The All-New Apple iPad Pro M4 Is a Powerful Gaming & EMU Machine!

[@emiel333]

I have also an iPad Pro M4 256GB. The performance cores are clocked at 4.41 GHz, the efficiency cores are clocked at 2.89 GHz. The performance is insane, the screen is gorgeous, battery life is great and it doesn’t get hot like my previous M2 iPad Pro.

[@andyhawkins9541]

@@emiel333 that’s fantastic news I hate the heat from my iPad Pro

[@abhigyanpatel1256]

@@emiel333 if you get 1 tb version you get even more ram and more cpu core APPLE IS BEING SNEAKY

[@jisgo]

Yes mom, I need this for my zoom classes Edit: can we stop talking Abt mums?

[@undisturbed809]

Not everyone has a mum

[@JustRob2024]

@@undisturbed809 wtf bruh

[@jisgo]

​@@undisturbed809I don't have one too 😔

[@amoorxd5432]

Facts

[@jnt5378]

😂😂😂

[@AaronMobileGaming]

10 years later: this is M14 ipad pro and we running codm… amazing

[@dylanlee5342]

Right. Cod mobile is not a high graphical game. Its the gacha games like genshin, wuwa and others like that can actually test the devices

[@kaiserdostuff]

Genshin also gonna increase their recommended spec soon.

[@Butterscotch_96]

@@dylanlee5342Genshin can totally test devices.

[@MrMolchester]

You mentioned your looking forward to Dolphin emulator coming to iOS. They put out a statement that it’s not coming due to Apple’s stance on JIT in apps remaining unchanged.

[@ardent9422]

Excellent! This is exactly what I was planning to buy one for!

[@OC.TINYYY]

Just an FYI. When you changed Genshin Impact settings to highest, you needed to restart the game for it to apply a lot of the new settings (shadows, new shaders etc etc). You ignored the pop up lol.

[@dkdevil3490]

I’ve been carrying an iPad around for more than half a decade and use it constantly. Decided it was time for an upgrade this year, what with the new Apple Pencil. Went with the 1tb model for the extra cpu core and double the ram. I work as an artist and the primary use will be for illustration, but I’m definitely going to use it for some gaming now too :D

[@supergooglelee]

Had this for a week now and its double layer OLED screen is the closest thing to high end CRT back then😊

[@Butterscotch_96]

CRTs are built different

[@-someone-.]

With a geek bench score like that, this thing will emulate ps4 like a champ! (When one become available)

[@Butterscotch_96]

At that point we just need a PC emulator and run Steam.

[@anders2920]

You can full screen on an external display by clicking the 3 dots and selecting Full Screen. I use PS Remote Play like this all the time by connecting my iPad Pro to a TV or monitor.

[@mrfrancy0154]

Also with native Ipad games? I heard that was not possible

[@Elokali-fh3cq]

another great Review xD feels illegal being this early too

[@jamesm7498]

Would like to see sideloaded dolphin+gamecube on the ipad with JIT disable to see if how iPad would perform please

[@christianr.5868]

It won’t run without jit

[@psycho_ch7281]

​@@christianr.5868apple doesn't support jit.

[@Butterscotch_96]

@@christianr.5868it will, just not well.

[@albiallkja7261]

I liked the part when he said the 1tb version going to cost you an arm and a leg

[@jamescampbell8482]

Can you test it with some CRT shaders and use the HDR Headroom from the tandem OLED? This screen is capable of 1,000 nits full screen so it should be really good for CRT Shader emulation

[@cmplord1657]

*Buys $2000 iPad - plays Minecraft*

[@Chris_Hruska]

its only $1000

[@dylanlee5342]

@@Chris_Hruskamaxed out is 2800$ for higher cores and more ram

[@LogicLegionnaire]

@@dylanlee5342 99% people don’t buy the maxed out one, even an iPad Air 11 inch with M2 can outperform most android flagship tabs without breaking a sweat and it costs 599 dollars

[@hermanstokbrood]

@@Chris_Hruska For a 11" 256GB model...... I wouldn't say "Only". You can hardly call it a productive device but just a streaming/gaming device with the wrong screenratio.

[@Chris_Hruska]

@@hermanstokbrood considering its more powerful and does way more than a silly windows machine. I mean it's amazing. so fast and so fun to use for literally anything.

