Current iPad Lineup
The iPad Pro runs M5 — the same chip family as the MacBook Air — making it a genuine laptop replacement for creative and development work, with support for Stage Manager and external displays. The iPad Air uses M4, which is more than enough for multitasking, illustration, and light video editing. The iPad mini carries the A17 Pro for a pocketable device with console-level gaming capability. The base iPad uses the A16, delivering solid everyday performance at the lowest price.
iPad Pro 13″
2 chips
M5
iPad Pro 11″
2 chips
M5
iPad Air 13″
1 chip
M4 (8c CPU / 9c GPU)
iPad Air 11″
1 chip
M4 (8c CPU / 9c GPU)
iPad mini (7th gen)
1 chip
A17 Pro (6c CPU / 5c GPU)
iPad (A16)
1 chip
A16 Bionic (6c CPU / 5c GPU)
Chip Comparison
| Spec | M5 10c CPU / 10c GPU |
M5 9c CPU / 10c GPU |
M4 8c CPU / 9c GPU |
A17 Pro 6c CPU / 5c GPU |
A16 Bionic 6c CPU / 5c GPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices |
MacBook Air 15″ MacBook Air 13″ MacBook Pro 14″ iPad Pro 13″ iPad Pro 11″ Apple Vision Pro |
iPad Pro 13″ iPad Pro 11″ |
iPad Air 13″ iPad Air 11″ |
iPad mini (7th gen) | iPad (A16) |
| CPU | |||||
| CPU Cores | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Super Cores | 4 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Super Core Speed (GHz) | 4.61 | 4.61 | – | – | – |
| Performance Cores | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Performance CPU Name | – | – | – | – | Everest |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | – | – | 4.4 | 3.78 | 3.46 |
| Efficiency Cores | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Efficiency CPU Name | – | – | – | – | Sawtooth |
| Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.85 | 2.11 | 2.02 |
| SLC Cache (MB) | – | – | 20 | – | – |
| CPU ISA | – | – | – | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| GPU | |||||
| GPU cores | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Execution Units | 160 | 160 | 144 | 80 | – |
| ALU Count | 1280 | 1280 | 1152 | 640 | – |
| GPU Frequency (GHz) | 2005 | 2005 | 1470 | – | 1.398 |
| TFLOPS | 5.13 | 5.13 | 3.84 | – | – |
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | 9th-gen Apple | 9th-gen Apple | 8th-gen Apple | Apple | Apple |
| NPU | |||||
| Neural Engine cores | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Neural Engine TOPS | 61 | 61 | 38 | 35 | 17 |
| Memory | |||||
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 153.6 | 153.6 | 120 | – | – |
| Memory bus width (bits) | 128 | 128 | 128 | – | – |
| Memory channels | 8 | 8 | 2 | – | – |
| Memory channel width (bits) | 16 | 16 | 64 | – | – |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X-9600 | LPDDR5X-9600 | LPDDR5X-7500 | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory options (GB) |
16 24 32 |
12 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Media Engine | |||||
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW |
H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW |
H264 HEVC ProRes ProRes RAW |
H264 HEVC ProRes |
H264 HEVC ProRes |
| Video Decode | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Video Encode | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| ProRes Engines | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| AV1 Decode | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Semiconductor Tech | |||||
| Process node (nm) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Transistors (billion) | – | – | – | 19 | 16 |
| Part number | – | – | – | APL1V02 | APL1W10 |
| Release date | 2025-10-15 | 2025-10-15 | 2026-03-02 | 2024-10-15 | 2022-09-07 |