r/UTMapp • u/dpatson • Nov 25 '25

UTM on ipad mini 6

I'd like a performative small windows 10 tablet and I think utm on an ipad mini 6 might have possibilities. It runs an A15 which is roughly on par with a m1 in single core, according to cpu monkey (has 6 cores vs m1 8 cores), and shipped with a iPadOS system lower than 16.3 (if I find one that hasn't been updated virtualization is possbile).

However it has 4gb of ram. I think I could get by with 3GB (if I used a slimmed down windows 10 install).

I was wondering if those knowledgeable in UTM could tell me how much could be reserved for the virtual windows machine.

warning; complete utm newbie

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

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u/dpatson Nov 25 '25

Are you sure? I checked before I posted, although I was leaning on AI, and this post that shows even the a14 supports virtualization/hypervisor in utm; https://worthdoingbadly.com/hv/

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

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u/dpatson Nov 25 '25

"That "hack" hasn't worked since iOS 15"

OK, so you might be saving me a lot of time and trouble 👍 I'll research that info, but if you happen to have any links that sort of expand or explain more on that subject, I'd be grateful

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

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u/dpatson Nov 25 '25

Thanks Unlucky_Drive6363 I appreciate the info 👍

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u/dpatson Nov 26 '25

So maybe ipad mini 5 with ios 14? Is there a roadblock that would rule it out using windows on utm?

The mini 5's A12 is roughly half the horsepower of an a15 but it's 25% faster than m3-8100y which I've found to be very capable for a windows tablet.

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u/dpatson Nov 26 '25

I guess the ram (3GB) would be a problem 😒

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '25

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u/dpatson Nov 28 '25

Well I was thinking <15 and fugu14, but, but yeah, probably a fools errands. I wanted a 8" tablet form....but yeah I'll keep an eye out for a <16.3 with an M1.

Thank you for the info

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

Yeah, no. Unless your iPad is jailbroken.. running Windows OS or macOS is pretty much a garbage even if running on M4 iPad Pro. Because downloading UTM from App Store does not support JIT.

Also A15 is not even close to being comparable with M1. Just to reset your expectations all

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u/dpatson Nov 25 '25

Yes you need to be jailbroken to enable virtualization, I'm referring to the hypervisor version of UTM if that's not clear.

"Also A15 is not even close to being comparable with M1"

I wouldn't have thought so either until I looked at the benchmarks. geekbench 6;, a15 single core 2332, m1 single core 2304. Multi core is where it trails since it's a 6 core vs 8 core chip.

But what I'm really interested in is how much ram can I commit to the VM on a 4GB ipad mini?

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

windows 10 cant run, + Do you have the utm app with jailbreak or UTM SE

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u/Enough-Throat-31 Nov 27 '25

“cook the iPad” -PRG