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iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) vs iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022)

86 out of 100
Apple iPad Pro 11
VS
78 out of 100
Apple iPad Pro 11
iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022)

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 11-inch Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) (with Apple M4 (iPad)) that was released on May 7, 2024, against the Apple iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022), which is powered by Apple M2 (iPad) and came out 1 year and 7 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
  • Delivers 64% higher peak brightness (1004 against 613 nits)
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3325K versus 2536K)
  • OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple M4 (iPad)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 40% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3683 and 2622 points

Review

Evaluation of Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) and Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
28.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
36.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
vs
iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022)

Display

Type OLED IPS LCD
Size 11 inches 11 inches
Resolution 1668 x 2420 pixels 1668 x 2388 pixels
Aspect ratio 3:2 3:2
PPI 264 ppi 265 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 81.3% 81.5%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 33 ms
Contrast - 1676:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 249.7 mm (9.83 inches) 247.6 mm (9.75 inches)
Width 177.5 mm (6.99 inches) 178.5 mm (7.03 inches)
Thickness 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Weight 444 g (15.66 oz) 466 g (16.44 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver Silver, Gray
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 443 cm2 (68.7 inches2) 442 cm2 (68.5 inches2)
Repairability Average (2.7/5) -
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (18th and 39th place)
iPad Ranking (5th and 12th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) and Apple iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022)
SoC
Chipset Apple M4 (iPad) Apple M2 (iPad)
Max clock 4400 MHz 3490 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.85 GHz:
- 4 cores at 4.41 GHz: 		- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Blizzard
- 4 cores at 3.49 GHz: Avalanche
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Apple GPU 10-core Apple GPU 10-core
GPU shading units - 1024
GPU clock 1470 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~3763.2 GFLOPS ~2863.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) and Apple iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 55718 46180
Single-core score 3683 2622
Multi-core score 11548 10044
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1528227 841074
GPU 945613 801119
Memory 261271 371059
UX 590286 523068
Total score 3325397 2536320
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 71% 67%
Graphics test 26 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 3477 2474
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 71%
Graphics test 55 FPS 33 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS 41 FPS
Section 2 56 FPS 33 FPS
Section 3 44 FPS 23 FPS
Graphics score 14373 8572
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 67%
Graphics test - 39 FPS
Graphics score - 6614
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Lexapes)Geekbench 6 GPU57080
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Lexapes)Geekbench 6 CPU3907 / 15397
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Lexapes)AnTuTu 113396741
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-13 (Yusuf baser)Geekbench 6 CPU3683 / 13402
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Apple iPad Pro 11" (4th Gen, 2022)
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 7500 MHz 6400 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system iPadOS 17.5 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5) iPadOS 16.1 (Can be upgraded to iPadOS 26.5)
OS updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 8160 mAh 7538 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (41% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 1:46 hr 2:00 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:14 hr 08:28 hr
Watching video 13:45 hr 12:02 hr
Gaming 06:38 hr 05:52 hr
Standby 169 hr 168 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Quad LED Quad LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Depth
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 10 MP
3) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor size - 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 4.0 4.0
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 4.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2024 October 2022
Release date May 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $799
Successor - - Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024)
Sensors - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Face recognition sensor		 - Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Keyboard weight 580 g 471 g
Bundled charger Yes, 20 W Yes, 20 W
Further details
Notes on iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024):
    - The base versions with 256 or 512 GB come with 8 GB of RAM and have a 9-core CPU, while 1 TB and 2 TB models have 16 GB RAM and a 10-core CPU (about 14% faster in multi-core tests).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPad Pro 11" (5th Gen, 2024) is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which tablet would you choose?
78 (38.6%)
124 (61.4%)
Total votes: 202

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