M1 iPad Pro 2021 vs A12Z iPad Pro 2020 BATTERY Test By UltimateiDeviceVids

What's up guys, this is ultimate. I device AIDS and today in this video we're going to be doing a battery drain test between the new 2021 m1 powered iPad Pro and the previous 2020 a12z powered iPad Pro, and we're going to be using the smaller 11 inch models for both so with these two devices, basically having the same hardware. Aside from the chip powering the two devices, I think comparing these two in a battery drain test would be a perfect way to see if the optimizations in the new m1 chip has any substantial difference over the series chips in regard to battery life. The a12z chip. In this case- and of course they are both Apple Silicon chips, but even with that being the case, I still want to see if there's any optimization differences again in regard to battery life, and, as I always say, it's definitely worth mentioning that battery life is entirely dependent on what you do on your device. In addition to the age of the battery within your device, and before we begin, I want to show you guys that both of these devices are running.

The latest version of iPadOS, as of recording this video being 14.6 and for anyone curious this 2021 iPad Pro, has 8 gigabytes of ram as it's the base storage model and, of course, the 2020 iPad Pro has 6 gigabytes of ram as all 2020 iPad pros have the same amount of ram, also true tone. Night shift and auto brightness are disabled on all of these devices, and the brightness was set to the exact same amount on both devices using a lux meter, and the volume is turned down on both. Also, the batteries in both of these iPads are brand new and all right, with both devices charged to 100 and plugged in we're going to turn off the power source that these two devices are connected to, and we'll remove the cables, and we'll kick things off with one hour of YouTube. Video streaming, so we'll load up the same YouTube, video on both devices, and we'll make sure it's set to 1080p quality on both, and again we're going to let it stream for an hour, and we'll check back in on the percentages and all right after an hour of YouTube. Video streaming, the 2021 iPad Pro is at 96 and the 2020 iPad Pro is at 95.

So just one percentage difference in this case and next we're going to move on to one hour of web browsing. So we're going to be loading new web pages and scrolling through webpages on apple. com, for the first 30 minutes and for the second 30 minutes, we're going to be loading new web pages and scrolling through webpages on theverge. com and something else worth mentioning is of course, when I'm doing these tests. I do my absolute best to ensure that there's no differing factors between the devices that I'm testing, but there's always going to be a little minor things that might throw it off a little.

So you should interpret these videos as gauging overall battery performance rather than you know, specific percent point by percent point analysis, but anyways after an hour of web browsing checking in the 2021 iPad Pro is at 84 and the 2020 iPad Pro is at 82. So, as you can see, they've basically performed the same so far. So next we're heading over to Minecraft, and we're going to play the game on both for an hour and all right. Checking in after an hour of Minecraft, as you can see, both devices are tied both at 59 and next we're gonna, open up, Netflix and we're going to stream Netflix for an hour and sorry, I did have to cover up these screens here just to avoid any copyright issues, but I'm just streaming the exact same thing on both devices for an hour and checking in after that the 2021 iPad Pro was at 51 and the 2020 iPad Pro was at 50. So you could see the same trend is continuing here.

They're, basically performing the same next, we're going to head over to subway, surfers, and we're going to play this game for 30 minutes and checking in after subway surfers the 2021 iPad Pro is at 41 and the 2020 is at 39. Next up, we're gonna, head on over to temple, run, and we're going to play this game for 10 minutes on both with ads appearing in between each round of the game, and after that the 2021 iPad Pro is at 38 and the 2020 iPad Pro is at 36, so they both lost 3 during temple, run next we're gonna head on over to pub g, and we're going to play pub g for an hour on both iPads and checking in after a full hour of playing pub g on both the 2021 iPad. Pro was at 22 in the 2020 iPad. Pro was at 17, so the 2020 iPad Pro lost 19 percent here and the 2021 lost 16, and next we're going to attempt to export a 4k, 60 30 minute, video in iMovie, and something very frustrating happens at this point, which is actually something that I want to make a point out of as well. So you can see here with the 2020 iPad Pro, as you can see here, midway through the export.

