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“And with the latest graphics architecture, including dynamic caching and hardware-accelerated mesh shading and ray tracing, graphics performance jumps by up to 2.7x — great for gaming and 3D rendering.”
Compares GPU (Metal) with the A17 Pro in the iPad mini (A17 Pro). No baseline named, read as the previous generation.
iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026, Apple Newsroom, iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026
GPU
Claimed up to 2.7×
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“A20 Pro also features up to a 6-core CPU for up to 60 percent faster multithreaded performance for everyday tasks like editing photos and working across apps.”
Compares CPU multi-core with the A17 Pro in the iPad mini (A17 Pro). No baseline named, read as the previous generation.
Apple says up to a 6-core CPU without naming the configuration.
iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026, Apple Newsroom, iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026
Multi-core
Claimed up to +60%
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“Powered by a 7-core GPU with Neural Accelerators in each GPU core, iPad mini delivers up to 4.5x faster AI performance than the previous generation — perfect for AI tasks ranging from running on-device models in creative apps to running local LLMs.”
AI performance through the GPU Neural Accelerators, not general GPU speed.
iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026, Apple Newsroom, iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026
“The 512GB configuration features a powerful Dual 16-core Neural Engine, which offers double the processing power of the previous generation, accelerating tasks in apps like Draw Things and Detail.”
Neural Engine (512GB configuration only); Geekbench 6 does not measure it.
iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026, Apple Newsroom, iPad mini (A20 Pro) announcement, October 2026
| Device | Single-core | Change over the previous generation |
|---|---|---|
| mini, 2012 | No data | First in this line |
| mini 2, 2013 | No data | |
| mini 3, 2014 | No data | |
| mini 4, 2015 | No data | |
| mini 5th gen, 2019 | No data | |
| mini 6th gen, 2021 | No data | |
| mini A17 Pro, 2024 | No data | |
| mini A20 Pro, 2026, this device | No data |
The iPad mini (A20 Pro) has no scores to compare.