Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 60.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2025-03-04 | -- |
| 16.97 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | -- |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 12.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 223 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Apple M2 chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Yes GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 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 |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is just a bit better than Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), getting a score of 62.5 against 60.6. Both devices we are comparing here use iPadOS OS (operating system), but the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a newer 18.x version while Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x.
IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) features a processing unit that's just as good as Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s CPU, although the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) also has a larger number of MHz cores and a greater amount of RAM. The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has an incredibly better looking display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a bigger screen.
The iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen)'s camera is very similar to the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) one, they have a F1.8 camera aperture and a back camera with a 12 mega pixels. IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features much more memory capacity to install games and applications than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because it has 128 GB internal memory.
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) feature quite similar battery performance.
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