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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 65.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x |
| 2025-03-12 | 2015-07-15 |
| -- | 4.86 x 2.31 x 0.24 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 3.10 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | 16 777 216 |
| -- | $ 399.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 4 inches |
| -- | 1136 x 640 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 326 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A8 APL1011 chipset |
| processor | Typhoon, 64-bit, 20 nm (Dual-Core 1100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | PowerVR Series 6XT GX6450 GPU |
| 6.3 | 7.92 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 9.9 | 8.25 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | 1043mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 2.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Gyroscope |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a little bit better than Apple iPod touch 6th generation, with a 69.6 score against 65.6. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x operating system, and Apple iPod touch 6th generation has iOS 12.x operating system. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025)'s body is incredibly newer and way thinner than the Apple iPod touch 6th generation's, although it's much heavier.
The Apple iPod touch 6th generation counts with a much better display than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display, they both have the same screen brightness. Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) and Apple iPod touch 6th generation both have extremely similar memory for applications and games, both of them have exactly the same internal storage capacity.
IPod touch 6th generation has a much better processing power than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a smaller amount of RAM and 6 lesser cpu cores. The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a very superior battery life than iPod touch 6th generation, because it has a 629% greater battery size.
Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) captures much clearer photos and videos than iPod touch 6th generation, because it has a much better video resolution, a lot bigger diafragm aperture to capture better low light photos and a way better 12 mega-pixels resolution camera.
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