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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 70.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-04 |
| 16.97 ounces | 21.76 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 13 inches |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Apple GPU 9-core GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 9705mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 10.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), with a overall score of 70.4 against 62.5. Both of these tablets include the same iPadOS 18.x operating system. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a little bit better looking display than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger display and a bit brighter display.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features as much memory to store more apps and games as the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), both have the same 128 GB internal memory capacity. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a processing unit that's just as good as the processor in Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) also has a larger number of cores and a higher amount of RAM.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) takes much clearer photographs and videos than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). Both of them have the same camera aperture and a 12 megapixels resolution camera. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much longer battery duration than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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