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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2021-09-24 |
| -- | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8.3 inches |
| -- | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 327 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 6 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Yes GPU |
| 6.3 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.6 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad mini (6th Gen) has a general score of 65, which is a little bit better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s overall score of 62.5. These tablets use iPadOS OS (operating system), but iPad mini (6th Gen) has the older 15.x version and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x. IPad mini (6th Gen) features a lot better screen than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a much smaller screen, they both have the same brightness.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a much bigger storage for games and applications than iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a little better performance than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), although it has a lower number of MHz cores.
Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) features a superior battery lifetime than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) has a lot better camera than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). They have a F1.8 diafragm aperture and a 12 MP resolution back-facing camera.
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