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 😁
iPad chip list: What’s powering each iPad model?
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Apple Silicon M2 – CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.5 GHz; GPU 10 cores
Apple Silicon M2 – CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.5 GHz; GPU 10 cores
Apple Silicon M1 – CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz; GPU 8 cores
Apple Silicon M1– CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz; GPU 8 cores
Apple Silicon M1– CPU 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz; GPU 8 cores
A15 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.2 GHz
A13 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.66 GHz
A14 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 3.0 GHz
A12 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A12Z Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A12Z Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A10 Fusion – 4 cores: 2 performance, 2 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
A12 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A12 Bionic – 6 cores: 2 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A12X Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A12X Bionic – 8 cores: 4 performance, 4 efficiency, 2.5 GHz
A10 Fusion – 4 cores: 2 performance, 2 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
A10X Fusion – 6 cores: 3 performance, 3 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
A10X Fusion – 6 cores: 3 performance, 3 efficiency, 2.3 GHz
A9 – 2 cores: 1.85 GHz
A9X – 2 cores: 2.16 GHz
A9X – 2 cores: 2.26 GHz
A8 – 2 cores: 1.5 GHz
A8X – 3 cores: 1.5 GHz
A7 – 2 cores: 1.3 GHz
A7 – 2 cores: 1.4 GHz
A5 – 2 cores: 1 GHz
A6X – 2 cores: 1.4 GHz
A5X – 2 cores: 1 GHz
A5 – 2 cores: 1 GHz
A4 – 1 core: 1 GHz
What iPad chip most surprised you? Or what did you find most interesting about how Apple has used chips in iPad over the years? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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