[@johalun]

Not only 1 additional core, but 1 additional performance core so you get 33% more performance cores with the unbinned version. That should add quite a lot to the multicore score. I'm curious how much it'll add.

[@Parayfory]

13k to 14k

[@cesarvarela5438]

Hopefully you also bring us an ipad air 2024 emulation and gaming review, love the content as always man.

[@mofosoto]

You need to connect a Bluetooth keyboard to get the real full screen mode on an external monitor.

[@bgates275]

The $1000 laptop makes way more sense to me.

[@deanyt3697]

But then you can’t put it into that cool remote

[@matisvanasse5905]

1000$ desktop is more powerful than the Laptop, 1000$ Laptop is more powerful than Tablets (gpu wise only) and 1000$ tablets is more powerful than Phone. It's all relative, the iPad is literally 5-10 times tinner than the Laptop..

[@AndrewDavie-er3ug]

I can get the money in a weekend of non stop Uber/door dash/etc.

[@justjoshininjapan700]

Tablet is significantly quieter that a laptop as well. More likely I’ll play a game on my tablet on a flight that pull out my laptop.

[@gcforreal]

​@@matisvanasse5905 the 1k tablet is not more powerful than a phone though. The base s24 used a Gen 3 snap Gen 3 chip and cost slightly less than the tablet

[@quentinwilliams1158]

My 2017 ipad pro works well but time to upgrade. The M4 Pro looks amazing but a bit overkill for me. Im looking at the 13 Air for my viewing , gaming, and remoting into my work PC. I will really miss the 120hz.

[@Ghostlynotme445]

Bro I have same iPad Pro as you I wonder iPad Air enough upgrade to for my video editing work

[@joelv4495]

While I think the 13 Air was the most interesting Apple product released this time, I'd still pick a refurb M1 Pro for roughly the same money.

[@shuttzi9878]

iPad Pro is a much better deal down the road all around M2 air screen sucks not to mention It has 128gb base storage and to get it to 256GB itll cost u the same amount of money if not more than the base Ipad pro M4

[@hsimpson1152]

I think you forgot to mention expandable memory on the S9.

[@pweddy1]

Is there anyway to get frame rates on Resident Evil and other PC ports? It would be interesting to see a comparison to a Ryzen with 780M graphics.

[@gold333]

Its fast for a tablet but not compared to a pc. The M4 running AC Mirage is nowhere near even a 7 year old pc card (1080Ti). That runs on ultra at 60fps pinned. M4 runs at 30fps with dips to 20-25. Maybe its the game but TFLOPS makes sense. I mean the 1080Ti card (just the card) is 10x thicker than the ipad, let alone the pc.

[@pweddy1]

@@gold333 The 780M is an iGPU, not a discrete one. And the GPU in this IS comparable to it. This is faster in CPU performance than a 8840hs. And I think it's GPU too.

[@gold333]

@@pweddy1 I'm not talking about 780M. I was comparing the M4 iPad to a PC gaming videocard from 7 years ago (1080ti) when both are running the same game. I tried both and the old pc card is 2x faster (which maxes complete sense as it's about 10x thicker than the ipad).

[@jeremyholder6748]

I disagree, I got the M4 pro with the 16gb of ram, and this has completely taken over almost everything- work, productivity, media, and so much more - and gaming! Playing the AAA games like assassin creed and Warframe, genshin, and more is amazing, but also the flexibility of iPad can’t be ignored. You can play in handheld( touch or controller), prompt it up with a case and use a controller or use a monitor or tv, or use stuff like the Backbone or Vinture XR glasses, and since its so portable you can take it anywhere! My 15in gaming laptop basically stays home but I’m never seen without my iPad - and with 5G cloud and remote gaming works well enough to get first play in multiplayer games like Fortnite. And unlike a laptop I can do all this gaming on battery for HOURS- my gaming laptop basically can’t game on battery and it dies out fast it has to be plugged in. And yeah some of the BIG stuff have a hard time running on iPhone 15 pros but the 16 pros are better and runs great and don’t forget the cross saving as well! Yes for MANY a laptop is the way to go- but for a lot of people iPad Pro is a better option, I’m glad I got the 13in M4 pro in 1tb with cellular, I should have gotten the 2tb lol. But it’s so worth the $1,000 plus and with WoW, Palworld, Control, Deadisland 2, and so much more coming- it’s only the beginning!

