Apple says that even though it mistakenly listed the number of GPU cores in the new iPad Air’s M2 chip as 10 instead of nine, the performance claims the company shared during the launch of the devices and in marketing materials are correct.
Apple’s website says that the M2 chip is “nearly 50 percent faster than the previous generation,” and that it specifically has “25 percent faster graphics.”
In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said that the details it shared on the iPad Air’s performance were always based on a 9-core GPU.
We are updating Apple.com to correct the core count for the M2 iPad Air. All performance claims for the M2 iPad Air are accurate and based on a 9-core GPU.
Apple recently updated its website to state that the M2 iPadAir sports a 9-core GPU, previously it had said the device had a 10-core GPU. The prior-generation iPad Pro, which used an M2 chip, had a 10-core GPU, so it is somewhat unusual that the iPad Air version only has a 9-core GPU.
Other M2 chip specifications remain the same. The iPad Air has an 8-core CPU with four performance cores and four efficiency cores, 8GB RAM, and a 16-core Neural Engine.
Geekbench’s Metal benchmark testing of the M2 iPad Air shows a score of 41,095, compared to the M2 iPad Pro’s 10-core GPU, which rates a score of 45,195.