{"id":115082,"date":"2024-10-17T06:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T23:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115082"},"modified":"2024-10-17T06:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T23:41:44","slug":"the-new-ipad-mini-7-has-a-binned-version-of-the-a17-pro-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115082","title":{"rendered":"The new iPad mini 7 has a binned version of the A17 Pro chip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/ipad-mini-7-vs-6-a17-pro-chip.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"A17 Pro chip iPad mini 7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/ipad-mini-7-vs-6-a17-pro-chip.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/ipad-mini-7-vs-6-a17-pro-chip.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/ipad-mini-7-vs-6-a17-pro-chip.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/ipad-mini-7-vs-6-a17-pro-chip.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Apple on Tuesday announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/10\/15\/apple-announces-new-ipad-mini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new generation of the iPad mini<\/a>, coming three years after the introduction of the iPad mini 6. From the outside, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NxIocQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPad mini 7<\/a> looks exactly the same as its predecessor, but there\u2019s an important change inside: the A17 Pro chip. Although many have claimed that this is the same chip as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48cHdJm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone 15 Pro<\/a>, it seems that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NxIocQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPad mini 7<\/a> is powered by a binned version of the chip.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-973773\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a17-pro-chip-in-the-ipad-mini-7-is-a-binned-version-of-the-iphone-15-pro-chip\">A17 Pro chip in the iPad mini 7 is a binned version of the iPhone 15 Pro chip<\/h2>\n<p>The A17 Pro chip was introduced last year with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48cHdJm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max<\/a>, and until then these were the only devices to have this chip. In the iPhone, the A17 Pro chip has a 6-core CPU and a 6-core GPU, as well as 8GB of RAM. While the chip in the iPad most likely also has 8GB of RAM, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad-mini\/specs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple\u2019s website<\/a> suggests that it uses a binned version of the chip with fewer cores.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, the iPad mini 7\u2019s technical specifications say that the A17 Pro chip used in the tablet has a 6-core CPU, but a 5-core GPU \u2013 one less than the chip used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48cHdJm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone 15 Pro<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t exactly come as a surprise since Apple has used binned chips in some of its devices before.<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar, chip binning is a quality control process in chip manufacturing. Rather than scrapping chips that haven\u2019t reached the maximum performance of all their cores, some of them are deactivated and the chip can still be used with fewer cores.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to assume that Apple had a bunch of A17 Pro chips lying around and decided to use them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NxIocQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPad mini 7<\/a> as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48cHdJm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max<\/a> were discontinued in September. Since we\u2019re only talking about one less GPU core, the overall performance of the chip probably won\u2019t be affected for most tasks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"New iPad mini 7\" class=\"wp-image-973399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=155,78 155w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=655,328 655w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=1536,768 1536w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=350,175 350w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=140,70 140w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=1600,800 1600w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=290,145 290w, https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/mini-2024-a17pro-colors.jpg?resize=150,75 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to the A17 Pro chip with 8GB of RAM, the new iPad mini is compatible with the Apple Intelligence features coming later this month with iPadOS 18.1.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-orders for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NxIocQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPad mini 7<\/a> are now available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad-mini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple\u2019s website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/405wXAU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">but you can also find good deals on other iPad models on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-also\">Read also<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/10\/16\/ipad-mini-7-binned-pro-chip\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple on Tuesday announced a new generation of the iPad mini, coming three years after the introduction of the iPad mini 6. 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