If they really are putting 4 GB of RAM in the iPad Air then I guess multi-app scenarios really are coming as rumoured. Otherwise jumping directly from 1GB to 4GB seems excessive for single app usage or just to address complaints of Safari tab reloading.
If Apple is going to release split-screen multitasking for the iPad, then I could see the iPad mini having 2 GB (1 x 16 Gb) RAM and the iPad Air having 4 GB (2 x 16 Gb) RAM, if they decide that 2 GB is the minimum RAM required for the split-screen feature.4 GBs of RAM would indeed indicate that they're moving to distinguish the functionality of the iPad from even the large screened phones with more of a focus on productivity, multiple on-screen apps, etc. Though beta software has given at least some indication they've been experimenting along those lines, a complete, polished OS build for that purpose would still come as a big surprise.
So does anyone have any performance expectations for A8X?
Well, it's not like that "leak" told us something we weren't expecting. New iPads and TouchID.
Rys, what is your bet?
So does anyone have any performance expectations for A8X? I would expect a 6 cluster GX6650 to have similar performance to mobile Kepler (albeit with lower render precision in GFXBench) given that FP16 and FP32 ALU's increase by 50% compared to GX6450 in A8.
That it's going to be really really fast
That it's going to be really really fast
Could you stop harping on the precision nonsense? Neither IMG, QCOM or Vivante GPUs deliver in those tests less than needed precision.
It is what it is. Even the HP (high precision) render quality is significantly lower in comparison for some reason.
That is a strawman argument. The fact remains that, for better or for worse, TK1 renders at a higher quality in GFXBench, period.
I'd like to see screenshots which show this "higher quality".That is a strawman argument. The fact remains that, for better or for worse, TK1 renders at a higher quality in GFXBench, period.