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| Global Score | |
| 71.3 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 15.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 0000-00-00 | 2025-03-04 |
| 11.05 x 8.46 x 0.24 inches | -- |
| 21.80 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.9 inches |
| 2732 x 2048 pixels | -- |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 263 pixels per inch | -- |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M2 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| 10-core GPU GPU | Apple GPU 4-core GPU |
| 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 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 | 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 | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 10 | 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 Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has a score of 71.3, which is much better than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s 62.5 general score. Both tablets in this review work with iPadOS operating system, but Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has an older 15.x version while Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has iPadOS 18.x.
IPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) has a much better looking display than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a bigger screen. The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) and the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) both have extremely similar processing units, although the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has lesser RAM and an inferior number of MHz cores.
IPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has as much memory for applications and games as the Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024), both of them have equal 128 GB internal memory capacity. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with a battery lifetime that's very similar to Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024)'s battery performance.
Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with a camera that's very similar to the iPad Air 13-inch (M2, 2024) one, they have a same size diafragm aperture and a same resolution back camera.
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