apple a6 vs A5x

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jack92029jack92029
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014


The new iPhone has an A6 chip. Is this new chip more powerful than the current A5X chip in the iPad?


 


Do you expect that the current retina display iPad will be upgraded to the A6 chip when the iPad mini is announced?

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    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by jack92029 View Post

    The new iPhone has an A6 chip. Is this new chip more powerful than the current A5X chip in the iPad?


     


    Yes in some ways, no in others.





    Do you expect that the current retina display iPad will be upgraded to the A6 chip when the iPad mini is announced?




     


    Not when, if. It's a terrible idea.


     


    And no, the iPad likely wouldn't be updated until next spring when it actually gets an update (and Lightning, better cameras, etc.).

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    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    jack92029 wrote: »
    The new iPhone has an A6 chip. Is this new chip more powerful than the current A5X chip in the iPad?
    The CPU is a far stronger performer. The details on the GPU are not well known.
    Do you expect that the current retina display iPad will be upgraded to the A6 chip when the iPad mini is announced?
    I would expect that the next iPad would get an enhanced A6.
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