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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 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 |
| 21.76 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 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 | |
| 9705mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 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 Apple iPad Air (2020) has an overall score of 71.7, which is a little bit better than the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s 70.4 global score. Both of these tablets have iPadOS OS (Operating System), but the Apple iPad Air (2020) has older 14.x version while Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x version.
IPad Air (2020) features a much sharper screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little bit opaque screen and a quite smaller display. Apple iPad Air (2020) has a much faster processor than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has a lower number of cores , it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) and iPad Air (2020) feature extremely similar cameras, both have a 12 mega-pixels resolution back camera, the same video frame rates, the same (4K) video definition and the same aperture. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much greater memory to install games and applications than iPad Air (2020), because it has 128 GB internal memory.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a really longer battery lifetime than Apple iPad Air (2020).
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