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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 85.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 13.x |
| 2025-03-04 | 2019-03-18 |
| -- | 8.00 x 5.30 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 10.87 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | Gold, Gray and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 679.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 7.9 inches |
| -- | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 324 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.3 | 10.35 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| -- | 32.00mm focal length |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 8.91 |
| 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 | |
| -- | 5058mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad mini (2019) has a global score of 85.9, which is much better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s score of 62.5. Both of these tablets use iPadOS OS, but Apple iPad mini (2019) has the older 13.x version and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x version. The Apple iPad mini (2019) features a very superior performance than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with 8 more CPU cores and a 64 bits processor.
The Apple iPad mini (2019) features a much sharper display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a lot smaller display, they both have the same brightness. The Apple iPad mini (2019) has a much better storage to store more games and applications than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has 256 GB internal storage.
IPad mini (2019) shoots better videos and photos than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a way smaller diafragm aperture which is not favorable for taking photos and/or video in low-light situations and a back-facing camera with way less MP. IPad mini (2019) has a superior battery lifetime than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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