Apple unveiled the iPad mini 7 earlier this week, which I consider an amazing upgrade over its predecessor even though it's practically identical to the iPad mini 6 in terms of design. At $499, you get a tablet that can run Apple Intelligence thanks to the iPhone 15 Pro's chipset. That's the A17 Pro that Apple introduced last year, paired with 8GB of RAM. Once Apple announced the tablet, we realized the iPad mini 7's chip isn't exactly the same version of the A17 Pro Apple used for the iPhone 15 Pro. Instead, it's a binned version, sporting one less GPU core than the iPhone variant. I said at the time the iPad mini 7 would be a tremendously powerful computer despite rocking less potent chips in terms of graphics. We now have benchmarks that prove the iPad mini 7 performance is in line with the iPhone 15 Pro. Also, the benchmarks show the smaller iPad is the second-best Apple tablet you can purchase, performance-wise, after the M4 iPad Pro. Continue reading... The post iPad mini 7 benchmarks show the tiny tablet is incredibly powerful appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Top Prime Day deals: $199 iPad, 75-inch smart TV for $500, Amazon device deals, Crest 3D Whitestrips, more Today’s deals: $40 in Amazon credit, Nintendo Switch games, $20 waterproof Bluetooth speaker, more Best Apple iPad deals of Prime Big Deal Days 2024, with prices from $199