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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2020-10-16 |
| -- | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.3 | 10.26 |
| 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 + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| 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 iPad Air (2020) has an overall score of 71.7, which is slightly better than Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025)'s 69.6 score. IPad Air (2020)'s construction has the same weight than the Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), but it is way thicker. Both of these tablets have iPadOS OS, but the iPad Air (2020) has the older 14.x version while Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x.
IPad Air (2020) counts with a much powerful processing unit than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit. Apple iPad Air (2020) counts with a much better looking display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a bit smaller display, they both have the same brightness.
Apple iPad Air (2020) has a camera that is very similar to the camera in Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), they have a back-facing camera with a 12 mega pixels resolution, a same size aperture, the same video resolution and the same 60 fps video frame rates. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a much better storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad Air (2020), because it has more internal memory.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a much better battery performance than iPad Air (2020).
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