If a single set of M4 benchmarks can be believed, the new higher-end configurations of the iPad Pro have a lead on the MacBook Pro with M3 processor for AI tasks — but not by much.
Apple’s new iPad Pro
Apple’s new iPad Pro
A new benchmark for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with M4 and 10 cores has been posted to GeekBench overnight. In it, the assorted artificial intelligence workloads have perhaps been measured for the first time — but we’re skeptical, considering that the benchmark appears to have been run on iOS 18.
If accurate, the score of 9234 on the “Core ML Neural Engine Inference” for iPad Pro is decent. It is not the best from an Apple Product.
Apple’s new iPad Pro benchmarks demonstrate impressive tablet AI performance
Apple’s new iPad Pro benchmarks demonstrate impressive tablet AI performance