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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Microsoft |
| iPadOS 18.x | Windows 10 |
| 2025-03-12 | 2018-08-02 |
| -- | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10 inches |
| -- | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| -- | 216 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.46 |
| 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 + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a bit better than the Microsoft Surface Go, having a 69.6 score against 66.5. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS, while Microsoft Surface Go works with Windows 10 OS. IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) is a extremely newer device, and it is also somewhat lighter and much thinner than the Microsoft Surface Go.
The Microsoft Surface Go features a very superior CPU than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a lower number of cores (although faster), they both have 8 GB of RAM. The Microsoft Surface Go has a way better looking screen than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller display.
The Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) captures much clearer videos and photos than Microsoft Surface Go, because it has a way better (4K) video quality and a lot better resolution back facing camera. Microsoft Surface Go and iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) count with incredibly similar memory capacity to store more apps and games, they have equal 128 GB internal storage capacity.
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a way better battery performance than Microsoft Surface Go.
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