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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 66.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x | -- |
| 2025-03-04 | 2015-05-01 |
| -- | 10.51 x 7.36 x 0.34 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 21.92 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | -- |
| -- | $ 375.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 10.8 inches |
| -- | 1280 x 1920 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 214 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Intel Atom x7 Z8700 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-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 | -- |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 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 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Microsoft Surface 3 has a global score of 66.3, which is just a bit better than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 score. The Microsoft Surface 3 features a way better screen than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a little bit smaller display. The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and the Microsoft Surface 3 have incredibly similar storage capacity for applications and games, both have exactly the same internal memory capacity.
The Microsoft Surface 3 counts with a lot better performance than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with more cores. Microsoft Surface 3's battery performance is very similar to the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) one. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) takes much better pictures and videos than Microsoft Surface 3, because it has a much better 12 mega pixels resolution camera in the back.
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