iPad-air-review-5Apple isn’t really a company that waxes on about numbers, like clock speeds, number of cores, megapixels, and so on. For example with the iPad Air 2, Apple announced that the tablet would be powered by an A8X chipset which presumably is based on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus’ A8 chipset.

While it does share a name, it turns out that the A8X is different from the A8 in terms of the number of cores. The A8 is a dual-core chipset but according to a tweet by Primate Labs, it seems that the A8X is a triple-core chipset, which we have to admit is pretty odd. These days we are either looking at dual, quad, or octa for the most part.

However recently we’ve seen the introduction of hexa-core chipsets and now we guess triple-core is a thing as well. As a result of the triple-core setup, the iPad Air 2 has shown significant gains over the iPhone 6, as expected due to the additional core. However in terms of single-core performance, there isn’t that big a difference.

How will this affect consumers? Well unless you run apps that might require a lot of processing power, it seems unlikely that you will notice huge performance gains. Then again if you’re looking to keep your iPad around for the next few years, we guess having the additional core is one way to future proof your tablet for the time-being.

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