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| Global Score | |
| 69.6 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iPadOS 18.x | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2025-03-12 | 2019-04-26 |
| -- | 9.65 x 6.30 x 0.22 inches |
| 16.23 ounces | 14.11 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Black, Gold and Silver |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | $ 316.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 11 inches | 10.5 inches |
| -- | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| -- | 288 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.7 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 SDM670 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A75 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | Adreno 615 GPU |
| 6.3 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.29 inches (1/3.4") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 7.6 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7606mAh Battery | 7040mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.72 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab S5e is much better than the iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), getting a 78.6 score against 69.6. Galaxy Tab S5e has Android 10 operating system, and iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) comes with iPadOS 18.x operating system. The Galaxy Tab S5e counts with a much powerful processing unit than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e features a lot better display than iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a quite smaller screen. The Galaxy Tab S5e features a lot bigger storage for applications and games than Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025), and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory capacity, the Galaxy Tab S5e also has an external SD slot that holds up to 512 GB.
The iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) has a little bit better camera than Galaxy Tab S5e, because although it has a camera in the back with less megapixels resolution and a lower 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture and a bigger sensor capturing more light and vivid colors.
IPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) counts with just a bit longer battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab S5e, because it has 7606mAh of battery capacity against 7040mAh.
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