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| Global Score | |
| 60.6 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| -- | 2025-03-04 |
| 16.26 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.9 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 223 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| -- | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 7.6 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) is just a bit better than the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), having a 62.5 score against 60.6. These devices come with iPadOS OS (Operating System), but Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has newer 18.x version and iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) has iPadOS 15.x version, so it counts with a couple nice extra features and performance tweaks.
The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s processing unit is very similar to the iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) one, although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a smaller amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores. IPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) counts with a lot better display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a larger display.
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen) feature quite similar cameras, both have a F1.8 diafragm aperture and a camera in the back with a 12 MP resolution. IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) features a lot bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity.
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a battery performance that is just as good as the battery life in Apple iPad Air 12.9 -inch (6th Gen).
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