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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 65.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 16.x |
| 2025-03-04 | -- |
| 16.23 ounces | -- |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Silver and Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 12.9 inches |
| -- | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| -- | 265 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple 10-core GPU 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 | 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 | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a general score of 69.6, which is a bit better than the Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen)'s general score of 65.4. These tablets have iPadOS OS, but the Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a newer 18.x version while Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has iPadOS 16.x version, giving you a couple nice extra features.
The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) counts with a lot better looking display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because it has a larger screen. The iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen)'s CPU is just as good as the CPU in Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), both of them have 8 GB of RAM memory and 8 processing cores.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) and the Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) feature similar cameras, both have the same 60 frames per second video frame rate, the same 3840x2160 (4K) video definition, a F1.8 aperture and a 12 mega-pixels camera in the back. Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) and Apple Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) both have incredibly similar memory to install games and applications, both of them have the same internal memory capacity.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery lifetime than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen).
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