Apple has corrected the GPU core depend within the M2 iPad Air’s description.
Apple has quietly modified the M2 iPad Air’s listed GPU core depend from 10 cores to 9 cores, and Metallic benchmark testing means that the nine-core spec is correct.
The M2 iPad Air was initially introduced as having a 10-core GPU in its preliminary press launch on Could 7, 2024. The press launch has remained uncorrected, as has an iPad Air assist web page, and all listings for the product in Apple Shops outdoors the US as of June 1, 2024.
The correction, first noticed by 9to5 Mac, on Saturday is prone to be the true core depend, with the unique specs having surprisingly been in error. Geekbench’s Metallic benchmark testing of the M2 iPad Air reveals a rating of 41,095, in comparison with the M2 Professional’s 10-core GPU, which charges a rating of 45,195.
The M2 chip within the iPad Air fashions is a most likely a “binned” model of the 10-core chip, with one of many GPU cores disabled. That is finished in lots of instances to extend processor yields, and never need to toss a chip that has one GPU core that does not perform.