Curious how much RAM Apple has put into its various iPads, or how much storage is in your current iPad? Although the company does not publicly share information, details about the memory appear in the showdowns and from other sources. Check out the full list of iPad RAM to see how much memory comes with each iPad model.
Apple doesn’t publish or pay attention to the iPad’s RAM for a number of reasons. One of the biggest ones is that iPad performance outperforms competitors like Android tablets and even some PCs with less RAM. Apple can do this because it manufactures both hardware and software and fine-tunes its devices to perform as efficiently and powerfully as possible. Instead of focusing on features like other companies, Apple is focusing on what its iPad can do.
So far – although this is with an iPhone – one example was in 2019, when the iPhone 11 Pro Max with 4GB of RAM beat the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ with 12GB of RAM in a speed test. The tight integration between the A-series chip, other Apple hardware, and iOS amounted to more than 8GB of memory. Similar performance is typically seen on iPads and Macs compared to Android tablets and PCs.
However, unlike the iPhone, Apple uses different RAM on its more expensive iPads depending on how much memory you have. For example, 1TB or higher iPad Pro models ship with 16GB of RAM, while any iPad Pro with 512GB or less storage comes with 8GB of RAM.
Before you look, can you guess how much RAM the original iPad had?
Okay, let’s dive into the full list of iPad RAM…
iPad RAM List: Memory specifications for each iPad
iPad Pro 11″ 3rd generation RAM
8 or 16 GB
iPad Pro 12.9″ 5th Gen RAM
8 or 16 GB
iPad Air 5th generation RAM?
8 GB
iPad mini 6th generation RAM?
4GB
iPad Air 4th generation RAM?
4GB
iPad Pro 11″ 2nd Gen RAM?
6 GB
iPad Pro 12.9″ 4th Gen RAM?
6 GB
iPad mini 5th generation RAM?
3 GB
iPad Air 3rd generation RAM?
3 GB
iPad Pro 11″ RAM?
4 or 6 GB
iPad Pro 12.9″ 3rd Gen RAM?
4 or 6 GB
iPad Pro 10.5″ RAM?
4GB
iPad Pro 12.9″ 2nd generation RAM?
4GB
iPad Pro 9.7″ RAM?
2 GB
iPad Pro 12.9″ RAM?
4GB
iPad mini 4th generation RAM?
2 GB
iPad mini 3rd generation RAM?
1 GB
iPad mini 2nd generation RAM?
1 GB
Original iPad RAM?
256 MB
Disassembling an iPad with iFixit
What surprised you the most about a specific iPad RAM? Or what did you find most interesting about how Apple has used RAM in the iPad over the years? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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