While Apple’s new iPhone 13 supports, mmWave, the faster version of 5G, in the USA only, it appears that the new iPad mini does not. It supports sub6-5G only. Apple says that support for 5G will be available on 200 carriers in 60 different countries by the end of the year. Despite multiple leaks to the contrary, Apple did not expand mmWave 5G to any other countries as expected at its September iPhone 13 launch event, and the feature remains limited to the United States on the iPhone 13, just like it was on iPhone 12.
Apple claims, “5G allows iPad mini to reach peak speeds of up to 3.5Gbps in ideal conditions.” In contrast, mmWave allows speeds up to around 5.3Gbps in ideal conditions.