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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2025-03-12 | 2025-03-04 |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.9 inches |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a score of 69.6, which is much better than the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 global score. These tablets use the same iPadOS 18.x OS (operating system), so both should give identical operating system features. Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with a display that's just as good as the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) one, and although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a little bit smaller screen, they both have the same display brightness.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s CPU is very similar to Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025)'s processing unit, although the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has 2 GB less RAM and a lower number of MHz cores. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) takes a lot better videos and photos than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). They have the same camera aperture and a 12 mega pixels resolution camera in the back.
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos is just as good as the iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) one, they have equal internal memory capacity. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a way better battery lifetime than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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