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“The eighth-generation iPad with the A12 Bionic chip delivers a huge leap in performance, with 40 percent faster CPU performance and twice the graphics capability.”
Compares CPU and GPU (Metal) with the A10 Fusion in the iPad (7th generation).
Apple’s footnote compares with the previous-generation device.
iPad (8th generation) announcement, September 2020, Apple Newsroom, iPad (8th generation) announcement, September 2020
CPU
Claimed +40%
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GPU
Claimed 2×
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“This makes the new iPad up to two times faster than the top-selling Windows laptop, up to three times faster than the top-selling Android tablet and up to six times faster than the top-selling Chromebook.”
Baseline is not an Apple device; Geekbench averages for it are out of scope.
iPad (8th generation) announcement, September 2020, Apple Newsroom, iPad (8th generation) announcement, September 2020
| Device | Single-core | Change over the previous generation |
|---|---|---|
| iPad, 2010 | No data | First in this line |
| iPad 2, 2011 | No data | |
| 3rd gen, 2012 | No data | |
| 4th gen, 2012 | No data | |
| 5th gen, 2017 | No data | |
| 6th gen, 2018 | No data | |
| 7th gen, 2019 | No data | |
| 8th gen, 2020, this device | No data | |
| 9th gen, 2021 | No data | |
| 10th gen, 2022 | No data | |
| A16, 2025 | No data |
The iPad (8th generation) has no scores to compare.