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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 66.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x | -- |
| 2025-03-04 | 2015-05-01 |
| -- | 10.51 x 7.36 x 0.34 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 21.92 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | -- |
| -- | $ 375.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.8 inches |
| -- | 1280 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 214 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Intel Atom x7 Z8700 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Intel HD GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.55 |
| 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 + 3.50 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface 3, having a 70.4 score against 66.3. The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) design is notably newer, just a bit lighter and extremely thinner than the Microsoft Surface 3. Microsoft Surface 3 counts with a very superior hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has less cores (although faster) and 4 GB less RAM memory.
Microsoft Surface 3 has a much sharper screen than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little smaller display. Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) and Microsoft Surface 3 have similar storage capacity to store more games and applications, both of them have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) captures greater videos and photos than Microsoft Surface 3, because it has a back camera with a way higher resolution and a lot better (4K) video quality. Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a way better battery life than Microsoft Surface 3.
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