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| Global Score | |
| 62.5 | 60.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.0 Lollipop |
| 2025-03-04 | 2015-05-02 |
| -- | 9.55 x 6.57 x 0.29 inches |
| 16.97 ounces | 15.84 ounces |
| Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow | 16 777 216 |
| -- | $ 160.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 9.7 inches |
| -- | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| -- | 132 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 5.9 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 4-core GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.1 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 6000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is a little bit better than the Galaxy Tab A 9.7, with a general score of 62.5 against 60.5. The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) design is noticeably newer and much thinner than the Galaxy Tab A 9.7's, although it is just a little bit heavier. IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x operating system, while Galaxy Tab A 9.7 has Android 7.1 Nougat operating system.
Galaxy Tab A 9.7 has a much powerful CPU than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores. The Galaxy Tab A 9.7 has a much sharper display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a little smaller display. The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a much bigger memory to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 112 GB more internal storage.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) takes much better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7, because it has a much more mega-pixels back facing camera. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 counts with a much longer battery performance than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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