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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 66.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | -- |
| 2025-03-12 | 2020-09-18 |
| -- | 9.87 x 6.85 x 0.30 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 459.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.2 inches |
| -- | 2160 x 1620 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 265 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit, 7 nm (Quad-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple G11P GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.6 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a global score of 69.6, which is a bit better than the Apple iPad (2020)'s 66.6 general score. The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a extremely newer tablet, and it is also extremely thinner and a little lighter than the Apple iPad (2020). Apple iPad (2020) counts with an incredibly better display than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller display, they both have the same brightness.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with much more memory capacity to store more games and applications than iPad (2020), because it has 96 GB more internal storage. IPad (2020) features an extremely better CPU than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has 4 less cores (although faster), it also counts with a 64-bits CPU.
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior battery performance than iPad (2020). The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior camera than Apple iPad (2020), because it has a much better video quality, a way bigger aperture for better low-light photos and videos and a back-facing camera with a lot better 12 mega pixels resolution.
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