The latest iPad Pro is similarly impressive on the battery life front, often letting me get through an entire day of on-and-off use before having to plug in. In short: This is the fastest tablet ever, and the one to get if you need to get serious creative work done. Unsurprisingly, its scores are on par with the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that share the same chip, and it nearly doubled our best Windows laptop pick in the Dell XPS 13. On Geekbench 5 (which gauges overall performance), the iPad Pro M2 put up a whopping multi-core score of 8,495 - that’s about 15% faster than last year’s M1 model, double what we got from the 10th-gen iPad and about three times as fast as the similarly expensive Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. That being said, most iPads are really fast these days, and it’s the iPad Pro’s benchmark scores that really put into perspective just how beastly this thing is. Whether I was rotating a detailed 3D illustration in SketchUp, touching up intricate digital paintings in Procreate or juggling my usual mix of email, writing and chat apps, the iPad Pro M2 handled it all without a hiccup. Four apps side by side in Stage Manager while a movie plays on Disney+ in picture-in-picture? Light work. Graphically rich games like Asphalt 9 and Genshin Impact? Smooth as silk. Dozens of apps and countless Safari tabs open at once? No problem. I’ve been using the new iPad Pro as my main work machine for the better part of a week, and it’s yet to show the tiniest bit of slowdown no matter what I throw at it. You simply won’t find a more powerful tablet than this. Its laptop-grade power comes as no surprise, as it packs the same industry-leading Apple M2 chip found in the latest MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The iPad Pro M2 is one of the most powerful machines I’ve ever gotten my hands on, delivering blissfully speedy performance in everyday use and outpacing every tablet we’ve ever tested - and a good amount of mainstream laptops - on our benchmark tests. But what about everybody else? Here’s what I think about Apple’s latest high-end slate after using it as my main computer for about a week. The iPad Pro M2’s best-in-class performance makes it the obvious best tablet pick for serious creatives who need something more flexible than a laptop and are new to the iPad Pro family. And while the latest iPadOS software update aims to make the iPad Pro even more of a laptop replacement, it doesn’t quite stick the landing. Apple’s new premium tablet has the same stunning display, lightweight design and great keyboard experience as previous models, now with a blazing-fast M2 chip (yes, the same one on the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro) that runs circles around most tablets and laptops.īut this powerful device comes with a luxe price tag, and it’s important to note that anyone coming from a recent iPad Pro will essentially be getting the same exact tablet with a few extra perks.

There isn’t much new to report about the latest iPad Pro, save for the fact that it’s the fastest tablet we’ve ever tested.

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