Ipad Air 5th Gen M1 Hardware properties compared to Intel i5-7200U CPU

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The discussion revolves around the purchase of the iPad Air 5th Gen, particularly its M1 chip, which is significantly more powerful than an Intel Core i5-7200U CPU. While the M1 chip offers impressive performance, comparisons between RISC and CISC architectures highlight that core counts and clock speeds are not directly comparable. Coding on the iPad, especially in Python, presents challenges and is not considered straightforward, with most programming requiring a connection to a server. The suitability of the iPad as a laptop replacement depends on the user's needs; for tasks like note-taking and reading PDFs, the iPad is adequate, and an M1 chip may not be necessary. Overall, the iPad is praised for its functionality in specific use cases, such as note-taking and document reading.
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Hey all,

I want to buy Ipad Air 5th Gen Tablet. Currently My computer has this specs:

Code:
CPU(s):                  4
  On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Vendor ID:               GenuineIntel
  Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz
    CPU family:          6
    Model:               142
    Thread(s) per core:  2
    Core(s) per socket:  2
    Socket(s):           1
    Stepping:            9
    CPU max MHz:         3100.0000
    CPU min MHz:         400.0000
    BogoMIPS:            5399.81
Caches (sum of all):    
  L1d:                   64 KiB (2 instances)
  L1i:                   64 KiB (2 instances)
  L2:                    512 KiB (2 instances)
  L3:                    3 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:                  
  NUMA node(s):          1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3

from this site https://www.apple.com/ipad-air/specs/ there's some specs given for M1 chip but I don't see much about detail. Can someone point on these informations for ipad air 5.th gen's M1 chip ? I have found out this site but I am not sure every M1 chip is the same or not ?
https://cpufun.substack.com/p/more-m1-fun-hardware-information?s=r

It seems like with M1 I am buying an really powerful tablet (kind of a computer actually) which is much much powerful than my computer. Also is it easy to code in Ipad (such as python). I also kind of want to use it as laptop.

Thanks
 
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It is pointless comparing numbers of cores and clock rates between a RISC processor like an M1 with a modern CISC processor like an i5; the latter's performance comes from pipelining and cacheing optimizations that do not show up in these figures.

There are a few options for coding in Python on an iPad but each has compromises and I wouldn't call any of them "easy". For most other languages your only option is to connect to a (remote or local) server and use your iPad as a really expensive dumb terminal.

For "use as a laptop" it depends what you use your laptop for. Apart from coding I use mine mainly for spreadsheets and games: both are useless on an iPad.
 
pbuk said:
It is pointless comparing numbers of cores and clock rates between a RISC processor like an M1 with a modern CISC processor like an i5; the latter's performance comes from pipelining and cacheing optimizations that do not show up in these figures.
Oh I see I was not aware of that processor types...
pbuk said:
There are a few options for coding in Python on an iPad but each has compromises and I wouldn't call any of them "easy". For most other languages your only option is to connect to a (remote or local) server and use your iPad as a really expensive dumb terminal.
I have heard google colab..but ofc coding is not necessary...
pbuk said:
For "use as a laptop" it depends what you use your laptop for. Apart from coding I use mine mainly for spreadsheets and games: both are useless on an iPad.
I wlll mainy use for note-taking, reading pdfs etc...I guess I don't need M1 for that..
 
Arman777 said:
I wlll mainy use for note-taking, reading pdfs etc...I guess I don't need M1 for that..
An iPad is great for that - it's what I use my ancient iPad Air 2 for.
 
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