[@dreadlord9257]

WoW is coming to ipad? I'd really love to know what your "productivity" use case is. I'm not aware of any real IDEs that work on ipad os for software engineering. It feels like I'm hamstrung in nearly all use cases. Also, is PPSSPP the highest emulator available? So no PS2 or "he who shall not be named"? At > 1k it is a hard pass. It's just a really expensive toy. They need to either reduce the price dramatically or give it full blown macos as an option. Then it would become a must buy for me. As is though, nah, not for 1k. Frankly M4 is overkill for what is actually "allowed" on ipad os. I also wouldn't buy something based off of what "could" happen. It may never come to pass, or by the time it does, we could be on M5, M6.

[@EnochGitongaKimathi]

I'm waiting for you to get the Surface Pro 11th version with OLED and Snapdragon X Elite. Apple need to rethink iPad OS.

[@KimAlbarran]

Congrats on your work ETA !

[@LuisMercadoorg]

My next tablet

[@henry1667]

nice to have a dad stepping on it and replaces a new one lol !

[@kuyache2]

Monster of a SOC! If this becomes freely open to sideload apps like dolphin, ryujinx, cemu etc emulation fans will flock to it even at 999$

[@Butterscotch_96]

It could probably run fine on the iPhone 15 Pro.

[@kalingtekseng3489]

Like always thanks for posting.

[@clint9040]

I haven’t tested the M4 with some games but it has always been my experience that with games like ge shin impact, playing for 5 minutes, the tablet gets so hot it starts thermal throttling

[@DJCJ999]

Although I have a PC a laptop and a few gaming handhelds an iPad is my daily driver (gen 2 pro) this new iPads performance is insane.

[@soapghost007]

Great video! Just picked up the 11" M4 a couple days ago. What a little beast! The display is gorgeous too. Can't wait for more studios to update the games to take advantage of all the new power! 😁

[@PremiumAli]

Gotta hand it to Apple they really put something crazy in their tablet. Some will probably say it’s overkill but it’s awesome

[@SuperHyphyOne]

It's unanimously said that iPad software is nowhere near utilizing the full potential of the hardware. Logic Pro and Final Cut didn't come to the iPad until recently. Even then, they are still missing some features and a number of plugins from their macOS counterparts. Pretty much any major desktop software that has an iPadOS version is lacking in one area or others. For the purposes of this video, previous generation iPads have ran side loaded emulators with ease including the harder to emulate systems. There won't be anything this iPad will do that previous iPads can't already do other than run titles at higher resolutions and display everything on a nice OLED screen. So yes, it's overkill in every way possible.

[@BigSylvester]

Hey, if you turn off the stage manager, they will go to fullscreen mode but ipad will be mirrored. You can do it from the control centre or the settings.

[@OfficialHamstar]

5:46 I thought I was the only one having this issue. Hope the stuttering gets fixed soon.

[@WompySlipz]

That handheld gaming with the side control is great idea to game during the 9-5 commute.

[@Majinsome]

On iPhone 15 pro max. Just downloaded some emulators and ISO’s because of this video. Thanks! Also planning on picking up that new iPad soon.

[@ryukaze20]

A part of me do wish to get an iPad to replace my Galaxy Tab S6 and it continues to serve me really well

[@x1o8x]

what was the refresh rate on both the ipad and external display when you connected them together?

[@ConstruccionesTRVSAS]

Using an external monitor does it reflect 120Hz in games? or maximum 60hz?

[@mustafamm123]

Can I use mouse and keyboard instead of controller? 9:23

[@jakestech2739]

How comfortable is it holding this ipad pro with a telescopic controller compared to something like a legion go? Really tempted to just go al in with moonlight and stream to an iPad pro because the 120hz oled

[@Neopulse00]

10:00 - Why the hell does my PC version of Genshin Impact NOT have the 120 fps option? I'm using a 144Hz 1080p display.

[@tytyheng7946]

hey ETA! would love to see u test the ipad m4 with a cooler to see how much further the cpu boosts. would love to see the before and after temps too

[@AlexandruT1987]

This controller is what I miss for my Ipad, noice!

[@82fx-]

Had that controller a few months real good quality worth getting

[@Russiangamerpro2021]

Can you test with the iPad Air six because I want to see the same result like like you just did because I want to see what the external modern and other accessory things

[@D.u.d.e.r]

Rocking performance as expected... all Mx chips r great for gaming if code is optimized well enough.

[@nicklen6873]

I got the same setup, I saw a video showing only 0-10% faster with the 1tb plus models. 256 is the way to go for sure. This tandem OLED is so good for emulation.

[@jerrywbissey1797]

Don’t know if you can answer this but Curious. I am looking at using the M4 iPad for golf simulator on e6 or GSPro. Do you know if this new iPad could run them with 1080p resolution on a projector?

[@NOTLeavingLV]

The m4 beard an i9 or is very close so not sure what notebook beats it at the price when weight and thinness are taken into account

[@FoamySoapHK]

You know this happened back in the 90s as well it's amazing but also extremely expensive. Proprietary architecture got decommissioned back then because of costs of manufacturing and speed of progress, I wonder how long this is gonna last and/or if the recycling of materials can mitigate this risk.

[@jakestech2739]

Have you tried moonlight on this yet? Trying to decide between this iPad or a Samsung S9/S10 for Moonlight native res streaming but trying to research latency.

[@blenlmao]

Not sure if you tested it but as the steamdeck dock has an Ethernet port do you know if the iPad can take advantage of that connection?

[@andrewbaker4959]

Think if you click the 3 dots it should give you the full screen option

[@Gamer101-t5w]

Hi @ETA PRIME could you please tell me the name of the app used to display the FPS and GPU information?

[@teph1977]

Says 8 gigs of ram while it is 12 on the tab s9 1:45

[@lukabosnjak3829]

Oh no, it has 8 or 12gb... Anyway, samsung tab is a joke in comparison

[@dzibanart8521]

Uff, buying an iPad pro for gaming is a tough ask. 😂

[@joelv4495]

Yup. You could get a PS5 AND a 4k tv for the same money. Not as portable though.

[@mingistech]

Yes, most people in the market for a high end iPad pick these up for other tasks, but having great gaming performance is just a bonus.

[@ClosedOpenness]

Yeah, just gaming is asking for a lot, but if you are a creative then having it double for gaming is great. Very cool tablet iPads are the best, but most can just get an iPad Air.

[@ranjitmandal1612]

💀💀

[@sneakkyz3696]

It’s the best gaming tablet there is tho. I love mine. Still have my M1 Pro and yes it’s still nice but the m4 is ridiculous

[@tinnin123]

Just out of curiosity what were the temps like. Running games that high did it get hot🤔

[@justlou717]

Can anyone tell me the highest console this can emulate? Can it handle PS1 ? PS2 ? PS3? GameCube? Thanks!

[@logibeak]

i think the problem with Dolphin is that Apple really does not want to enable JIT support which Dolphin relies on

[@keithh8176]

When in stage mode you can tap the 3little dots icon on top of the window to make it full screen.

[@ryrtt4512]

cod warzone mobile with metal hub in all graphics settings

[@1thechosenjuan1]

Thanks for the video. Wanted to know how bad the input lag is when using an external monitor for a game like cod mobile?

[@asjsjsienxjsks673]

Yeah but that single core is boosted excessively by object detection benchmark which is important but it increases score by about 500 points. And this is actually offloaded to ane. So without it you’re looking at about 3300. Still impressive but more in line with 10% clock bump

[@duncanwu1980]

It seems that no one knows the packaging of iPad Pro this time, the box has "PRO" written on it...😂

[@Call_Me_David]

Box lid was upside down at the begining of the video.

[@leolima5691]

Unfortunately the price tag on This device simply unjustified the purchase for only gaming and emulation

[@Toyeboy89]

"Object detection" on Geekbench 6, inflates the single core score a bit on M4, t's not as large of a jump as it seems vs M3.

[@colophus1735]

Would you go for this or the M2 if you're just gaming on it. I can get an M2 256Gb USED from best buy for $1099.99 CND or its $1399.99 for the 256GB M4

[@ChachoTrades]

@@colophus1735 I went with the m4 to play Warzone mobile. It’s very very noticeably better, in frame rate and the incredible new double oled screen

[@escape1318]

I have already m2 ipad pro. Do I really need for better performance the m4 one?

