Stuff

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works

Home / News / Apple’s new iPad 3 has 1GB RAM

NewsAppleiPad (2012)
News

Apple’s new iPad 3 has 1GB RAM

Apple has given the new iPad a boost in the RAM department on top of its A5X chip

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

When we got our hands on the new iPad last night, it ran silky smooth. Party because of the new A5X chip’s graphics grunt – but also, apparently, because Apple has boosted its flagship slate’s RAM to 1GB.

The Verge’s sources claim that Apple has joined the spec race in a very out of character move. We’ll be giving the new iPad a full workout at Stuff towers very soon – so we’ll find out just how much of a performance boost that 1GB of RAM has given Apple’s new tablet.

UPDATE: Read our in depth new iPad 3 review here.

You may also like

Next Big Thing – 64 core processors from HP

10 of the best new iPad apps

5 of the best new Apple iPad accessories

Profile image of Dan Grabham Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home