Apple touts its latest iPad Pro as being more powerful than a regular laptop. However, at least according to some new benchmarks, it is apparently not much more powerful than the iPad Pro it replaces.

MySmartPrice found some early results from benchmarking app AnTuTu. According to the results, the new 2020 iPad Pro scored 712,218 points overall; the 2019 iPad Pro scored 705,585. The difference is 6,633 points, or a slight increase of 0.9%.

Looking at the breakdown, the CPU benchmarks are nearly identical, a difference of only 1,394 points, or 0.8%, but this is not all.

The 2019 iPad Pro has surprisingly high RAM performance, scoring 95,118 points compared to 74,998 points for the 2020 model. The benchmark also reveals that the 2020 iPad Pro has 6GB of RAM in all versions, not 4GB only in the 1TB storage version as in the previous generation. Since it makes no sense to put these two numbers together, one would hope that with a little optimization, the new iPad Pro will gain even greater performance gains in the future.

Fortunately, thanks to the new 8-core GPU in the 2020 iPad Pro, graphics power has increased by 10% between generations, achieving a score of 373,781 compared to 345,016 for the 2019 iPad Pro.

The new iPad Pro has other advantages over the previous generation, including a second rear camera with an ultra-wide angle lens, LiDAR for better performance in AR applications, and cursor support for more precise navigation. This May, the iPad Pro will add a Magic Keyboard option with trackpad support.

In short, even if the A12Z CPU is not significantly more powerful than the A12X CPU, there are several reasons why the new iPad Pro is a better option for shoppers. However, if you want to get Apple's flagship tablet at the lowest possible price, keep an eye out for sales on the previous 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros.