xander0985

The YouTube embed in this article is incorrect and shows the iPhone 12 vs 11. The iPhone 12 mini video can be found at: https://youtu.be/90JIZCYa6Q4
Edit: The 12 mini video is now showing as private. Guess we'll have to wait a couple more weeks after all.

The iPhone event was called "Hi, Speed" not "It's Speed".

canukstorm said:

MacQuadra840av said:

xander0985 said:

AppleInsider said:

With its A14 Bionic processor, compared to the 11-inch iPad Pro's A12Z Bionic, there is more power in the new iPad Air.

That is likely not the case. The A12Z has four high-performance cores to the A14's two, and eight GPU cores to the A14's four. I'd expect better single-core performance from the Air, but the Pro is likely to be more performant in multi-core and GPU applications. This is the second comparison article from Apple Insider that failed to point out these differences. If I were in the market, I would certainly hold out for an iPad Pro update to A14-class chips, but I don't think one can presume that the Air is more powerful than the Pro given the information that we have.

Exactly this!  Both AI articles comparing the Air and the Pro intentionally left out this key information.  Just because one processor is 'two numbers' higher than the other, does not make it faster.  The A14 is lacking the high performance cores and has half the amount of graphics cores compared to the A12Z.  Also, the fact that the Pro has the superior display with ProMotion, does not make the Air automatically faster.  Stop pretending the new Air has better features than the Pro.  It clearly doesn't.  It might look like a Pro, but it isn't.

For mainstream buyers, maybe this is what they want.  An modern-looking iPad without top-of-the-line features.

The point that MacQuadra840av and myself are making isn't about the desirability of the Air, but rather that AI's comparison of the new Air and the Pro is inaccurate. They have done users a disservice in lazily concluding that the Air has a more powerful processor with little more evidence than '14 is larger than 12'. This spec comparison article should mention that the Pro has twice the high-performance cores (4 vs 2) and twice the GPU cores (8 vs 4) compared to the Air. We won't know how significant the difference is until the Air is out in the wild, and I expect the A14 to hold its own, but I would be surprised if it bests the A12Z/A12X in much more than single-core benchmarks.

AppleInsider said:

With its A14 Bionic processor, compared to the 11-inch iPad Pro's A12Z Bionic, there is more power in the new iPad Air.

That is likely not the case. The A12Z has four high-performance cores to the A14's two, and eight GPU cores to the A14's four. I'd expect better single-core performance from the Air, but the Pro is likely to be more performant in multi-core and GPU applications. This is the second comparison article from Apple Insider that failed to point out these differences. If I were in the market, I would certainly hold out for an iPad Pro update to A14-class chips, but I don't think one can presume that the Air is more powerful than the Pro given the information that we have.