single-core test.
When compared to the standard iPad, which runs on the older A13 Bionic chip, the seventh-generation iPad mini outperforms it by 61 percent in single-core testing and 76 percent in multi-core testing. In particular, the iPad mini 7 is able to compete with the M2-powered iPad Air, with 9 percent better single-core performance but 31 percent behind in multi-core testing.
Geekbench scores in multi-core test.
In terms of graphics performance, the A17 Pro's average score of 25,716 on the iPad mini 7 is impressive, 32 percent faster than the A15 Bionic on the iPad mini 6 and 89 percent faster than the A13 Bionic on the standard iPad. However, this score is still much lower than the M2 and M4 chips, which scored 41,408 and 53,451, respectively.
It may seem a bit funny because the product is hard to compare with the iPad Pro M4, but many users have expressed dissatisfaction with the price of Apple's high-end product and the lack of exclusive features of iPadOS 18 for the iPad Pro M4. But is the iPad mini 7 really worthy of users' expectations of an iPad mini Pro? The simple answer is "Yes" thanks to the features on the product. Let's find out.
First of all, the highlight of the iPad mini 7 is the A17 Pro - a powerful processor that was previously only available on the iPhone 15 Pro. Apple claims that the A17 Pro chip delivers "outstanding performance even for the most demanding tasks", with a faster CPU and GPU, and a Neural Engine that is twice as powerful as the previous generation. This means that users can comfortably edit videos or play games without encountering any obstacles.
