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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 65.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2015-07-15 |
| -- | 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 3.10 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | 16 777 216 |
| -- | $ 399.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 4 inches |
| -- | 1136 x 640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 326 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 A8 APL1011 chipset |
| processor | Typhoon, 64-bit, 20 nm (Dual-Core 1100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | PowerVR Series 6XT GX6450 GPU |
| 6.3 | 7.92 |
| 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 | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 8.25 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | 1043mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 2.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a score of 70.4, which is just a bit better than iPod touch 6th generation's 65.6 global score. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with iPadOS 18.x OS, and iPod touch 6th generation counts with iOS 12.x OS. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a way newer and noticeably thinner tablet than the iPod touch 6th generation, but it is also much heavier.
IPod touch 6th generation has a much better performance than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has an inferior number of cores and a smaller amount of RAM. IPod touch 6th generation has a much better looking screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lot smaller display and less brightness.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) shoots a lot better pictures and videos than iPod touch 6th generation, because it has a way higher video resolution, a back-facing camera with lot more mega-pixels and a much larger camera aperture to take better low light photography. The Apple iPod touch 6th generation and Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) feature really similar memory capacity to store more apps and games, both of them have the same 128 GB internal memory.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a way better battery lifetime than Apple iPod touch 6th generation, because it has 9705mAh of battery capacity.
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