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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-04 |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.9 inches |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple GPU 4-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 | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| 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 | |
| 7606mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), with a overall score of 69.6 against 62.5. Both of these tablets include the same iPadOS 18.x OS. Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) feature extremely similar displays, and although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a quite smaller screen, they both have the same display brightness.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features as much memory to store more apps and games as the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), both have the same 128 GB internal memory capacity. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a processing unit that's just as good as the processor in Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has 2 GB lesser RAM memory and a lower number of cores.
Apple Apple iPad Air 11-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 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a much longer battery duration than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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