iPad Air 2 Features 3-Core 1.5GHz A8X Processor, 2GB of RAM [Benchmarks]

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Posted October 21, 2014 at 8:47pm by iClarified

Early benchmarks for the new iPad Air 2 reveal that the device features a 3-core 1.5GHz A8X processor and 2GB of RAM.

Primate Labs posted early benchmarks for the new device to Twitter noting that, "iPad Air 2 with a 3-core processor is the fastest multi-core iOS device by a large margin."

iPhoneBenchmark.net also posted memory mark benchmarks for the device which revealed a memory size of ~1987MB.

Take a look at the charts below for more details. It looks as though new iPad has significantly more processing power than any iOS device we've ever seen before!

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iPad Air 2 Features 3-Core 1.5GHz A8X Processor, 2GB of RAM [Benchmarks]

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dave vangina - October 22, 2014 at 8:52am

WTF 4th core disabled as on Apple TV? Nobody makes chips with 3 cores

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Sympathy - October 21, 2014 at 9:40pm

See these results kids?? More memory and more cores = more horse power. This pretty much sums up and punch all the iSheep's in the face with the "who needs more than 1GB ram?? Who needs more than dual-core??" excuses. GJ Apple. Finally providing us the real performance!!

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THui - October 21, 2014 at 9:52pm

In the IPhone 6 and 6 , they still beat their competition in speed in single and multi core benchmarks even though they use dual core and 1 GB of RAM.

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Redha - October 21, 2014 at 10:02pm

You miss understood the idea. More cores and more clock speed = more power. However, this does not mean that it will be faster if one device has more cores and clock speed than a device that is completely different. I mean if two similar devices contains different cores, the one which contains the more is gonna be more powerful. That's what I believe:)

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yagoaxx - October 21, 2014 at 10:52pm

this sums it up end of discussion http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/02/real-world-app-launching-test-shows-iphone-6-beating-out-galaxy-s5-and-htc-one-m8/

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krishnakant26 - October 21, 2014 at 9:24pm

Something big coming in next iOS...looks like all 32bit devices will be stopped.

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Jackson Browne - October 21, 2014 at 9:00pm

Are very many programs actually going to be able to take advantage of the Air 2's multi-core performance? Is this part of the reason that Apple has declared only 64-bit programs for the near future of the App Store?

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gamerscul9870 - October 21, 2014 at 8:57pm

Wait for the 6s. Be faster than light.

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gamerscul9870 - October 22, 2014 at 12:24am

I know but the newer the Apple products, the higher it goes than before it travels.

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