The iPad hit 10 battery. So the pop-up appeared in the middle of the screen telling me that the iPad was at 10 battery, and I kid you not. This literally killed the export. As you can see here, I got a message saying that iMovie must be in the foreground at all times when exporting, and it was. This was just a pop-up notification.

So the point I want to make is this type of thing is like a perfect example of. What's holding iPads back they're super powerful. This m1 chip is again like beyond powerful, but the operating system on iPads is just not cutting it for the power. It doesn't really justify. Having all this power and of course, it's definitely worth mentioning that this is just a little bug with iMovie, and I'm sure apple would fix it if they knew about it, but I do think it's a representation of the fact that, of course, the iPad is still fundamentally built upon iOS and the applications that apple promotes for the iPad Pro are still very much iOS.

You know mobile applications like the iOS version of iMovie in this instance, while the tablet itself has the hardware for and is being marketed as this professional tablet that can replace your laptop. So that being said, I just think apple needs to kick up their game a little in this department, so hopefully during WWDC in just like a day or so here we'll get some announcements that maybe make the iPad a little more professional but anyways. Rant aside, I decided to cancel the export on the 2021 iPad Pro a few minutes later, just because I don't think it would be fair to have you know one device finish the export with the other one you know being cancelled in the middle, so unfortunately that issue with iMovie did mess up the exact percentage tracking throughout this test and once again, this circles back to what I said earlier, how you should interpret this test as overall battery performance because, of course, things like this do happen when you're interacting with devices for as long as I am in this test, but anyways with the 2021 at 14 and the 2020 at 10. That concludes the first round of the battery test, so we're gonna head back to YouTube, and we're going to stream. The same YouTube, video for another hour on both and six hours and 59 minutes into this test.

Basically, seven hours in the 2020 iPad Pro dies and all right we'll continue going with the 2021 iPad Pro and all right after an hour of YouTube video streaming, the 2021 iPad Pro is at three percent, so just barely hanging on so interestingly enough, as you can see there, I lost 11 in that final round of YouTube video streaming, while earlier in the test with YouTube video streaming, it lost a lot. Less so makes me wonder if apple's percent readings are not always entirely accurate, or maybe it is accurate and some of the previous tasks we did before maybe impacted how fast the battery is draining. I'm not sure, but anyways we'll see how long the 2021 can hold up in the second round of safari and 7 hours and 28 minutes in the 2021 iPad Pro finally dies. So there you have it I'd, say they both performed very well and very similarly as well. In this battery drain test and let's try again with this iMovie export, so the both devices are charged back up to 100, and I'm going to go ahead and disconnect the power source and the cables here, and we'll just try the exact same thing again.

There's no chance of any pop-up coming up this time, so both starting at 100 will export the same 4k 60 frames per second 30 minute, video and all right, no surprise. The 2021 iPad Pro does export first, not by much, but you can see there. It did export a little quicker than any 2020. In both devices after their respective exports were one percentage point apart with the 2021 being at 96 percent in the 2020 being at 95. So again in this particular test, not much of a difference in regard to this and lastly, I want to do a standby test for 12 hours, so this tests how well the iPads are able to hold a charge when asleep, and before we start this.

I want to show you that the notification settings on both of these is the same as you can see, as, of course getting notifications when your device is asleep could affect the battery life. So once again, I charged them back up to 100, and we'll go ahead and disconnect the power source, remove the cables, and I'll just put them both to sleep here and wait 12 hours and see how much percentage they both lose and checking in a whole 12 hours later, you can see here they both just lost one percent they're, both at 99 and, as I just said, of course, it depends on notifications and other processes you might have running in the background, but for the average user I wouldn't imagine having any issues with standby, but alright guys that just about wraps it up for this video, if you guys use either these devices. Let me know down below in the comments section how the battery life has been for you. Thank you guys so much for watching this video, and I'll catch you in the next one peace out.

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