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Apple iPad 3
64 GB AT&T| Global Score | |
| 71.1 | 65.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 6.1, 6, 5.1 | iPadOS 16.x |
| 2012-03-07 | -- |
| 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches | -- |
| 23.35 ounces | -- |
| Black and White | Silver and Space Gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| $ 300.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 12.9 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2732 x 2048 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 264 pixels per inch | 265 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A5X chipset | Apple M3 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Quad core PowerVR SGX543MP4 GPU | Apple 10-core GPU GPU |
| 7.83 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 35.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.81 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 6.9 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 11560mAh Li-Polymer Battery | Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 11.2 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad 3 is a little bit better than the Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), having a score of 71.1 against 65.4. IPad 3 comes with iOS 6.1 OS, and Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) works with iPadOS 16.x OS. The Apple iPad 3 has a more vivid screen than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has a bit inferior count of pixels per inch of screen, a way lower resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a much smaller screen.
IPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) has much more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPad 3, because it has more internal memory capacity. The iPad 3 has a much better performance than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen), although it has less RAM memory and an inferior number of cores.
The iPad 3 counts with a much better battery performance than iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen). Apple iPad Pro 12.9-inch (7th Gen) captures greater photos and videos than iPad 3, because it has a much bigger diafragm aperture to capture better low-light images and video, a much better video resolution and a back camera with lot more mega pixels.
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