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Curious what chip Apple has put in its iPads over the years or what A or M-series is in your current iPad? What about the chip used in the original iPad? Read along for a look at the complete iPad chip list for what comes in every model going back to 2010.
Apple puts most of its focus on what its devices can do rather than the detailed specs powering them. But a big part of that is making its own SoC (system on chip) for its iPads (and iPhones) that are fine-tuned to work as powerfully and efficiently as possible with iPadOS and iOS.
All of that really took off with iPhone and led to A-series chips in iPad then M-series Apple Silicon making its way to Mac and iPad.
We’ve also got lists on iPhone chips, battery specs, iPad RAM, and more:
- iPhone chip list: Here’s what A-series chip is in each model
- iPhone battery mAh list: How much capacity does each iPhone model have?
- iPad RAM list: Here’s how much memory every iPad model has
Ok, here’s the full iPad chip list as we wait for the M3 iPads to arrive 😁
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iPad Pro 12.9″ 6th gen chip?
Apple Silicon M2 – CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.5 GHz; GPU 10 cores
iPad Pro 11″ 4th gen chip?
Apple Silicon M2 – CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.5 GHz; GPU 10 cores
iPad Pro 12.9″ 5th gen chip?
Apple Silicon M1 – CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz; GPU 8 cores
iPad Pro 11″ 3rd gen chip?
Apple Silicon M1– CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz; GPU 8 cores
iPad Air 5th gen chip?
Apple Silicon M1– CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz; GPU 8 cores
iPad mini 6th gen chip?
A15 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz
iPad 9th gen chip?
A13 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.66 GHz
iPad Air 4th gen chip?
A14 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.0 GHz
iPad 8th gen chip?
A12 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad Pro 12.9″ 4th gen chip?
A12Z Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad Pro 11″ 2nd gen chip?
A12Z Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad 7th gen chip?
A10 Fusion – 4 cores: 2 performance, 2 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
iPad mini 5th gen chip?
A12 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad Air 3rd gen chip?
A12 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad Pro 12.9″ 3rd gen chip?
A12X Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad Pro 11″ chip?
A12X Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
iPad 6th gen chip?
A10 Fusion – 4 cores: 2 performance, 2 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
iPad Pro 12.9″ 2nd gen chip?
A10X Fusion – 6 cores: 3 performance, 3 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
iPad Pro 10.5″ gen chip?
A10X Fusion – 6 cores: 3 performance, 3 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
iPad 5th gen chip?
A9 – 2 cores: 1.85 GHz
iPad Pro 9.7″ chip?
A9X – 2 cores: 2.16 GHz
iPad Pro 12.9″ chip?
A9X – 2 cores: 2.26 GHz
iPad mini 3rd gen chip?
A8 – 2 cores: 1.5 GHz
iPad Air 2nd gen chip?
A8X – 3 cores: 1.5 GHz
iPad mini 2nd gen chip?
A7 – 2 cores: 1.3 GHz
iPad Air chip?
A7 – 2 cores: 1.4 GHz
iPad mini chip?
A5 – 2 cores: 1 GHz
iPad 4th gen chip?
A6X – 2 cores: 1.4 GHz
iPad 3rd gen chip?
A5X – 2 cores: 1 GHz
iPad 2nd gen chip?
A5 – 2 cores: 1 GHz
Original iPad chip?
A4 – 1 core: 1 GHz
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