The iPad mini 6 boasts the powers of the A15 Bionic system-on-chip, with a six-core CPU, five-core graphics and 16-core Neural Engine. iPad mini 6 (2021) review: A15 Bionic performance There's a 'jelly scrolling' problem apparently for some units, especially in portrait mode, where both sides of the display are scrolling at different speeds. The iPad mini 6 does exhibit one display issue that some owners are finding annoying. The iPad 9 (472.7 nits), iPad Air 4 (440 nits) and Galaxy Tab A7 Lite (315 nits) aren't as bright. That said, the iPad mini 6 is much brighter than all of those tablets, with a maximum of 520 nits. The Galaxy Tab A7 Lite (81.8%) is less colorful.
When it comes to color output, though, an iPad screen is an iPad screen, as the iPad mini 6's 103.1% sRGB output (according to our colorimeter) is very close to those of the iPad 9 (105.3%) and iPad Air 4 (102.9%). This makes the iPad mini 2021 less of a multitasking device and more of a one-thing-at-a-time device. But while it is sharper, I noticed one issue with a screen this small - splitting your screen between apps can make for tiny text in Safari (try a 66% vs 33% split over a 50/50 split to improve that) or for incredibly small touch targets.
