Apple’s new iPad mini (2026) has appeared on Geekbench 7 ahead of its November 6 release. The benchmark results offer an early look at the tablet’s performance with its A20 Pro chipset. The device scored 3,879 points in single-core and 9,870 points in multi-core tests. The listing identifies it as the iPad19,2, which is the Wi-Fi + Cellular variant.
The benchmark also reveals a five-core CPU with two performance cores and three efficiency cores. Its performance cores run at 4.93GHz. This suggests the tested unit is either the 128GB or 256GB model. Apple has disabled one efficiency core in these storage variants. However, the 512GB model gets the full six-core A20 Pro chipset. The previous iPad mini also featured a reduced version of its chipset.
The Geekbench listing further confirms 12GB of RAM, although Apple does not mention this specification in its marketing materials.
For comparison, the iPhone 18 Pro Max scored 4,024 points in single-core and 11,424 points in multi-core tests. It uses the full six-core A20 Pro chipset. As a result, the iPad mini falls 4% behind in single-core and 14% in multi-core performance.
However, the improvements over the previous generation are much larger. The older iPad mini scored 2,638 points in single-core and 7,103 points in multi-core tests. This makes the 2026 model 47% faster in single-core and 39% faster in multi-core performance.
The results also show how the new iPad mini compares with Apple’s larger tablets. The M5-powered iPad Pro 13 scored 3,580 points in single-core and 15,126 points in multi-core tests. The iPad mini leads by 8% in single-core performance, while the Pro remains 53% ahead in multi-core.
Meanwhile, the M4-powered iPad Air 13 recorded 3,206 single-core and 12,686 multi-core points. The new iPad mini is 21% faster in single-core performance. However, the Air leads by 29% in multi-core tests.
These results show that the A20 Pro delivers strong single-core performance. Still, Apple’s M-series chips retain an advantage in multi-core workloads thanks to their additional cores. The iPad mini (2026) starts at $699, €749, or £699. Pre-orders are already open, with the first units scheduled to reach buyers on November 6.
