So I've had quite a few people ask me,
what is the gaming performance like
on the new M1 iPad Pro?
And the good news is I'm going to be doing a lot
of testing in the next couple of videos
including a video where I test like 5 or 10 games
and also do a lot of thermals testing as well.
But for now I'm going to do some really popular games
like PUBG and also Call Of Duty: Mobile.
So I'm going to run it at max settings.
See what kind of frame rates we can get.
The overall experience.
Is it good?
And then finally, after half an hour of running
I'm actually going to do a thermal test on the back.
See how hot it's going to get, because I know
that a big issue with the 2020 iPad was
that after half an hour or an hour, or sometimes
even 15 minutes of gaming, it would get really hot.
It would overheat and it would be uncomfortable to hold
or it would just throttle the performance.
So in today's video, we're going to test that
out and see how this new M1 iPad stacks up.
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Now yes, this big camera
behind me is a Blackmagic 6K camera.
So it's going to be doing a top-down shot onto the iPad.
So you can actually see me play Call Of Duty: Mobile
and see what the performance is like for yourself.
So without further ado, let's just get straight
into it and I will switch to the Blackmagic camera.
Okay, so let's open up the actual game itself.
Now I have been playing this for about an hour
in total, so far, the performance does seem quite good.
I'm not very good at the game at all.
Let me just turn this volume down.
But hopefully I'm good enough
to show you how the game actually runs.
I actually used to play Call Of Duty a lot when I was a kid.
I'd get home from school and I would just get straight
on the Xbox 360 and just play for like 10 hours straight.
So, that was a long time ago,
probably about 8 or 10 years.
So we'll see if my skills still hold up.
Okay. So first things first let's come into the settings
and you can see I'm actually using the advanced mode here.
I just find that a little bit easier
for me to use personally.
Ah, if we come into audio and graphics, you can see
I have the graphics quality set to very high
and the frame rates set to very high as well.
Now, if I actually switch the frame rate to max,
you can see it actually changes the graphic quality.
Personally, I would prefer a little bit higher
graphic quality than actual frames.
I have tested it out,
the difference between max and very high.
Isn't super big.
Although if you are having overheating issues
you can obviously toggle these down a little bit
but these are the settings I've had the most success so far
on this particular M1 iPad.
So I have bloom, real-time shadows and ragdoll on.
Anti-aliasing and water reflection off just
because you don't really need that while you're gaming.
And the graphic style is realistic.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to load up a game
and we're just going to start a frontline random game.
I'll turn the volume up just a little bit.
So you can hear the gunshots and stuff.
After you go into this game,
the loading time is very, very impressive.
So let's, okay good.
This is a map that I know it's crash.
This is an old school map from COD 4.
If you guys old enough to know what COD 4 is.
All right, so let's get a move on.
So again, guys, I'm massive noob at this game.
So don't judge my game play at all.
I literally played it for the first time
about two hours ago.
So, so as you can see guys really, really smooth the frames,
I'm probably, there's no obviously frame counter here
but I'm going to say that's a very solid 60 FPS
or at least very close to 60 FPS.
I'm really not having any issues at all
moving around and shooting.
As you can see there, that was very, very quick.
I'll chuck a frag over there.
And I'm going to call in a predator.
There's a guy right next to me.
Get this guy.
Yeah, but it's a very, very enjoyable experience.
Like it's obviously not going to be anywhere
near what you would get on a PC, but guys for an iPad
it really is not bad at all.
Like this is actually quite enjoyable to play.
I have, as I said before, tested out the high FPS mode
and where you have to actually lower the graphical settings.
Personally, I prefer a little bit of a higher quality screen
in front of my eyes rather than a little bit additional FPS
especially cause this is an iPad guys.
Like it's not a competitive FPS
like Counter-Strike: Go or anything like that on a PC.
So I don't think, in my opinion
you really need a super high frame rate.
Although, you know, it's up to your personal preference,
maybe for you, you would prefer that.
But for me, I don't really care.
Oops, there's a guy next to me about to die
So as you can see there, like I snapped onto that guy
pretty quickly.
I know there is aim assist,
but still not too shabby at all.
So let's just keep running around here,
get a couple more kills.
Okay. So that is the first game down.
Like I said guys
while I was playing this very, very enjoyable.
If I actually lift this up on the back
there's a little bit of heat.
I wouldn't say heat but it's just a tiny little bit warm.
Sort of above the Apple logo.
So that seems to be where
the actual M1 chip is located.
Perhaps, maybe be a little bit there, but again
like I can barely tell it's even on it is not warm at all.
So what I'm going to do now is I'm going to
actually take a note of what battery percentage I'm at.
Also bear in mind, I'm at 100% brightness.
So I'm going to set a timer on my phone
for 20 minutes and we are going to see what sort
of heat and also performance we're getting
after 20 minutes of game play on this.
And I'm also at 85% battery.
So what I'll do now guys is I'll play a few games
over about 20 minutes.
Remember the battery percentage is at 85%.
The screen brightness is at 100%.
The frames are set to very high
and the graphics are set to very high as well.
And we're going to see what we have after 20 minutes.
(music)
Okay. So that has been 20 minutes.
Well, almost 20 minutes as you guys can see here
we have about a minute and 50 seconds left.
So what I'm going to do is I'm actually going to
connect my FLIR thermal camera onto my iPhone.
So we can take some thermals of this particular device.
Now I will have had some B-roll playing previously.
So you guys can see some of the gameplay.
So it's all different maps right now.
We're actually back on crash, funnily enough.
Okay. So as you guys can see here,
we have the FLIR camera up and running.
So as you can see down near the bottom of the iPad
we're getting around 36 degrees Celsius.
And if we actually flip it over
and we have a look at the back,
so we're getting around 34 degrees Celsius
right in the middle near that Apple logo.
And you guys can actually see there where all
of the heat is concentrated.
So that's obviously where the M1 chip is and where
it's emitting all of the heat.
But as you guys can see, like that is barely warm.
The ambient temperature in here is around 26 degrees.
So, that's actually fairly warm
because I've got all the studio lights on
but this is barely breaking 35 degrees.
As we get out towards the sides,
we're getting about 33 degrees,
but yeah really not bad at all.
Now, if I actually feel the iPad on the back again
it doesn't even feel warm.
This has been going for over half an hour
playing a high definition, high FPS Call Of Duty: Mobile.
As you guys can see absolutely no issues.
It's still extremely smooth.
So I'm going to give this one
the creative tech tick of approval for now, because I think
that playing this game is going to be very enjoyable
and very easy.
Now on this M1 iPad, especially even compared
to the previous, A14 generation iPad.
Now in terms of battery life
let's have a look at that as well.
So we're up to 76% battery life.
So that's under 10% of battery in about 20 to 25 minutes
of game play, with the brightness set to 100%.
Also running on wifi, also with Bluetooth enabled.
So very, very impressive.
Anyway guys that's it for this particular video,
hopefully you enjoyed it.
Let me know down in the comment section below
what other games you want me to test?
Like I said, I'm going to be testing a lot more games
on this particular device.
So comment down below
and let me know what you guys want to see.
But apart from that, I'll catch you in the next one.