iPad · Pro
2024
iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
The thinnest Apple product ever at 5.1 mm, featuring a 13-inch Tandem OLED Ultra Retina XDR display, M4 silicon, and Apple Pencil Pro.
- Announced
- 2024-05-07
- Family
- iPad
- Branch
- Pro
- Historical weight
- Paradigm shift
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 13" Ultra Retina XDR tandem OLED, 2752×2064
- Chip / CPU
- Apple M4 · 4.40 GHz
- Memory
- 8 GB (up to 16 GB)
- Base storage
- 256 GB
- Ports & charging
- Thunderbolt / USB 4
- Weight
- 579 g
- Dimensions
- 281.6×215.5×5.1 mm
- Original OS
- iPadOS 17.5
- Launch price
- $1,299
- Released
- May 15, 2024
- Graphics
- Apple 10-core GPU
- CPU cores
- 10
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
8- Connectivity
Thinnest product in Apple hardware history (5.1 mm)
Redesigned unibody enclosure measuring only 5.1 mm thin (a 1.3 mm reduction from the 6.4 mm 12.9-inch predecessor) and weighing 579 g (Wi-Fi) / 582 g (Cellular) — a massive weight drop of 103 grams (nearly a quarter pound).
- Display
13-inch Ultra Retina XDR display with Tandem OLED
Dual-panel stacked tandem OLED display delivering 1,000 nits full-screen brightness for SDR/HDR, 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness, 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio, sub-millisecond response time, specular highlight rendering, and zero mini-LED local dimming halo/blooming artifacts. Features 2752-by-2064 resolution at 264 ppi with ProMotion (10Hz-120Hz).
- Display
Nano-texture display glass option
Etched nano-texture glass available on 1TB and 2TB models to dramatically scatter reflected ambient light in high-glare creative production studios.
- Silicon
Apple M4 chip (2nd-generation 3nm)
9-core CPU (256/512GB) or 10-core CPU (1TB/2TB), 10-core GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing, mesh shading, and Dynamic Caching, plus a 16-core Neural Engine executing 38 TOPS.
- Camera
Landscape 12MP TrueDepth front camera
Moved Face ID and 12MP Ultra Wide Center Stage camera to the long landscape top edge.
- Ports
Apple Pencil Pro support
Integrates squeeze gestures, barrel roll rotational sensing, custom haptics, and Find My tracking.
- Ports
Aluminum Magic Keyboard
Redesigned companion keyboard with aluminum top case, 14-key function row, larger glass haptic trackpad, and magnetic USB-C passthrough charging.
- Product
Adaptive True Tone rear flash
AI document scanning engine eliminating page shadows.
Changed
3- Display
Diagonal screen size
Expanded from 12.9 inches (2732-by-2048) to 13.0 inches (2752-by-2064).
- Storage
Base storage tier
Doubled from 128GB to 256GB (offered in 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB).
- Connectivity
Cellular SIM architecture
eSIM-only worldwide without physical SIM card slot.
Retired
4- Display
Mini-LED backlighting
Replaced by Tandem OLED display technology.
- Camera
10MP Ultra Wide rear camera
Retired from the camera module.
- Power
Apple Pencil (2nd generation) compatibility
Incompatible with new charging coils.
- Product
Physical SIM tray
Completely retired.
Retained
3- Display
Thunderbolt / USB 4 port supporting up to 40 Gbps transfer speeds and 6K Pro Display XD…
Thunderbolt / USB 4 port supporting up to 40 Gbps transfer speeds and 6K Pro Display XDR external monitors.
- Audio
Four-speaker audio system with spatial audio rendering and four studio-quality microphones
Four-speaker audio system with spatial audio rendering and four studio-quality microphones.
- Connectivity
38.99-watt-hour battery delivering up to 10 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi
38.99-watt-hour battery delivering up to 10 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi.
Technology DNA
Ideas carried by this generation.
Canonical predecessor
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)