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I think this is the only time besides the A12X to A12Z bin and rebadge in iPad Pro that Apple hasn’t compared last year’s model directly to the new one. A15’s m

I think this is the only time besides the A12X to A12Z bin and rebadge in iPad Pro that Apple hasn’t compared last year’s model directly to the new one. A15’s main processors don’t sound like a big improvement over A14. Maybe Apple didn’t think a 5% to 10% bump was enough to brag about in the keynote, even though that’s roughly what AMD and Intel regularly pull off between generations. I’m eager to see what really changed, and if it will hint at what’s coming with M1X/M2.

photojosh 5y ago
Seems there's an extra GPU core only enabled in some models and new video encoder/decoder (to support ProRes?), but beside that most of the work this year went into lowering power consumption. They made a big deal of the additional battery life (particularly useful for the Mini buyers). Which is fine, I don't ever feel like raw CPU speed is an issue these days: I can't really tell any the difference between my A12Z iPad and the A14 phone in day-to-day tasks.