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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2020-10-16 |
| -- | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Apple A14 Bionic chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.3 | 10.26 |
| 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 + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2020) has a global score of 71.7, which is better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 global score. Both of these devices work with iPadOS OS (operating system), but iPad Air (2020) has the older 14.x version while Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x. Apple iPad Air (2020) has a much sharper screen than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). They have the same brightness and a screen with the same size.
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a way bigger memory to store more apps and games than iPad Air (2020), because it has 64 GB more internal storage capacity. The iPad Air (2020) features a very superior processor than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger number of cores and a 64-bits processing unit.
Apple iPad Air (2020) features a greater camera than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). Both of them have the same aperture and the same resolution back-facing camera. IPad Air (2020) features a battery duration that's very similar to the battery lifetime in Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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