iPad Air graphics perform 40-70% better than predecessor

The rave reviews of the iPad Air keep coming in. Here’s a quick little note that shows a clear difference in this latest generation Apple tablet.

The iPad Air’s graphics performance was 40 to 70 percent better than its predecessor in benchmarks conducted by AnandTech in an extensive review of the new tablet. Like the iPhone 5s, the iPad Air incorporates an A7 chip with IMG’s PowerVR G6430 graphics processing unit (GPU), which is estimated to have a max GPU clock of 450 Mhz.