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| Global Score | |
| 66.6 | 81.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| -- | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2020-09-18 | 2022-03-18 |
| 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 17.46 ounces | 16.26 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | -- |
| Aluminum | Aluminum |
| $ 459.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.2 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2160 x 1620 pixels | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 265 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset | Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor |
| -- | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple G11P GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.72 | 9.99 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.36 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li - Ion Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2022) is way better than the Apple iPad (2020), with an 81.4 score against 66.6. The Apple iPad Air (2022) is a newer tablet device, and it is also extremely thinner and a little bit lighter than the Apple iPad (2020). IPad Air (2022) has a little better hardware performance than iPad (2020), because although it has a 32 bits processing unit instead of 64-bits, it also counts with a larger number of cores.
IPad Air (2022) has a display that is just as good as the Apple iPad (2020) one, because although the iPad Air (2022) has a just a little worse pixels amount per display inch, and they both have the same display brightness, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1640 x 2360 pixels and a bit bigger display.
The iPad (2020) captures a bit better pictures and videos than Apple iPad Air (2022), although it has a much smaller aperture and a back facing camera with way less mega-pixels. Apple iPad Air (2022) has a much bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Apple iPad (2020), because it has 32 GB more internal storage capacity.
IPad Air (2022) features a battery lifetime that is very similar to the battery performance in Apple iPad (2020).
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