Apple says M2 iPad Air efficiency claims are correct regardless of GPU mix-up

Over the weekend, we reported that Apple had up to date its web site to say the brand new iPad Air’s M2 chip encompasses a 9-core GPU, regardless of initially promoting it as a 10-core GPU. An Apple spokesperson has now confirmed this variation to 9to5Mac, whereas additionally saying that each one efficiency claims stay correct and had been primarily based on a 9-core GPU.

Right here’s the total assertion from an Apple spokesperson:

We’re updating Apple.com to appropriate the core depend for the M2 iPad Air. All efficiency claims for the M2 iPad Air are correct and primarily based on a 9-core GPU.

The second a part of that sentence is vital. Apple is saying that each one the efficiency claims it made concerning the M2 chip within the iPad Air are correct, regardless of the 9-core versus 10-core GPU mix-up. For instance, Apple’s declare that the M2 iPad Air is almost 50% sooner than the M1 mannequin nonetheless stands:

When mixed with sooner reminiscence bandwidth, the brand new iPad Air is almost 50 % sooner than the earlier iPad Air with M1 for a variety of productiveness and artistic duties. And in comparison with iPad Air with A14 Bionic, the brand new iPad Air delivers as much as 3x sooner efficiency. 

This marks the primary time that Apple has offered an M2-powered machine with a 9-core GPU. Sometimes, Apple presents 8-core and 10-core GPU configurations, with choices scaling larger from there relying on the pc.

9to5Mac’s Take

The clarification that Apple’s claims about M2 iPad Air efficiency nonetheless maintain true is vital. Nonetheless, I’d love some extra particulars on what precisely occurred right here. At this level, it does sound just like the wires obtained crossed someplace inside Apple, we simply don’t know the place.

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