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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x | Windows 10 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2018-08-02 |
| -- | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10 inches |
| -- | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 216 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.46 |
| 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 + 5.00 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 | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is a bit better than Microsoft Surface Go, with a 70.4 score against 66.5. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s design is way newer and a lot thinner than the Microsoft Surface Go's, although it is heavier. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x OS, and Microsoft Surface Go has Windows 10 OS.
Microsoft Surface Go features a very superior processor than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has an inferior number of cores , they both have 8 GB of RAM memory. The Microsoft Surface Go features a much more vibrant screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a really smaller screen.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) and the Microsoft Surface Go count with very similar storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, they have exactly the same internal storage. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a way better battery duration than Microsoft Surface Go.
The Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a lot better camera than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality and a way higher 12 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back.
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