The third-generation iPad has 1GB of RAM after all—at least according to some early benchmarks. Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn obtained one of the new devices a couple days ahead of schedule and immediately ran Geekbench. The app reported back that the device has 1GB of RAM and a Geekbench score of 756.

According to Tinhte's benchmarks, the third-gen iPad's processor remains at 1GHz despite being bumped to Apple's new A5X (a dual-core processor with quad-core GPU). The Geekbench score of 756 puts the device just above the iPad 2's Geekbench score of 749, according to our tests from last year, and the original iPad's Geekbench score of 454.

Before Apple announced the third-gen iPad on March 7, there were rampant rumors the device's RAM would be bumped to 1GB, up from the iPad 2's 512MB. Apple's spokespeople declined to comment on the amount of RAM in the new device, however, so we were forced to wait until the first benchmarks started rolling in. We'll repeat these benchmarks and perform a few others when reviewing the third-generation iPad here at Ars. Stay tuned for our review, which you can expect to see on the site early next week!