Apple confirms new iPad Air’s M2 chip has 9 GPU cores (not 10) and all performance claims remain accurate
- by autobot
- June 4, 2024
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Yesterday, we reported that the M2 chip in Apple’s . This discrepancy explains why the new iPad Air’s graphics performance was slightly lower than the last-generation iPad Pro, even though the two are supposedly powered by the same M2 chip. but also said that all performance claims remain accurate despite this mix-up. An Apple spokesperson said: Earlier, the change was only reflected on Apple’s US site. But at the time of writing, the Singapore site has been updated too to say that the new iPad Air has 9 GPU cores. Apple claims that despite the mix-up, its performance claims remain accurate. To recap, Apple says the new iPad Air is up to 50% faster than its predecessor and that To recap, here are some of the results of our testing.
. Sadly, Apple did not say much else about this mix-up. I'm curious how they could make such a mistake regarding the M2 chip's GPU core count. Source: