On our video editing test, the iPad Pro took 7 minutes and 47 seconds to convert a 4K clip to 1080p in Adobe Rush. The MacBook Pro (8th Gen Core i7 CPU) trailed the iPad by a bit, scoring a 17,348. The new, 12.9-inch iPad Pro (A12X Bionic) crushed our benchmark tests, with a resounding multicore score of 17,995 on the Geekbench 4 overall performance test. The large, responsive touchpad gives the MacBook Pro a big advantage over the iPad Pro as a primary productivity machine.Īny doubts you have about the iPad's performance should be put to rest. Thanks to its 61 grams of actuation force, I scored 114 wpm with an 8 percent error rate on the typing test. The MacBook Pro's new Butterfly keys are an improvement over last year's unreliable keyboard, but they're still extremely shallow, with just 0.6 mm of travel. I typed 100 words per minute at an accuracy rate of 93 percent on the typing test, just below my typical 109 wpm at 95 percent accuracy. That said, the iPad Pro's detachable keyboard is relatively comfortable to type on, despite its shallow 0.5-millimeter key travel. And for what it's worth, the keyboard isn't backlit, either. That can be a serious annoyance for students who need to get work done wherever it is most convenient. The other physical disadvantage of the iPad Pro is that it can be tricky keeping the tablet steady when using it on your lap. Although that may not seem like a huge deal on a touch-screen device, your arm will grow tired reaching out to tap the display when the iPad Pro is in laptop mode. We have no qualms with the stylus, which is now easier to dock and more comfortable to hold, but the keyboard is a serious roadblock in the iPad Pro's quest to replace your laptop.įirst, the Smart Keyboard lacks a touchpad. If you're going to use the iPad Pro as a true laptop, you'll need to purchase the Apple Pencil ($199) and the Smart Keyboard ($129) accessories. The iPad Pro may have dominated the performance round, but it's important to consider the overall usability of the tablet. MORE: Apple AirPods 2 Launch Looks Imminentīoth devices feature Apple's True Tone technology, which dynamically changes the color temperature of the iPad Pro's and MacBook Pro's displays based on ambient lighting to relieve eyestrain. Similarly, the MacBook Pro illuminated to an excellent 439 nits but is still dimmer than the iPad Pro. That's a very good result, but short of what the iPad Pro achieved. The MacBook Pro's 13.3-inch, 2560 x 1600-pixel display covers 119 percent of the sRGB color gamut. The display should also be plenty visible outside as it reached a blinding 484 nits of maximum brightness. According to our colorimeter, the iPad Pro's 12.9-inch, 2732 x 2048 Liquid Retina display can reproduce 128.4 percent of the sRGB spectrum at an excellent color accuracy of 0.29 (0 is perfect).

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