How Much Faster?

iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)

M4, May 2024

Scores

Single-core

3,676

+42.5% over iPad Pro 11-inch (M2)

Multi-core

13,539

+38.1% over iPad Pro 11-inch (M2)

GPU (Metal)

No data

Keynote claims, measured

“The new CPU offers up to four performance cores and now six efficiency cores, with next-generation machine learning (ML) accelerators, to deliver up to 1.5x faster CPU performance over M2 in the previous-generation iPad Pro.”

Compares CPU with the M2 in the iPad Pro 11-inch (M2).

Apple tested preproduction 13-inch iPad Pro (M4) units with a 10-core CPU; the dataset uses the 11-inch model.

iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024, Apple Newsroom, iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024

Single-core1.43 times

  • iPad Pro 11-inch (M2)2,579
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)3,676
  • Claimed up to 1.5×

Multi-core1.38 times

  • iPad Pro 11-inch (M2)9,802
  • iPad Pro 11-inch (M4)13,539
  • Claimed up to 1.5×

Matches on single-core

Not measurable with Geekbench

  • “Coupled with higher unified memory bandwidth, pro rendering apps like Octane will see up to 4x faster performance than M2.”

    Pro rendering in a named app, helped by memory bandwidth; Geekbench 6 does not run it.

    iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024, Apple Newsroom, iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024

  • “The new iPad Pro with M4 features Apple’s most powerful Neural Engine ever, capable of 38 trillion operations per second, which is 60x faster than Apple’s first Neural Engine in the A11 Bionic chip.”

    Neural Engine operations per second against an iPhone chip; Geekbench 6 does not measure it.

    iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024, Apple Newsroom, iPad Pro (M4) announcement, May 2024

iPad Pro single-core, by generation

DeviceSingle-coreChange over the previous generation
iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 2015749First in this line
iPad Pro 10.5-inch, 2017940+25.5%
iPad Pro 11-inch, 20181,328+41.3%
iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), 20201,328+0.0%
iPad Pro 11-inch (M1), 20212,311+74.0%
iPad Pro 11-inch (M2), 20222,579+11.6%
iPad Pro 11-inch (M4), 2024, this device3,676+42.5%
iPad Pro 11-inch (M5), 20254,116+12.0%

Against other devices

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch

    4.91 timesslower

    Single-core 749 vs 3,676. Multi-core 11 times slower, 1,246 vs 13,539.

  • iPad Pro 11-inch (M5)

    M5, October 2025

    1.12 timesfaster

    Single-core 4,116 vs 3,676. Multi-core 1.13 times faster, 15,280 vs 13,539.

  • iPhone 18 Pro

    A20 Pro, September 2026

    about 1.28 timesfaster

    Single-core about 4,695 vs 3,676. Multi-core about 1.08 times slower, about 12,521 vs 13,539.

  • MacBook Air (M5)

    M5, March 2026

    1.13 timesfaster

    Single-core 4,168 vs 3,676. Multi-core 1.25 times faster, 16,934 vs 13,539.