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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-04 |
| 21.76 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.9 inches |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 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 | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 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 13-inch (M3, 2025) is better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), having a 70.4 score against 62.5. Both of these devices have the same iPadOS 18.x operating system. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s processor is just as good as the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) one, although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has lesser MHz cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a little bit better screen than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a bigger display and a bit more brightness. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a lot better camera than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). Both have a same size diafragm aperture and a 12 mega-pixels resolution camera.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features as much memory capacity to install games and applications as the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), both of them have exactly the same internal memory capacity. The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a superior battery performance than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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