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| Global Score | |
| 71.3 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iPadOS 15.x |
| 2024-05-07 | 2021-09-24 |
| 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches | 7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches |
| 21.80 ounces | 10.34 ounces |
| -- | Pink, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2266 x 1488 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 263 pixels per inch | 327 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | -- |
| 10-core GPU GPU | Yes GPU |
| 6.3 | 5.85 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 5078mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is just a bit better than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), with a global score of 71.3 against 65. Even though the iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) is incredibly heavier than Apple iPad mini (6th Gen), it's just a little thinner and notably newer. Both of these devices have the same iPadOS 15.x OS.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) features a much better display than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen), because although it has a lot worse resolution of 1488 x 2266 pixels and a really smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater pixels density. The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) has a superior storage for games and applications than iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has 64 GB more internal memory.
The iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen) counts with just a bit better performance than iPad mini (6th Gen), because it has a greater number of cores. IPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a much better camera than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen). Both of them have a F1.8 camera aperture and a 12 mega-pixels resolution back-facing camera.
The iPad mini (6th Gen) counts with a much better battery lifetime than iPad Air 13-inch (6th Gen).
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