iPad 2 benchmarks show impressive gains over original model

One of the first things many iPad 2 upgraders noticed was that the new device seemed very fast in comparison to the original iPad. Over at GigaOM, blogger Geoffrey Goetz ran benchmarks on an iPhone 4, an iPad and an iPad 2 (all running iOS 4.3) to show how speedy the new iPad really is.

As you can see in the chart above, the iPad 2 consistently outperformed the Apple A4-powered iPad and iPhone 4 in every test. Using the Geekbench tests from Primate Labs, the iPad 2 was about 64 percent faster than its predecessor in overall results. Likewise, the Gague benchmarks showed an overall performance gain of about 56 percent, while BenchTest clocked in with a 63 percent improvement.

Goetz noted that he personally believed that his iPhone 4 was faster than his original iPad, a belief that the benchmarks proved to be incorrect. He also compared iOS 4.3 benchmarks submitted by a large sampling of Geekbench users, all of which supported his assertion that the iPad 2 performance gains are "stunning."

The Geekbench numbers show the iPad 2 to be roughly as powerful as a G4-based 15" PowerBook or Mac mini, but as Goetz summarizes in his post, "I really don't think that raw performance alone is where the focus needs to be anymore."

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James

How odd ... my iPhone4 / iOS 4.3 has just done sunspider-0.9.1 in 4239.7 milliseconds.

So how come my iPhone is running this test at 1.5 times the speed of their's?

March 15 2011 at 5:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

samw40

Holy - ... the iPad 2 just blew the iPhone 4 away. Personally, I agree that the iPhone 4 seems faster than the iPad 2, but oh well.

March 14 2011 at 8:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

solarpos

My iphone 4 is far faster than my iPad1 in all aspects.

March 14 2011 at 5:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

imtnbike

The time saved this year will be negated by the time it took to read this article...and these comments.

March 14 2011 at 5:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

janes

I find that my iPhone 4 and iPad 1 are roughly equal when benchmarking using gauage.
My iPhone is consistently Faster than those numbers posted above. This is both with and without power applied.

March 14 2011 at 4:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Waffletower

It is too early to place for me to blame either iOS 4.3 or the iPad 2, but I have witnessed inconsistent file read to memory performance on an iPad 2 with iOS 4.3. There are times when the performance equals the original iPad on 3.2 or 4.2, but there are others when the reading ~ 3mb files into ram has considerable lag on an iPad 2 with iOS 4.3. It is strange as the iPad 2 has approximately double the RAM of the original iPad. I never saw this inconsistent behavior on the original iPad but I admit I have not upgraded one of my first gens with iOS 4.3 yet to have a clearer picture.

March 14 2011 at 4:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

kaslings

this would be a better benchmark if it was against a computer as well.

March 14 2011 at 3:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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mhikl

Would that be like comparing it to a mixmaster. Specs are getting kind of lame for comparison. At some point speed is beyond the experience and faster doesn't make a wit of difference. Usability and finesse become the measure of what works and what doesn't.

March 26 2011 at 2:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

dagamer34

iPhone 4 may feel faster because it doesn't have to spend as much time as the iPad swapping data into/out of memory.

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