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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2025-03-04 | -- |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 12.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 223 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Yes GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 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 |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| 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, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is better than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), with a 69.6 score against 60.6. These tablets work with iPadOS OS (Operating System), but the Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a more recent 18.x version and iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x version, so it provides the user lots of additional features and performance improvements.
The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) features a processor that's very similar to the processing unit in Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), both of them have the same RAM memory amount and 8 cores. The Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) features a lot better looking screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because it has a larger display.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a way better camera than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen). They have a F1.8 camera aperture and a 12 mega pixels resolution back camera. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a very superior storage capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a very superior battery performance than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen).
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