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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 65.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2017-03-24 |
| -- | 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.86 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 220.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 9.7 inches |
| -- | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A9 APL0898 chipset |
| processor | Twister, 64-bit, 16 nm (Dual-Core 1850 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | PowerVR GT7600 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.64 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | -- |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 0 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 8.25 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 4.8 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | 8827mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 9.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is just a bit better than iPad 9.7-inch, getting a score of 69.6 against 65.4. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a noticeably newer tablet, and it's also just a bit lighter and extremely thinner than the iPad 9.7-inch. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x operating system, and iPad 9.7-inch counts with iOS 13.x operating system.
IPad 9.7-inch has a way better display than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little smaller screen. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a way bigger memory to install applications and games than Apple iPad 9.7-inch. The iPad 9.7-inch has a way better processing power than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has an inferior number of cores (although faster) and lesser RAM memory.
Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) takes greater photos and videos than iPad 9.7-inch, because it has a much higher video definition, a lot bigger camera aperture to capture better low-light images and video and a lot higher 12 MP resolution back-facing camera. IPad 9.7-inch has a bit longer battery life than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because it has a 16 percent larger battery size.
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