The new iPad is in heavy use warmer than the iPad 2. The difference in temperature between the new Apple tablet and its predecessor is about 5°C. Users of the tablet have already noticed that he was warmer than the iPad 2.
Examples of images that Tweakers.net with an infrared camera made confirm the higher temperature. A new iPad was next to an iPad 2 put, where both tablets are taxed with the GLBenchmark. After five minutes, it was per tablet, the temperature of the hottest point is measured. On the left is the new iPad. This noted at the bottom right of the rear a temperature of 33.6°C. The iPad 2 scored in the same place a temperature of 28.3°C, a difference of 5.3°C.
The measurements of Tweakers.net confirm the reports of owners of the new Apple tablet. In various forums, notifications are placed that especially the location of the processor, a hot spot forms. With to 33.6 degrees Celsius, the iPad is not too hot to the touch, although the warmer housing is very noticeable. Apple reports that the tablet can be used at an ambient temperature between 0 and 35°C . If the tablet is too hot is likely to be, it switches itself off.
That the tablet gets warmer, probably by the gpu. The graphics processor is the same as in the iPad 2, but has more shader cores. The A5 processor from the iPad 2 has a PowerVR SGX543MP2 gpu, while the new iPad has a SGX543MP4.
The new Apple tablet since Friday sold in several countries, including Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Apple launches the new iPad Friday in the Netherlands. The main improvement according to Apple, in the screen that has four times as many pixels as the iPad 2.