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| Global Score | |
| 77.9 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2013-10-22 | 2025-03-04 |
| 9.45 x 6.67 x 0.30 inches | -- |
| 16.86 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Black, Gray and White | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminium | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 273.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 9.7 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | -- |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone (Dual-Core 1400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.3 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.92 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | -- |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 6.7 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 8820mAh Li-Polymer Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 9.52 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPad Air is way better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), with a 77.9 score against 62.5. The Apple iPad Air counts with iOS 8.x OS, and Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS. IPad Air features a much sharper display than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), although it has a little smaller screen.
The iPad Air and the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) both feature extremely similar storage capacity for games and applications, both have the same internal storage. The iPad Air counts with a much powerful CPU than iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because although it has 5 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores, a 64-bit CPU and a graphics co-processor.
The iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) and iPad Air feature quite similar cameras, although the iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) also has a back camera with much more mega-pixels and a lot larger diafragm aperture. IPad Air features a way better battery life than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025).
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