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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 62.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iPadOS 18.x |
| 2025-03-12 | 2025-03-04 |
| 21.76 ounces | 16.97 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Blue, Pink, Silver and Yellow |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 10.9 inches |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) chipset |
| processor | processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core 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 |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
IPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) is better than the Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), with a score of 70.4 against 62.5. Both tablets in this review use the same iPadOS 18.x OS (operating system), so both of them should provide you the same operating system features. Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025)'s processing unit is very similar to iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s CPU, although the Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) has a lower amount of RAM memory and 8 lesser cores.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) has a slightly better display than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025), because it has a little bit more brightness and a bigger screen. The Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) counts with as much storage capacity for games and applications as the iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) one, both have equal internal storage.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior battery lifetime than Apple Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) features a much better camera than Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025). Both of them have the same aperture and a back-facing camera with a 12 mega-pixels resolution.
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