How do I find out whether my iPad is 64bit or 32bit

I'm trying to find out whether or not what processor is my iPad 4 processor is, as it has nothing on my General settings to show and I lost the box that I purchased it in, as I found out iOS 12 is coming out and am hoping they'll update my old iOS 9.3.3 firmware. Anyway, how do I tell if it is 32bit or 64bit?

iPad (4th gen) Wi-Fi, Windows 10

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 2:35 PM

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Aug 14, 2018 4:47 PM in response to Mister_Passive

Wikipedia, not surprisingly, has a detailed page on every iOS device every made, and has linkouts to details about the chips used in each.


So, for iPad 4 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_(4th_generation)


And the Apple A6x processor used in it - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A6X


Its successor, the A7 processor, was the first generation 64-bit one used by Apple.


But there is nothing in iOS settings that tells you anything about the processor in your device.

Aug 14, 2018 4:23 PM in response to Mister_Passive

iPad 4 is a 32-bit hardware/sofware device.

Older iPads, such as the 1st gen iPad, iPad 2, 3, 4 and 1st generation iPad Mini are all 32-bit hardware/software mobile devices.

Same with older iPhones up to the iPhone 5.

The only iPod Touch that is a 64-bit hardware/software device is the current iPod Touch 6th generation.

All other older iPod Touches are 32-bit hardware/software devices.

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How do I find out whether my iPad is 64bit or 32bit

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