Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) vs Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) (94/100)

Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025) leads overall with a score of 94/100 compared to Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) (69/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020)

69/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Apple

Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)

94/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Gaming 74.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 69.0 Average 94.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 56.0 Below Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Capacity 9720 mAh 10340 mAh
Fast charging Yes (30% in 50 min) Yes (50% in 38 min)
Full charging time 2:55 hr —
Gaming 06:08 hr —
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Standby 178 hr —
Watching video 11:40 hr —
Web browsing 09:07 hr —
Wireless charging No No
Battery cycles — 1000 cycles

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Graphics score 3554 3978
Graphics test 21 FPS 29 FPS
Multi-core score 4855 15895
Single-core score 1359 4153
Stability 74% 79%
CPU — 965229
Compute Score (GPU) — 75273
GPU — 1313129
Memory — 458312
Section 1 — 87 FPS
Section 2 — 60 FPS
Section 3 — 53 FPS
Total score — 3396957
UX — 660296

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
2G network GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz —
3G network UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
4G network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48, 71
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No No
LTE Cat* 18 —
NFC* No No
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 4.0
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Area 603 cm2(93.5 inches2) 607 cm2(94 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gray Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner No No
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 280.6 mm (11.05 inches) 281.6 mm (11.09 inches)
Rear material Metal Metal
Thickness 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) 5.1 mm (0.2 inches)
Waterproof No No
Weight 641 g (22.61 oz) 579 g (20.42 oz)
Width 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) 215.5 mm (8.48 inches)
Repairability — Average (2.7/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 4:3 4:3
Contrast 1330:1 —
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 600 nits 1000 nits
PPI 265 ppi 264 ppi
PWM 58820 Hz —
RGB color space 99.7% —
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 2048 x 2732 pixels 2064 x 2752 pixels
Response time 35 ms —
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.5% 86.2%
Size 12.9 inches 13 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Max rated brightness in HDR — 1600 nits

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording No No
Angle of widest lens 125° —
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Quad LED Quad LED
Focal length 11 mm —
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Ultrawide: 10 MP3) Depth 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Depth
Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.22 micron
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) —
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Zoom Digital Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Announced March 2019 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 18 W Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Keyboard weight 710 g 662 g
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1299
Release date March 2019 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Face recognition sensor
Successor -Apple iPad Pro 13" (7th Gen, 2024) —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Chipset Apple A12Z Bionic Apple M5 (iPad)
Graphics Apple GPU 8-core Apple GPU 10-core
Max clock 2250 MHz 4610 MHz
Architecture — - 6 cores at 2.95 GHz:- 4 cores at 4.61 GHz:
CPU cores — 10 (4 + 6)
FLOPS — ~4147.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock — 1620 MHz
Lithography process — 3 nanometers
Manufacturing — TSMC
Neural processor (NPU) — Apple Neural Engine

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 7 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
OS size 8 GB —
Operating system iPadOS 13.4 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) iPadOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS updates — 5 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers 4.0 4.0

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPad Pro 12.9” (4th Gen, 2020) Apple iPad Pro 13" (8th Gen, 2025)
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) — AnTuTu

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