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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2021-09-24 |
| -- | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8.3 inches |
| -- | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 327 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Yes GPU |
| 6.3 | 5.85 |
| 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 + 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 | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.6 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 6.8 |
| 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 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a little bit better than iPad mini (6th Gen), getting a 70.4 score against 65. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a incredibly newer and incredibly thinner tablet than the iPad mini (6th Gen), but it is much heavier. Both of these devices include iPadOS OS (operating system), but Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a more recent 18.x version while iPad mini (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x version, so it offers some nice extra features.
Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) features an incredibly better looking screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little opaque screen and a much smaller screen. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a bit more powerful processor than iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has a higher number of cores.
Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a lot bigger memory for applications and games than iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity. Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a superior battery life than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has a 9705mAh battery size instead of 5078mAh.
Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) features a camera that is very similar to the Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) one, they have a back camera with a 12 megapixels, the same 60 frames per second video frame rates, the same (4K) video definition and a same size camera aperture.
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