Let me break down the year-over-year spec upgrades first. The latest iPad has double the base storage of the previous generation, with options ranging from 128GB up to 512GB. The new generation also has 6GB of RAM, compared to 4GB on the previous model.
Another notable improvement to the iPad is the newer A16 Bionic chip, an Apple silicon processor that is said to be 30% faster than the A14 chip. On GPU performance, Apple says the new iPad is 50% better at graphics rendering than the previous version.
I’ve been using the iPad 11th-generation for work throughout the week, and it performs exceedingly well for word processing, image editing, and even video editing for social media. I’ve had no issues with lagging, connectivity, or crashing on it thus far. You really have to push this thing to get it to break a sweat.
The iPad is also a great entertainment tablet, ideal for playing, streaming, messaging, and social media. It’s no Tandem OLED display like on the iPad Pro, but the Liquid Retina panel gets just colorful and sharp enough to provide an enjoyable viewing experience.
| Geekbench 6 scores | Single-Core CPU Benchmark | Multi-Core CPU Benchmark | GPU benchmark |
| iPad 11 (2025) | 2,596 | 6,237 | 19,848 |
| iPad 10 (2022) | 2,083 | 4,902 | 16,973 |
| iPad 8 (2020) | 1,330 | 2,788 | 8,998 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ (2025) | 1,353 | 3,923 | 6,982 |
As you can see from the standard Geekbench 6 testing, the new iPad is a clear leader among previous base models and even the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+