iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad mini (5th generation) Difference
Single-Core Score 1099 1115 98.6%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Multi-Core Score 2720 2834 96.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Geekbench 5.1.1 Geekbench 5.0.2

System Information

iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad mini (5th generation)
Operating System iOS 13.5.1 iOS 12.4
Model iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad mini (5th generation)
Processor Apple A12 Bionic @ 2.49 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Apple A12 Bionic @ 2.49 GHz
1 Processor, 6 Cores
Processor ID ARM ARM
L1 Instruction Cache 128 KB x 1 128 KB x 1
L1 Data Cache 128 KB x 1 128 KB x 1
L2 Cache 8.00 MB x 1 8.00 MB x 1
L3 Cache
Motherboard J217AP J210AP
BIOS
Memory 2.83 GB 2.84 GB

Single-Core Performance

iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad mini (5th generation) Difference
Single-Core Score 1099 1115 98.6%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
AES-XTS 1494 1514 98.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Text Compression 1096 1105 99.2%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Image Compression 950 965 98.4%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Navigation 1150 1139 101.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
HTML5 1103 1079 102.2%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
SQLite 931 927 100.4%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
PDF Rendering 797 973 81.9%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Text Rendering 1109 1117 99.3%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Clang 1185 1201 98.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Camera 1032 1023 100.9%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
N-Body Physics 1209 1209 100.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Rigid Body Physics 1103 1129 97.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Gaussian Blur 851 862 98.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Face Detection 1305 1309 99.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Horizon Detection 1220 1232 99.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Image Inpainting 1817 1788 101.6%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
HDR 1663 1669 99.6%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Ray Tracing 1526 1511 101.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Structure from Motion 882 868 101.6%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Speech Recognition 1085 1091 99.5%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Machine Learning 757 755 100.3%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 

Multi-Core Performance

iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad mini (5th generation) Difference
Multi-Core Score 2720 2834 96.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
AES-XTS 3506 3864 90.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Text Compression 2893 2954 97.9%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Image Compression 2873 2790 103.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Navigation 2646 2744 96.4%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
HTML5 2591 2696 96.1%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
SQLite 2359 2404 98.1%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
PDF Rendering 2531 2503 101.1%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Text Rendering 2779 3030 91.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Clang 2898 2995 96.8%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Camera 2390 2435 98.2%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
N-Body Physics 2632 2579 102.1%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Rigid Body Physics 3055 3123 97.8%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Gaussian Blur 2295 2262 101.5%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Face Detection 2907 3133 92.8%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Horizon Detection 3146 3494 90.0%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Image Inpainting 4011 4310 93.1%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
HDR 4211 4640 90.8%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Ray Tracing 4115 4105 100.2%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Structure from Motion 1603 2175 73.7%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Speech Recognition 2168 2286 94.8%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)
 
Machine Learning 1539 1566 98.3%
iPad Air (3rd generation)
 
iPad mini (5th generation)