Nine GPU cores instead of eight, RAM up from 8GB to 12GB, bandwidth at 120GB s. Apple puts the performance gain at 30% over the M3, which tracks — more memory tends to do that. For M1 users the jump is harder to ignore: 2.3x faster across the board, four times quicker on ray traced 3D graphics, and a Neural Engine that’s three times faster. That last bit matters more than it used to, since iPadOS is leaning heavily on on device AI through Apple Intelligence — transcribing...