[@Susspect69]

No

[@SirHackaL0t.]

How are you finding games that have been ported from the PC?

[@k.d.2899]

Do browser extensions works properly in iPad?

[@CYRAXXX001]

Isn‘t it possible to use Retroarch for everything Else?

[@fernandofernandez2677]

Will that controller work ps play? Would love to be able to stream my ps5 to my iPad.

[@Russiangamerpro2021]

It’ll be nice if you probably connect a tablet directly to external portable moderator and see the performance

[@Placebo6]

Hey ETA Prime can it emulate windows

[@williammclean6594]

That's the thing I wish they fixed with stage manager. I like mirroring my display when I'm drawing but I hate that the apps don't go full screen. If they did it would make a better better computer replacement and better for gaming

[@nezlok]

You can use a mouse with steam link to play fps games with mouse/keyboard

[@Zetraxes]

I think you should have really mentioned the 5ms response time ont he screen which makes a huge difference from tbe previous ipads for gaming in my opinion.

[@danieldelgado9912]

What controller can I use with my Tab S8?

[@brendonsmith7872]

Does anyone know if the iPad would be able to emulate something like a ps2 or 3? I was thinking of playing some old games from my childhood like RAC but wasn’t sure if the new ipad was capable?

[@xaddict]

If you signulous you can install a whole load of emulators (delta, GBA4iOS, DolphiniOS, Flycast, GC4iOS, Ignited, Limón, Play!)

[@ScottPigeon]

Idea: a telescopic controller with a SD card reader built-in.

[@dysayre888]

Yep bought this just to play games xD i was playing everything on my iphone 15 pro max previously but now with ipad pro 13 m4, i can watch/play in a bigger screen ;). However usually when im home i just continue playing my games on pc

[@zqrwenzo]

hello can you make a video trying to emulate 3ds games ??

[@mahamudmunna5000]

the animations on apple though...is fire bra

[@kinncj]

You can full screen on the external, click on the 3 dots. I am running full screen

[@powerhouse884]

iOS already has a few Emulators. Delta: Nintendo SNES, Gameboy/Advance/Color, N64 Gamma: PS1 PPSSPP: PSP No jailbreak 😊

[@KalaniMakutu]

Dolphin won’t be coming to App Store due to Apple restricting JIT Compilation for third-party apps. If that rule ever changes, maybe it’ll launch.

[@MobileDecay]

Retroarch.

[@aacemyan]

Problem is only emulators supported on iOS are relatively simple (up to PS1). Most $60-$100 cheap dedicated Linux/android devices can run those systems just fine

[@uzilee]

This is not the flex you think it is...PS1 GBA n64 lol on a $1k ++ device.

[@powerhouse884]

@@uzilee I said iOS….. wtf are you talking about? Since when do you need a 1k device to play games? If you already have an iPad then you damn well should expect to be able to do anything you want regardless of which one you pick.

[@Beastbreaker51]

can you try windows with UTM ?

[@YahiaHegazy]

The iPad needs something similar to Samsung DeX, and then at least to me, it would be a perfect machine.

[@DoubleDragon5180]

People that’s says s9 is better is straight lying lol. iPad Pro is hella expensive I get but Dex is not a Desktop and it does nothing different than iPad OS. They are both severely limited in that regard.

[@DonJuan-z7c]

The M2 was vastly powerful for that as well

[@kontonce89]

Just so you know the reason for the large score is due to the ai upgrade there's a specific benchmark that just ups the score

[@AD-zc2ug]

Do you think Samsung will come up with tab s10 with snapdragon X Elite ?

[@metaorior]

Yup. Also Asus. Also I don't know why he didn't use a gen3 snapdragon

[@DarkKnight2037]

i feel like in 5 years time we'll be getting ARM based gaming computers

[@ranjitmandal1612]

Last line sums up pretty much

[@reesejohnson58]

It’s funny that you used the 3 games that you can play on iPad on the thumbnail

[@松萧劲]

dolphin please. also any wiiu or switch yet?

[@pheapkim978]

Apple products are so expensive but they last forever I own very old apple products that still work love how much iOS support all M series chips will get support