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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 71.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 14.x |
| 2025-03-12 | 2020-10-16 |
| -- | 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 16.23 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Green, Rose gold, Silver, Sky blue and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 729.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.9 inches |
| -- | 2360 x 1640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 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 A14 Bionic chipset |
| processor | 64-bit Firestorm and Icestorm, 64-bit, 5 nm (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 6.3 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| 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 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad Air (2020) is a bit better than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), getting a 71.7 score against 69.6. Both tablets in this comparison work with iPadOS OS (operating system), but the Apple iPad Air (2020) has the older 14.x version and Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x. Apple iPad Air (2020) is a noticeably thicker tablet than the Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), but both of them have equal weights.
IPad Air (2020) has a much more vibrant screen than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a little smaller display, they both have the same brightness. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) features a way bigger memory capacity for apps and games than iPad Air (2020), because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity.
IPad Air (2020) features a way better hardware performance than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has an inferior number of cores (although they are faster), it also counts with a 64 bits CPU. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a really longer battery lifetime than iPad Air (2020).
The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) and the Apple iPad Air (2020) have extremely similar cameras, both of them have a 12 mega-pixels resolution camera, the same 60 frames per second video frame rates, the same camera aperture and the same video quality.
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