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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 58.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x | Windows |
| 2025-03-04 | -- |
| -- | 11.30 x 8.23 x 0.37 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 31.01 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | -- |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 13 inches |
| -- | 2880 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 266 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1235U chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.21 |
| 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 | 10.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 7.92 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is a little bit better than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, with a score of 62.5 against 58.7. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x OS, and Microsoft Surface 9 Pro counts with Windows OS. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is a much lighter and a lot thinner device than the Microsoft Surface 9 Pro.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a bit better performance than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, although it has less MHz processing cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory. Microsoft Surface 9 Pro counts with a lot better looking screen than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a bigger display.
Microsoft Surface 9 Pro features as much storage to store more games and applications as the Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), they have the same internal storage capacity. The Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) takes way better videos and photos than Microsoft Surface 9 Pro, because it has a better 12 megapixels resolution back-facing camera.
Microsoft Surface 9 Pro counts with a battery duration that is very similar to the battery lifetime in Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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