iPad Air 2 benchmarks praise A8X chip: ‘Fastest multi-core iOS device by a large margin’
Alexandra BurlacuNewly-surfaced benchmark listings show that the iPad Air 2 is the fastest multi-core iOS device, blowing away the new-generation iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones.
Apple recently unveiled its latest iPad lineup, introducing the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3, but many were wondering whether the new iterations are indeed worth the upgrade. While the iPad Mini 3 doesn't boast such impressive improvements over its predecessor, the iPad Air 2 definitely takes things to the next level.
The original iPad Air that launched last year is a powerhouse on its own, with high-end specs and features all around. The iPad Air 2 is now even more powerful, as well as thinner and lighter than its predecessor, and the latest benchmarks also show that it's the most powerful multi-core iOS device.
Apple's new iPad Air 2 packs an upgraded A8X chip, as opposed to the A8 one found in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. This triple-core 1.5GHz A8X seems to be doing a great job, as Primate Labs has now published an intriguing couple of charts illustrating just how impressive this upgrade is.
"iPad Air 2 with a 3-core processor is the fastest multi-core iOS device by a large margin," Primate Labs claims in a post on Twitter.
According to the images Primate Labs published, the most dramatic improvements lay in the multi-core benchmarks. The upgraded A8X chip found in the iPad Air 2 significantly outshines the dual-core A8 powering the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, showing a 55 percent faster performance in this multi-core benchmark. At the same time, the iPad Air 2's A8X chip is also 68 percent faster than the A7 one found in the original iPad Air, the multi-core benchmark further shows (see first image above).
In terms of single-core performance, the iPad Air 2 again outshines its siblings due to the 1.5GHz cores in the A8X. The 100MHz increase in speed compared to the 1.4GHz cores of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus makes up for most of the nearly 13 percent faster performance over the A8 chip. Compared to the original iPad Air, meanwhile the iPad Air 2 is 23 percent faster in the single-core benchmark (see second image above).
In conclusion, it looks like the new iPad Air 2 packs a blazing-fast, triple-core A8X chipset clocked at 1.5GHz, which should be able to easily handle whatever you throw at it.
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