The iPad mini’s A17 Pro Chip Isn’t Quite the Same as the One in the iPhone 15 Pro
While Apple’s new seventh-generation iPad mini has a more powerful A-series chip than ever, it seems to be a notch behind the silicon used in Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro lineup — despite having the same name. The new iPad mini and the iPhone 15 Pro (and iPhone 15 Pro Max) both use an A17 Pro chip, but the iPad mini’s version has one less GPU core.