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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 72.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 0000-00-00 |
| -- | 9.72 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Blue, Purple and Starlight ,Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 11 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 261 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | 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 | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 7.6 | 10 |
| 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, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) is a little bit better than the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), with a 72.3 score against 70.4. These tablets include iPadOS operating system, but the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) has older 15.x version while Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) and Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) feature very similar CPUs, they have the same RAM amount and 8 CPU cores. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with a much better display than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less brightness and a little bit smaller display.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024) counts with as much memory to install applications and games as the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) one, both of them have equal internal storage. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a really longer battery life than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots much better videos and photos than iPad Air 11-inch (M2, 2024). Both of them have a back camera with a 12 megapixels and the same camera aperture.
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